Monthly Cupping at Jovis

Today we held our third monthly coffee cupping at Jovis. We hold these unique coffee tastings on the second Tuesday of every month. Anyone can sign up during the month and then an RSVP invite is sent out. If you are unfamiliar with the coffee cupping process, check out the "Jovis in the News" page on this web site and you will read a really nice article on the subject from the Montrose Daily Press.

Today we sampled Colombia, Kenya, Nicaragua, Kenya, Sumatra, Mexico, New Guinea, and Ethiopia. After all the sniffing and slurping were completed it was great to get all the feedback from the participants. While everyone picked the Colombia bean as one of their favorite, others chose the Ethiopia bean as having a really nice finish. The other one commonly noted was the Sumatra which holds a much darker roast than the Ethiopia. I love to see the varying perspectives on coffee preferences- as the Mexico bean was selected by one as one the favorites and alternatively chosen as one of the least favorites by another. Coffee is a lot like wine in the sense that it will be different for everyone. Each one carrying it's own unique flavor profile. It is up to me the roaster to enhance all the strengths of that bean, while it is up to you, the coffee connoisseur, to determine if those characteristics are appealing to your personal pallete.

Be sure to let us know if you would like to participate in our next cupping!