Kenya, Feb 2013: 2

Kenya, Feb 2013: 2

Another day of a couple of hundred cups, and a chance to recup my favourites against each other again. The final lower grade coffees left to cup of the 13th auction catalogue were also on the table, most of which were ridden with a world of defects, phenol, ferment and mould in unpleasant symphony. But as I hoped, good samples of outturn week 19 just made it in time for my last day at Dorman. I’ve identified a few factories and an estate that I like more than one screensize of, some old favourites and some interesting new acquaintances. I’ve been lucky to be the only buyer cupping at Dorman for two days now, I just avoided a large posse of roasters yesterday so the lab is nice and quiet. Nevertheless, cupping alongside the force of nature that is Bridget is a whirlwind of it’s own, as she zooms through the bowls bombarding us with her cupping scores while Lydia furiously s...

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