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Angel's Cup

7/23/2015

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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.
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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.  


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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.


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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.  
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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!  
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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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