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Coffee Roast Levels 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Roasting Coffee

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Coffee Roast Levels 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Roasting Coffee

Whether you're just getting started or refining your first few batches, understanding coffee roast levels ...

Word of the Day

Quakers

A secondary defect that describes underripe/undeveloped coffee cherries that result in pale color after roasting

Coffee Glossary

Cup Score

A number assigned to communicate a coffee's quality

Cup or coffee cupping quality score refers to the number on a scale of 0-100 that reflects the coffee’s quality. A cupper (Q-grader) inspects the coffee whole bean for the physical assessment portion, then smell and taste the coffee for the sensory assessment portion to arrive at a score. Commercial coffee is scored on a 0-80 range while specialty coffee ranges from a 80-100 with Very Good, Excellent, and Outstanding designations within.