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Trade Secrets Coffee Tasting Class
Trade Secrets Coffee Tasting Class
Trade Secrets Coffee Tasting Class
Trade Secrets Coffee Tasting Class
Trade Secrets Coffee Tasting Class
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Getting ready for the Trade Secrets: Coffee Tasting Class by uncommongoods featuring coffees from driftawaycoffee The flavor wheel looks a lot like the one we use for wine flavors! #coffee #cafe #caffè #kaffee

Trade Secrets Coffee Tasting Class

Discover nuances of flavor in this 75-minute class where you’ll learn to taste coffee like a pro.

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$90.00

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A 75-minute live virtual experience with an expert instructor

A Experiences Coffee Tasting Kit, mailed to you before the date of your experience

An email sent at least 24 hours before the experience with all the preparation details including experience log-in information

The Experience

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There’s a sumptuous range of coffees out there, but how many of us know what we’re looking for in an amazing cup of joe? Join professional roasters and brewers James McCarthy and Julien Langevin for a live virtual experience where you’ll discover secrets to tasting coffee the way the experts do.

  • Learn the side-by-side cupping technique that pros use to evaluate beans and brews.
  • Discover the importance of a bean’s "terroir," which includes everything from growing conditions to cultural influences.
  • Practice five rounds of tasting to identify subtle notes of fragrance, body, and flavor (think dark chocolate, blackberry, and cinnamon).
  • Reveal the origin and profile of each sample and find out how closely your own appraisal matches the real thing.
Class length: 75 minutes
Comes with the class: Our Blind Taste Test Coffee Kit includes five hand-selected coffees from around the world, sampling cups, tasting forms, and a detailed flavor wheel. To ensure you receive the freshest coffee, we’ll ship the kit to arrive one week before your scheduled class date.

Experiences make great gifts! To gift this class, simply purchase the class for the date/time you think will work for your recipient. If that doesn’t work for the recipient, no worries! Send an email that includes your order confirmation number to help@uncommongoods.com at least 48-hours prior and we’ll help get them moved into a scheduled class that works better for them. Please note: By default, order confirmations and event details are sent to the purchaser’s email. If you'd like this information to go to your gift recipient instead, select "this is a gift" under your chosen date. Once in your cart, you can enter the recipient's email address and choose a delivery date for the class confirmation email.

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Julien Langevin & James McCarthy

About

Julien Langevin's fascination with coffee began with a college job in a café and eventually led to the world of professional coffee roasting and competitive coffee tasting. Realizing the value of years of knowledge, Julien created their own coffee education platform and began teaching classes. "I love seeing people get excited about coffee," they say, "Because I'm so excited about it!" Julien acknowledges that coffee tasting can feel intimidating for people who aren't in the industry, and they aim to break down those barriers and make coffee tasting approachable and fun. Like Julien, James McCarthy began his coffee journey as a barista. His café roasted their own beans and the process intrigued James so much that within a few months he became an apprentice roaster. James has worked in specialty coffee for nearly 20 years and has added teaching to his resumé. "Coffee is an easy way to bring people joy," he says. "I want everyone to understand and enjoy it more whether they turn into a 'coffee geek' or not!"

For this class you'll need a kitchen scale or measuring spoons, a 1.2 liter kettle or pot, 2 additional mugs of any size, 2 spoons: preferably soup spoons, but teaspoons will also work, and a pen or pencil for notes

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The Experiences Coffee Tasting Kit will be shipped in time to arrive before the date of your experience.

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Ages

16+

Notes

The Blind Taste Test Coffee Kit comes with
Five .4 oz samples of specialty coffee pre-weighed
5 sampling cups
Tasting forms
Flavor wheel
Five 2 oz. bags of the coffee you’ll be tasting + origin cards (please do not open before class)

1-2 people per screen, please. (More than that affects the quality of everyone's experience.)

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56377

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