NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

Proud Mary Coffee Selling Best of Panama Winner for $150 Per Cup

A company not known to shy away from expensive coffees, Australian-born Proud Mary Coffee is launching its most expensive coffee ever. In fact, the coffee may be the world’s most…


Technivorm Moccamaster Brews its First Burr Grinder, the KM5

Technivorm, the Dutch maker of the iconic Moccamaster range of coffee brewers, today launched its first burr coffee grinder, the Moccamaster KM5. Underneath a 9-ounce-capacity hopper — composed of plastic…


It’s Wheels Up for Pinup Coffee Roasters in Virginia Beach

With a name and brand referencing that World War II-era aircraft pin-up stylings, Pinup Coffee Roasters has taken flight in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Pinup Coffee Co-Founder and Head Roaster Steph…


Weekly Coffee News: A Women’s Roaster Capsule, Cold Brew Hard Cider and More

Welcome to DCN’s Weekly Coffee News. Keep up with all the latest stories by subscribing to DCN’s newsletter, featuring breaking coffee industry news and fresh coffee job listings. City Girl Coffee and…

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

Study Finds Coffee with Milk May Increase Anti-Inflammatory Effect

Coffee that is combined with milk may double the natural anti-inflammatory properties of immune cells, according to research published this week in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.  For…


Plants and Coffee Are Combining All Over the US Retail Landscape

Coffee shops doing double duty as plant and flower businesses are blooming across the United States, unfurling new flows of revenue for business owners while enhancing guest experiences.  There are…


Coffee Packer NuZee Strikes Manufacturing Deal with Roaster Apffels

Texas-based coffee co-packing and single-serve manufacturer Nuzee has entered into a manufacturing agreement with longtime southern California-based coffee roasting company Apffels Fine Coffees. NuZee declined to disclose the financial terms…


Dope Coffee Opens Roastery, HQ and Event Space Metro Atlanta

Hip-hop-infused Atlanta-area roaster Dope Coffee Company has launched operations inside a new 6,000-square-foot headquarters and event space in South DeKalb. The new location includes the company’s roastery and tasting room,…

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

Nope, Coffee Won’t Give You Extra Energy. It’ll Just Borrow a Bit that You’ll Pay for Later

Many of us want (or should I say need?) our morning coffee to give us our “get up and go”. Altogether, the people of the world drink more than two billion cups…


USAID and Ofi Establish $8.1M Fund for Peru Coffee Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and global food ingredients business Ofi (styled “ofi” by the company) have joined to create an $8.1 million fund for investments into…


Column: Coffee is Life; It Should Also Be a Living

[Note: This column is part of an ongoing editorial collaboration with Cory Gilman of Heifer International focused on deconstructing the subject of sustainability in coffee. Follow the full series here.]…


Andres Berron to Lead Starbucks’ Green Coffee Trading Company

Longtime green coffee trader Andres Berron has been tapped to lead the Starbucks Coffee Trading Company (SCTC), the green coffee trading arm of Starbucks Coffee. Berron was recently named managing…

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

HOW TO BE A BETTER CUPPER

Mar 9, 2023 |

Ahead of the launch of Prodigal, Mark and I cupped for a minimum of one hour each morning. Having such a routine allowed us to calibrate well after cupping more than 2000 samples together. Those sessions also taught us a lot, some of which I’d like to share here....

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

This article is from the coffee website Sprudge at http://sprudge.com. This is the RSS feed version. The new Pico drinkware series from notNeutral.

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

Perfect Little Beans

Chinmey Hill Coffee uses specialty-grade beans with zero primary defects (such as black beans or sour beans) and less than five secondary defects (such as broken beans). This is important because primary defects will greatly affect the taste of the coffee. Having zero defects allows the coffee to be the most optimal flavor.

Window for Optimal Flavor

Chimney Hill Coffee ships our coffee the same day it was roasted, so you will receive it before it enters the window of optimal flavor.  This means you’ll never miss the opportunity to enjoy the coffee’s peak flavor.

Coffee Ratings

Coffee undergoes many scoring processes by professionals who achieved their Q Grader certification. Coffee is first graded when it’s green. If there are defects the coffee is determined to be “not-specialty grade”. For those coffees that pass green grading, they are sample roasted and cupped. (Cupping is the official term for critically tasting and scoring coffees. The official cupping form is standard worldwide, and where the 100-point scoring system comes from.) A coffee’s dry fragrance, wet aroma, flavor, aftertaste, body, acidity, balance, and overall impression are taken into consideration while uniformity issues and defects, will lower the overall score.

Specialty Coffee

Specialty coffee, coined by Erna Knutsen in 1974, refers to a coffee that receives a quality grading score of 80 percent or higher. While “premium” or “gourmet” seem like they’re synonymous with “specialty,” they simply are marketing terms with no defined standards. Specialty coffees are grown in specific and ideal micro-climates, and have distinctive and unique flavor profiles, with little to no defects.

Third-Wave Coffee

We’re currently in the third wave of coffee. The first wave of American coffee put pre-ground, vacuum-sealed cans in kitchens across America. The second wave started with the late ‘60s introduction of Peet’s coffee (by Alfred Peet) through the proliferation of Starbucks. The third wave of coffee focuses on origin transparency, nuanced flavors, and artisan roasting. The term “third wave” is synonymous with specialty coffee.

NotNeutral’s New Pico Drinkware Line Is An Ode To Los Angeles

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