Cawfee Tawk with Heidi Robb

Nationally known food expert and Cleveland resident Heidi Robb wrote an excellent ode to coffee with a big shout-out to the Phoenix Coffee West Ninth coffee cupping she attended last month. Phoenix is committed to educating the public about all things coffee and Heidi did a great job capturing the essence and experience at one of our cuppings. She writes on her blog:

...If you are a coffee lover at any level of enjoyment, a cupping will definitely hone your senses towards a deeper appreciation for the roasted and liquified bean. In a Triangulation tasting, three cups of ground beans are presented – two being the identical, one different. The goal is to detect the odd  cup by smell and taste. It’s definitely trickier than it sounds, and forces you to pay attention to minute characteristics generally passed by in drinking a casual cup, much in the same way a guided wine tasting alerts your senses to specific nuances. Notes taken reflect the aromas and tastes of ” blueberry, potato, wet dirt, leather, bourbon”, among others. Smell and taste alter as the grinds change from dry to wet...

Thanks Heidi! Please note, almost all of the Phoenix Coffee Cafes have weekly cuppings. We are adding the times and dates to our website as we speak. Look for details on the News page and under the individual store pages on the Phoenix Coffee website.