I’ve been incredibly busy lately, so I’m playing catch up with some events that have happened over the past few weeks. Recently, my sister and I attended a “Cupping” session with a local coffee company called Mostra Coffee. Since the location of the session was in the Rancho Bernardo area, it was easy for my sister to meet up with me prior to her going to work. I wasn’t sure what to expect, except that maybe it would be like a wine tasting, but with coffee. What we got was a fabulous coffee experience. I discovered Mostra Coffee through their Instagram account, and learned about the cupping session on their Facebook page. The pictures below tell the story of our experience, and if you’re a coffee fanatic like me, the Mostra Coffee cupping session is a must. Have a great weekend!
We all start off with the ground coffee first, smelling the coffee to distinguish the different aromas.
Hot water is added to each bowl, and we “slurp” the coffee to see if it brings out more aromas or other flavors.
This is a flavor wheel. It helps those of us who are novices to coffee tasting (like moi).
After trying the coffee hot, we then were able to try to their “cold brews”, which surprisingly altered the taste and brought out even more flavors. I loved the Guatemala because it was deep and rich like a French Roast.
After the tasting, we were treated to a siphoning demonstration by Mike, master roaster.
The coffee used for the siphoning was the Guatemala beans, and it was blended with a wonderful Teavana tea called Toasted Nut Brulee. After adding a bit of cream to this blend, it tasted like dessert!
The cupping session took place at the Abnormal Wine Company in Rancho Bernardo, right next to where I work and across the street from where my sister lives. If you would like to attend a cupping session by Mostra Coffee, you can do so by checking out their Facebook page and you can also find out about their events by going to their official site. FYI – this is a Filipino owned company, and they hope to introduce coffee beans grown in the Philippines!
Very cool! It’s good to support local businesses (and Filipino American brethren)!
It was awesome CC! I was thinking of doing a private one and inviting my own friends. Would you go to one??
xoxo
Sure!
I’m a coffee fanatic, and this looks absolutely awesome. I liked them on Instagram and Facebook, and hopefully I can attend one of their future events!
If you come down to San Diego, let me know! Or if they have an event over there, we should get together!
xoxo