Taste test

The coffee people that I’m working with have been asking me for weeks if I’d like to do a blind taste test with them.  As per all invitations that I receive I accepted but didn’t think it would actually ever occur.  And then Saturday morning I received a phone call if I could be available to taste test in 45 minutes.  Not aware of what I was getting myself into, here is their “laboratory”.

How professional!  There were 10 samples of Nicaraguan brand name coffees equipped with new spoons every taste, a rotating table and spit jugs.  First step was aroma and sniffing the coffee grounds and writing what we smelled (sweet, acidic, chocolate, earthy, bitter, flowery etc.).  Then we moved on to aroma which was scent of the coffee grounds in boiling water.  And we finished it off with tasting the coffees in the traditional manner of slurping loudly, swishing it in our mouths and spitting it out.  Afterwards we wrote down which were our favorites and I NAILED IT!  My first choice was the product that we are selling and my second pick was the next highest quality competitor.  BOOM.

Also my holiday party went well!  I forgot to take pictures but 8 PCVs from as far as an hour away came to celebrate the end of the year.  People brought chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, veggies with dip, banana bread, chorizo tacos and sponge cake.  Fun was had by all!

This is my last post until I come home for the holidays!  Can't wait to see you all soon.  And Beth from Grace Lutheran, get healthy soon!