By Steve S. - comments, Tuesday, April 27, 2010
We are going to have our first coffee tasting session at Social.
The theme will be Single Origin coffee. Our coffees will be optimally roasted to showcase the bean’s Origin Character. We have a variety of great coffees for you to taste, many of which will be some of the best from their respective countries.
Ethiopia Sidamo, Kenya Wamuguma, Sumatra, El Salavor Finca Alaska, Colombia La Josefina, Brazil Chapadao de Ferro and Panama Esmeralda Geisha
We will brew the coffee on the Chemex. We will explain and discuss tasting terms that are commonly used. This is a great opportunity to taste great coffees from wide variety origin.
The event will be held next Tues May 4, 7pm . The event is free for everyone. If you are interest in dropping by, just send an email to steve@socialcoffeecompany.com with your Name, phone number, numbers of people that will be attending. And we will email you the confirmation.
By Steve S. - comments, Tuesday, April 27, 2010
To show that our coffee can stand up against serious international industry players, we decided to put Social Coffee's best foot forward -- in a global competition. So we entered our El Salvador Finca Alaska roast into the 2010 International Roasters Choice Competition at SCAA Expo on April 16-18 in Anaheim, California.
A panel of accredited Q-Grader coffee expert cupped (tasted), evaluated, and then ranked the coffee submitted by Roasters Guild members -- the leading coffee roasters from around the world. The panel selected their top 10 highest scoring entries. Those coffees were then showcased to the SCAA Expo attendees for tasting and voting.
In a blind taste test of over 8,000 attendees, with each allowed one vote, our El Salvador Finca Alaska was voted as the second favourite overall. Naturally, we're ecstatic. We knew that we knew coffee roasting, but we didn't know if the experts out there would appreciate it in such a rewarding fashion.Here is the SCAA Press Release and Event winners listing
