VOLCAFE Specialty Coffee

New LOU Signing ceremony with SCAI (Specialty Coffee Association of Indonesia)   Opening Ceremony  

 IRC (International Relations Council) Meeting May 08      Genetisist Chufami Nagai at the IRC meeting.    SCAA08 VSC Team preparing for the conference… 

Bob Williams from Willoughby’s Coffee and Alan Nietlisbach/VSC kicking it off… Mill City Museum Party   about to dance…   DJ at work…      the party has started…THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR COMING !!!! 

Rainforest Cupping - NYC April 2-4 20081st Day7 flights of 5-6 coffees each (Colombia/El Salvador/Brazil)8 Judges including Linda Smithers (Headjudge) with coffees ranging from 65 - 94 across the board… cupping panel has good experience overall but with focus on fair evaluation of coffees only (not a competition) the 3 day excercise is just that… an excercise in discoveryPanel: Linda Smithers, Andy Sprenger/Cafe Pronto, Lowell Grosse/Charleston Coffee Roasters, Richard Borg, Royal Coffee NY, Michael Perz/Timothy’s Coffee, Mike Love/Coffee Labs Roaster, Steve Colten/Atlantic Coffee NY, Alan Liebowitz/Zingermans, Today’s cupping (4/3) included Colombians, Panama, Tanzania, Nicaragua, Brazils…more to come… 4/4… 3rd day of cupping… a Peruvian (the only one) RA cupped rather surprising as did 2 Panamanians (one especially good - venture to guess ?)… more Colombians, Brazil Naturals and Pulped Naturals as well as Hondos and Nics. Overall a great cupping exercise and opportunity and we all look forward to the final results to be published during the SCAA Mpls early May - see you there !AN/VSC