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One of our students volunteered for a cupping treatment. The cup is gently heated then placed on the body. Because the air inside is warmer than the air outside, the temperature difference creates a suction effect that draws out the pain.
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This book is practical and accessible with explanatory diagrams. This book is not based on Chinese medicine.
First part: lymphatic drainage (Venus-Star Protocol).
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Fourth part: concept of integrative facial cupping
(cleaning the mouth, nasal cavities, massage of the Meibomian glands).
We were able to take a bit of a field trip yesterday to CiCafe.
According to a Costa Rican tourism site:
"The Center for Coffee Research (CICAFE) belongs to the Costa Rican Coffee Institute. It was created in 1977 to ensure applied field investigation, efficient technical assistance to growers, and research activities.
"The CICAFE's efforts have helped improve the efficiency of coffee plantations by providing adequate control measures against pests and diseases, nutrition level upgrades, and special programs for genetic improvements. Today, Costa Rica's coffee farms have one of the highest standards of living among Latin American countries."
It was a nice facility with labs and experimental crops. They're working both on pest control and on cultivating better coffee plants. From what they said, there's some promising research being conducted. And I got to get up close and personal with my first coffee plants! Very cool.
I had trouble sleeping though, and I'm little worried about how yesterday's caffeine load would affect today's ability to cup. Surprisingly, I feel ok, but after this first round I'm already jittery. Two more rounds to go before lunch. Ugh.
I can't complain really as I'm in a beautiful place and my job is to drink coffee, but I'm worried that I won't sleep tonight. Jason said something about sleeping agents, I might have to partake.
I find I'm being a little more critical with my scoring today, even more so than yesterday. I think I'm waiting for something to really stand out and for the most part I'm getting the same moderately sweet, clean cup over and over again. There's the occasional honey coffee, obvious for it's body, but none yet have been amazing.
Of the coffees on this table, this first pair was one of the better ones, scoring an 86.
Hopefully we'll be able to keep the number of coffees in the next stage down. I don't want to have to cup through another 60 coffee day.
L to R Paola Castellanos, Maria Isabel Balbuena and Ramona Incarnacion. Ramona is the Director of the Domination of Origin Committee and is trained as a "cupper". She attended university on a FT Premium scholarship and is an Agronomist.
Rainforest Alliance coffee farm - Finca Buenos Aries in Santa Barbara. Cherries are just starting to grow.