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There were a lot of practicioner of these Chinese medicinal practices in the mall.

Emil E

This years swedish cupping AND barista cup champion.

Emil and I had a date today to talk a bit about the challenge of doing a WBC in a foreign language.....

He is VERY well prepared!

;-)

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cupping last weekend at Stumptown

I am sorry to say that the Mexican (far left) and the Guat (Intelly) didn't fare well.

Cupping at the Roastery, 7am

One of the great things about visiting Papua New Guinea past the midway point of harvest is that you get to do some very early, preliminary tasting.

 

On this day, we cupped a dozen or so coffees, and, while most of them were quite good, one of the samples really stood out. It was a day lot from the Tairora project coffees. In a few months, keep your eyes peeled, as you might see our first Papua New Guinea microlot. (And, I believe the very first microlot from the Colbran family coffee projects.) I'm just saying, it might only be 700 lbs, and you might want to make sure you taste it.

It's not just for the Hollywood Jet Set anymore.

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Checking the body after removing cups.

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Left: Panama Esmeralda, roasted by Intelligentsia.

Right: Stumptown Ethiopia Misty Valley Idido

Charles, Anne, Pernilla, Per & Alexander going through a cupping session pre-NBC...

 

Per is such a "super" model...

All photos taken by Loni Johnston

The theme of this particular vacation was "taking it easy." I didn't push myself to see a lot of Shanghai. Just wanted to hang out with Anton and have a bit of a break from the hectic pace of my life in Osaka. As part of our commitment to this theme, we got massages everyday. On day 2, Anton's massage therapist recommended he have a cupping session. I was curious so I tried it out too. The inside of glass cups are brushed with a flame in order to create a vaccum and then placed directly on the skin. They did a bit of massage first and then placed cups all over our backs. They left these distinctive bruises. Wicked.

A triangulation is when you cup three coffee samples and attempt to pick out the one that differs from the other two.

 

Phoenix Coffee of Cleveland turned me onto this little game. It's tons of fun when the coffees are similar and your ego is on the line.

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