Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Podcast, Episode 4: Relationship Coffee
Batdorf & Bronson Podcast: Relationship Coffee Download: Batdorf and Bronson Podcast: Relationship Coffee (4.4 mb) Bob Benck, Batdorf & Bronson’s Green Coffee Buyer discusses the ways Relationship Coffee connects producers to consumers and consumers to coffee’s supply chain. Central America’s harvest is underway and Bob recently returned from Finca El Valle in Antigua, [...]
3rd Annual SCAA Symposium: Day Two
The second day started off with two years of research regarding the “thin months” in Nicaragua when 85% of coffee farmers experience difficulty putting food on the table.
2011 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence: Days 4 & 5
The final round of the 2011 Nicaragua COE offered some amazingly well balanced coffees with tart acidity and rich bodies.
2011 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence Day 3
Round 1, sessions 4, 5 and 6 were filled with cocoa and vanilla aromas.
2011 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence: Day Two
During round one, it was the judges job to narrow 60 coffees down to only the best offerings, which will be done in three sessions.
2011 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence Day One: Calibration Day
The goal of today’s cupping was for the jurors to re-familiarize themselves with the scoring sheets, the flow of the cupping sessions as well as an introduction to the coffees.
Off to the 2011 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence
I will be representing Batdorf & Bronson at this year’s Nicaragua Cup of Excellence. This will be my second time participating as a juror for the COE. Being selected again and having the opportunity to travel to Nicaragua is quite an honor. Tasting the preeminent coffees this country has to offer is something I am [...]
Upcoming Origin Trip – Tarrazu, Costa Rica
An educational opportunity of a lifetime, I’ve been asked to tag along on a trip to Costa Rica! Bob, our green coffee buyer, visits every year and a couple of folks from Batdorf get to join him. This time it’s me…
- RT @scae_Events: World Barista Championship Round One Schedule available on line via the link! Good luck to all the competitors,... http…
