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Interpreting the Latest 2023 SCA Cupping Form with Bilingual Version Diagrams | How to Conduct Coffee Quality Assessment: Coffee Cupping?
For more professional coffee knowledge exchange and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Coffee tasters, also known as cuppers, refer to cupping abroad, which means presenting the original flavor of coffee beans without any brewing techniques. Coffee farmers abroad generally conduct cupping
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Professional Barista Training | WBRC Coffee Competition Simulation | FrontStreet Coffee Barista Assessment Process
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). To ensure consistent and stable store production quality, FrontStreet Coffee baristas occasionally conduct internal assessments as a reference for daily production evaluation, primarily examining baristas' communication skills and knowledge of coffee beans through explanations of bean [origin information], brewing methods used, and flavor characteristics.
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What are the interview questions for barista positions at specialty coffee shops? What should be noted when making a latte?
Specialty coffee shops conduct both theoretical and practical assessments during barista interviews. The theoretical component tests basic coffee knowledge, while the practical component evaluates hands-on skills. While specific content may vary between coffee shops, the core requirements remain consistent across the industry.
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Roasted Coffee Bean Classification & Grading_Roasted Coffee Bean Ingredients & Quality Assessment
Professional coffee knowledge exchange platform for comprehensive coffee bean information. Follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style) for more expert insights. Raw coffee beans possess virtually no aroma, but after roasting, coffee releases its characteristic fragrance. Different raw coffee beans, when subjected to varying degrees of roasting, produce flavor compounds with distinct types and quantities. The coffee roasting process determines how much of the raw coffee bean's potential is unlocked
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Ethiopian Coffee: Quality Assessment and Flavor Profile Introduction
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee - Ethiopian Coffee Introduction. If it's coffee beans originating from Africa, you'll experience distinctive acidity and fruity characteristics. Particularly with Ethiopia, coffee from this origin offers tea-like body, blueberry flavors, and
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Brazil Santos Coffee Flavor Profile Introduction & Quality Assessment
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Due to natural limitations, the Brazilian government has invested significant resources since the 1930s to improve varieties and disease resistance. The results of variety research continue to influence cultivation practices throughout Latin America today. For example, in the 1930s they cultivated Bou varieties from one-in-a-million opportunities.
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What Do "AA" and "TOP" Mean for Kenyan Coffee Beans?
Kenyan coffee has long been renowned worldwide for its distinctive and complex berry-like acidity, the refreshing sweetness of sugarcane, and juice-like brightness, beloved by coffee enthusiasts globally. However, when purchasing Kenyan coffee beans, you'll notice that most coffee produced and exported from Kenya carries grade designations like "AA"
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FrontStreet Coffee Barista Examination: Understanding FrontStreet Coffee's Random Assessment Tests
Professional coffee knowledge exchange for more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style) [Preface] Some friends may have noticed that FrontStreet Coffee conducts random assessment tests from time to time. Why do we have these tests? Beyond checking our familiarity with the beans, more importantly, it's to present everyone with a good cup of coffee and enjoy the flavor and story behind each cup.
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How to Properly Evaluate Coffee? Standards for Assessing Coffee Cleanliness, Acidity, Sweetness, Mouthfeel, and Aftertaste
When it comes to tasting coffee, many people often discuss flavors. It seems that the ability to taste coffee is closely related to how many flavors one can detect. However, this is not necessarily the case. Tasting refers to tasting and evaluating, which is different from drinking coffee in an ordinary way, just as we often enjoy tasting single-origin coffee, but rarely
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How Long Do Coffee Bean Flavors Last: Best Shelf Life and Freshness Assessment Methods for Specialty Coffee Beans
Professional barista discussions. Follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Wine enthusiasts know that a bottled wine is a living entity, constantly evolving and changing. In fact, the same principle applies to packaged roasted coffee beans. So how long can properly packaged and stored unopened roasted coffee beans actually be preserved?
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What is a Q-Grader in Coffee? Is It Worth Getting Certified? How Much Does It Cost?
There are always groups of people who acquire codenames or professional monikers due to the unique nature of their professions. Even in seemingly specialized fields like coffee, such roles exist. Since the concept of specialty coffee emerged, a dedicated scoring system was specifically developed to distinguish the quality of coffee beans.
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How Different Cup Rim Shapes Affect the Taste and Mouthfeel of Pour-Over Coffee
As one of the most common vessels in daily life, cups come in various shapes and names. The market offers numerous cup styles, designs, and varieties, yet all ultimately serve their practical purpose. FrontStreet Coffee experimented with using different shaped cups for drinking pour-over coffee—would this also create different impacts on flavor? Several common cup types include: 1.
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How is Tea Sensation Assessed in Coffee Flavor Evaluation? Causes of Obvious Astringency in Coffee
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat: qjcoffeex. In the coffee flavor wheel, we can barely find any descriptions about tea... Even the "black tea" mentioned
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2023 World Barista Championship Rules Update! WBC Now Allows Plant-Based/Alternative Animal Milks
For more specialty coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more premium coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex12. On December 22nd, the Specialty Coffee Association released the 2023 World Barista Championship(
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The Difference Between Cold Drip and Cold Brew Coffee: Flavor Characteristics and Taste Assessment of Iced Americano
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Cold brew, cold brew, cold drip, Japanese-style iced coffee—do you understand them all? Although cold drip coffee was invented in the Netherlands, an interesting phenomenon is that you can hardly find this type of coffee in the Netherlands.
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Q-Grader Green Coffee Exam Process and Considerations: How to Identify Defective Coffee Beans
The Q-Grader coffee cupping exam by CQI (Coffee Quality Institute) has long been the most rigorous and prestigious sensory evaluation examination in the global coffee industry. Beyond requiring exceptional sensory capabilities from candidates, this exam also demands fundamental knowledge of coffee basics. Here's an explanation of what to expect.
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How to Evaluate Specialty Coffee? Using Coffee Cupping to Assess the Quality and Flavor of Specialty Coffee
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Coffee is one of the most complex beverages we drink, containing more aromatic compounds than wine, with hundreds of aromas and flavors found in coffee. The origin of coffee, the types of coffee beans used, the processing methods of the beans, and the roasting process all contribute to its complexity.
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"Do you know how valuable baristas are? After all, certification is so expensive!" Are barista certificates really useful?
Recently, we receive many questions about barista certifications daily. As specialty coffee culture gradually becomes part of everyone's life, becoming a barista or opening a coffee shop has become the ideal career/lifestyle for many. But in an era when everyone can make coffee, how do you make your coffee/coffee shop stand out?
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A Must-Read for Baristas! Q Grader Certification Increasing in Content and Price Starting 2023!
For more professional coffee knowledge exchange and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex Yesterday, CQI (Coffee Quality Institute/
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Kenya AA Coffee Unique Flavor - Kenya Origin Introduction Planting History Altitude
Professional barista exchange Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) Kenya AA Kenya AA unique flavor Kenya produces some of the world's most aromatic and distinctly acidic coffee. The local red soil is rich in aluminum and iron, creating the unique flavor of Kenya coffee, which generally has peculiar fruit, spice aromas, red wine fragrance, blackberry and grapefruit similar to black cherry characteristics
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