Erin and I headed downtown last night to Akron Coffee Roasters to take part in the coffee tasting game "Flight of Fancy". There are four different coffees that need to be identified. The experts amongst us did that by visual inspection, aroma, cupping(a standardized method coffee buyers use taste coffee) and with a pour over of each. I'm definitely not a coffee expert but I do have much more of a palate for the flavors than I did when I participated last year...I just listen when the origins are being debated though.
The ACR crew also put out a nice spread of food and drink for after the tasting.(I would have been better at blind identifying the beers).
Prep
This year they had a Guess Who-style game board.
Flavor Wheel
Micah
Erin
Listening to the talk of "bean size" & "consistency" is over my head - but interesting none-the-less.
I also heard "density" being discussed.
Pours
Albert & Eva
The Cupping
Pour-Over-Crotch-Shot
Eric from Compass Coffee in the red
Photog
action
I don't have enough of a refined palate for the cupping - the pour-overs were far more distinct to this amateur.
Slurps
Huddle
Camera Ready
C'est Sérieux
Rat Sips aren't just for beer.
Told ya.
These are the options for what each coffee could be.
Decisions
Guess Who?
Beans
Snack Time
Oh, woops, that is me.
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