Tag: q grader

The reality of the specialty coffee farmers, volunteering at a coffee farm and reasons to drink good enough coffees

by liza maksimova

Let me ask you something. You are drinking coffee that you know is picked, carried, processed, dried, with care and dedication, coffee touched by innumerous hands, coffee that has multiple faces – will you really care if it is 80 points, or 83 points, or 85 points, or 87? Will you feel significantly less satisfied?

“Educating” (oh how I hate this word) is about showing how much damn effort goes into each single bean. How much effort it takes to carry those damn canastas. How much effort it takes to pick the cherries. How it is to live as a coffee picker, when you have the job only for the 3-4 months of the year, and then you are forced to move looking for a place to earn extra. With kids. With families.

Why specialty coffee professionals should be using cupping forms more often

by liza maksimova

In 2020, with the specialty coffee scene booming, all the magazines, coffee specialists, when we are discussing the smallest details of how many holes the paper filter has – so, apparently it is pretty hard to find verified cupping scores when you want to purchase specialty coffee.

A little about my experience with Q grader certification

by liza maksimova

What cupping has to do with meditation? Everything!

Those 4 cuppings depend completely on your ability to calm down your mind and stay concentrated throughout those 40 minutes. If you manage to do it – you won. Got distracted – you lost. Cause these is no time to lose, and distracting for 1-2-3 minutes can cost you everything.