In the beautiful ANACAFE headquarters, day one of this years Cup of Excellence International Jury Program began. First up, a brilliant presentation from William Hempstead [Director of ANACAFE] about Guatemalan coffee and ANACAFE, the Guatemalan National Coffee Association...they are leading the way with their support of the 90,000 coffee producers they represent, and the research and technology they are employing and developing to communicate their coffee knowledge and stories to the coffee world.
Then it was on to 3 sessions of calibration. First up, a cupping session to get the International Jury scoring on the new electronic scoring tablets.
The afternoon involved 2 sessions cupping the same set of 6 different Guatemalan coffees to get the jury calibrated and into CoE scoring mode.
Tonight was the official, but nice and informal [and delicious] welcome dinner ...heaps of coffee related stuff to talk about with coffee tasters, roasters and brokers from around the world...Nth America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
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