Taste of Baltimore: Coffee Cupping?

Thursday, January 6, 2011

What is this whole Coffee Cupping business? It sounds wholly pretentious to me. Has anyone ever been to one of these things?

kitchengeeking said...: Just like a wine tasting or a beer tasting; so as pretentious as you feel those are I guess.

I don't know as much about coffee as wine, but there are definitely different tastes even to non-flavored coffees.; January 6, 2011 at 11:19 AM
Nakiya @ Taste of Baltimore said...: You're right. I think it's the name that bothers me - can't it just be called Coffee Tasting?; January 6, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Erin said...: I just heard about this!! I can see the niche desire for it, but it is a bit weird to call it "cupping" - the first time I heard the term, I thought they drank it with their hands lol!; January 6, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Nakiya @ Taste of Baltimore said...: ahahahahah! :); January 7, 2011 at 3:18 PM
kitchengeeking said...: Too true. I imagine pinkys out and lots of slurping to aerate. It's just a New York Times (or Mad) Magazine cartoon waiting to happen!; January 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM