Angel's Cup

I'm going to take a break from catching up on old reviews to talk about something current.  Angel's Cup Coffee Tasting subscription.  I had looked into getting a subscription, but sometimes it takes me forever to do things.  Lucky for me Sharon from Magic Coffee Truck stepped in. 

Last Tuesday Dan checked the mail and told me I had something from Angela's cup.  I had no clue what he was talking about until he handed me the envelope.  It was from Angel's Cup.  I was still confused because I didn't remember signing up for it.  Not that I have not gotten things in the mail that I had forgotten about signing up for.  It happens sometimes because I will follow a whim.

Then I opened it and the questions were answered.  Enclosed was a card from Sharon and 4 coffee samples.  I was very excited.  There was a "cheat sheet" too, but I've held off on looking at that.  I want to try it on my own without hints first.  

My first tasting flight was a Konga natural from Goshen Coffee.  The Konga natural from PT's Coffee is one of my favorites - though at the time I opened the sample and did the grind I didn't know  I would be trying another Konga Natural.  

The coffee comes in 30gram samples and I brewed mine with the Kalita Wave.  I used a cup also given to me by Sharon because it seemed to make sense.  

There is an app you use for the tasting.  I did it twice.  Once with the beginning tasting and then with the advanced to see which one I liked.  I like the advanced one a bit more.

After rating the coffee on different aspects and adding notes about flavor you get to compare the results to what the roastmaster said.  A radar is generated and you also can see how everything like flavor and color compare between what you see/taste and what the roastmaster sees/tastes.

People are different and what I taste is not going to be what you taste.  Heck what I taste might not be what I taste later in the day.  So many little variables.

These are my flavor notes compared to the roastmaster's.  I got darker tastes than he did and it wasn't quite as sweet for me.  It was still an excellent cup of coffee. I have it an 8/10 for enjoyment.  My notes were just different.  

Today I tried a second sample.  I did know from the facebook group what this one was going in, but I resisted looking things up.  That part was hard.  I'm a sucker for spoilers.  This time it was a Panama Gesha from Square One Coffee.  I really liked this one. It was super sweet and bright.  My radar graph was closer to the roasters even though I still picked up different tastes.  They got mango I didn't. That sort of thing.

Square One Coffee is located in Lancaster Pennsylvania.  That makes 25 states for my map!  

I'm looking forward to trying the next two samples.  This is all sorts of fun.  It's a fantastic way to learn the nuances of coffee.  If you've only had the grocery store stuff - you're missing out.  There are so many flavors in coffee a wine snob would be totally overwhelmed.  And it's incredibly sweet.  Put down that fake creamer and try some good coffee instead.  Confused about what to buy?  I get that - good coffee is EXPENSIVE!  That's where Angel's Cup saves the day.  You get to try lots of different kinds and find out what you like before you buy a bag of it.  When you're ready to order they can help you with that too.  

And check out Magic Coffee Truck too.  Sharon is a gem AND she is the creator of Awesome Sauce  Oh and for those of you who geek out on science things (like I do) her logo has bubbles that are actually laid out like the caffeine molecule.   How cool is that?  

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