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ExtractMojo

This post should probably start with a disclaimer – I did not pay for my ExtractMojo, it was very kindly sent to me by Vince Fedele at Terroir Coffee to use and give feedback upon.  I am very grateful to both him and Andy Schecter and Scott Rao also for getting me involved.
In many ways [...]

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SCAE Brewmaster Certification

In the world of Speciality Coffee filter coffee isn’t very sexy. One criticism leveled at the SCAE is that it seems obsessed with espresso and yet espresso only makes up a small percentage of how all coffee is consumed in member countries so they have started a Brewmasters program.
Anette and I traveled up for [...]

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SCAE Antwerp 2007

So, the long overdue post on the annual SCAE event held in Antwerp this year.
I have to say it is an odd event – the tradeshow part of it was very small, and the real attendance this year seemed primarily focused around the three or four competitions.
Antwerp seems lovely – I wish I had had [...]

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Anette is World Cup Tasting Champion 2007!

I am utterly delighted/proud/so happy to get to post that Anette won the World Cup Tasting competition here in Antwerp today!

For those of you new to the competition the format is triangle tests.  In a round a cupper must pick the odd cup out of the three in 8 different sets.  Once they have settled [...]

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Looking towards Caffe Culture 2007

For a long time the biggest and best trade show for coffee was Hotelympia which is every 2 years, and this is probably still the case but Caffe Culture is a really interesting show, and is now in its 2nd year.
Last year the show was crazily busy for me.  Apart from an amusing and brief [...]

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