https://coffee-11t.pages.dev/tags/grading/Recent content in Grading on Coffee & MeHugoenSat, 17 Oct 2026 15:34:00 -0700https://coffee-11t.pages.dev/brewing/cupping-at-home/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:34:00 -0700https://coffee-11t.pages.dev/brewing/cupping-at-home/<h2 id="what-cupping-is">What Cupping Is</h2> <p><strong>Cupping</strong> is how coffee professionals taste. Importers, roasters and graders use it to compare dozens of coffees, decide what to buy and give the scores you see on some bags (80 points and up counts as &ldquo;specialty&rdquo;). It is also the simplest, fairest way to compare two or three bags at home.</p> <p>The idea is to remove the brewer from the equation. Every coffee gets the same dose, the same grind, the same water and the same steeping time in an identical cup. Any difference you taste comes from the beans, not from your technique.</p>https://coffee-11t.pages.dev/roasters/buying-guide/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:16:00 -0700https://coffee-11t.pages.dev/roasters/buying-guide/<h2 id="why-the-label-matters">Why the Label Matters</h2> <p>A good specialty coffee bag tells you almost everything you need to know before you open it: where the coffee grew, how it was processed, how dark it is roasted, and when. Once you can read those lines, you can predict roughly how a coffee will taste and avoid paying specialty prices for stale beans.</p> <p>This guide goes through a typical label line by line, then gives you a quick checklist for the store or the roaster&rsquo;s website.</p>