Ethiopia tasting
Friday we hosted an Ethiopia coffee tasting together with Supreme Roastworks and Solberg & Hansen. The shop was packed with invited guests that eagerly tasted every single drop of coffee in the cups. 10 different Ethiopian coffees were tasted and I think the coffees from Ninety plus coffee were the ones that stood out. The 3 roasteries involved had also roasted the same lot of coffee, which was a Shakiso natural processed coffee from a development project near the city of Shakiso in Ethiopia. This was very interesting as the 3 different roasteries had very different styles of roasting and the coffees vere quite different in taste although the green coffee was the same. The one roasted by Solberg & Hansen was 2 days fresher than the other coffees, but showed great intensity but lacked a bit of acidity and clarity. The one roasted at our roastery was more light, clean and elegant but lacked a bit of the sweetness that Supreme Roastworks brought out. There were a lot of different opinions of which coffee was the best among the 20 people that tasted the coffees. And that really shows that when it comes to great coffee we can never agree of what is a perfect cup of coffee, because there are so many opinions and styles to consider. Here are some pictures from the event: [tylr-slidr userID=”30608893@N03″ groupID=””]http://www.flickr.com/photos/timwendelboe/sets/72157610902565596/[/tylr-slidr]