Julian, the owner of the coffee farm, took us into town to see the coffee processing plant, the place where the coffee is delivered sorted, packaged and shipped. ¨Somos muy profesionales,¨ Julian explained. ¨Somos expertos en el cafe.¨ The process is impressively high-tech. After the farmers bring their coffee to the central plant it´s sorted by size, weight and color. This is mostly done by machine, but when the plant gets a superb batch of coffee it is sorted by the hands of thirty women.
After wathcing the coffee get sorted and packed we went to the quality control room for a lesson in coffee tasting, which is highly sophisticated. It´s done like wine, slurping, swirling and spitting. After watching an expert demonstration I felt ready to try. On the first taste I sent coffee shooting straight up my nose and down my throat. While I was clutching my throat coffee was dribbling down my chin and Julian yells out, ¨We need napkins!¨
2 comments:
I'd like to see a "flavor wheel of cheese" diagram. Or at least see that as a puzzle on wheel of fortune.
So, when you go wine tasting you really spit it out? How silly is that? I always drink the whole thing. This could be why I never get past 4 wineries in any given day. I'm asleep by the time we head out of the 4th one!
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