How would you describe the taste of a strawberry to someone who has never tasted a strawberry? If someone tastes a wine and describe it as having notes of blue berry, could you taste the wine and know what to look for? This is how a sensony lexicon or dictionary can help. Unfortunately, it is … Continue reading The Sensory Lexicon
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Cupping for Dummies
When you first start to do cupping, there is just too much information! Forms, rules, protocols and equipment needed. This may put many people off this learning experience. I tried to make a dummies guide for myself, so here is a info-graphic which should get you in the ballpark. For scoring, see Cupping Score Sheet To … Continue reading Cupping for Dummies
SCA Cupping Protocols
On the SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) website - SCA Website you can find the complete protocol. I will make create a Cupping for Dummies guide and post it soon. Here is an excerpt from the SCA website on the evaluation portion only, but please refer to their page for more details. Evaluation Procedure Samples should first … Continue reading SCA Cupping Protocols
Cupping Sheet
is a form based on one made by Prufrock, but in Excel, so you can either print or make notes on your laptop. Coffee Tasting Score Sheet Sample: In short, for every taste category, there is an intensity scale where you ONLY rate intensity. Below intensity, you rate ONLY quality, or how pleasing the category … Continue reading Cupping Sheet
Almond Flower Banana Bread
This is not strictly a coffee recipe, but I added it since the almond flower was a by-product from making the Almond milk for my coffee. This recipe is adapted from Paleo Recipes and the photo is from their site until I take a nice one myself. Give them a visit. Try it out and … Continue reading Almond Flower Banana Bread
Making your own Almond milk at home
Using almond milk in espresso based drinks is getting more popular with customers by the day. I had a look at one of your local brands in South Africa and this is what I found on the label... Ingredients: Water Almonds (2.5%) Vegetable oil (Almond) Corn Maltodextrin Acidity Regulator (Dipotassium Phosphate and Potassium Citrate) Sea … Continue reading Making your own Almond milk at home
Good quality source product
Principle #1 of making good coffee: Using good quality source product When playing around with hi-fi equipment, people always ask how much should I spend on speakers vs Amplifier and so on. The answer most of the time is to spend most of your funds on the source of your sound since no matter how … Continue reading Good quality source product
Level of Extraction
Principle #2 of making good coffee - Managing the level of extraction When one first get introduced to making your own coffee, or when you are introduced to a new way of making coffee. There is some questions that people ask me often like: "how fine should I grind my coffee?". Most of the answers on … Continue reading Level of Extraction
Vanilla syrup recipe
I promised one of our customers at the Farmers market how to make a simple vanilla syrup at home. Here is the recipe I found an use as a basis, slightly modified from original. Ingredients: 2.5 cups water 2 cups soft brown sugar like Muscovado 1 cup white sugar 4 tablespoon vanilla extract. Optional vanilla … Continue reading Vanilla syrup recipe
Cooking with coffee – Mocha custards
I saw this little beauty on the internet and modified it to my liking. I also made changes so it is Banting safe! That is of course if you do not put any Kahlua in. This is really simple and apart from time in fridge took me about 15 minutes. The most important thing is … Continue reading Cooking with coffee – Mocha custards
