Coffee Cupping Set Up

To make cupping work for you at home you only need some basic equipment.

Coffee cupping set up. Gram scale ideally or teaspoon. Extra cups or mugs for rinsing. Spoons at least 1 per person. Remember to use your desired amount.

Any serious coffee buyer should take the time to invest in setting up a cupping lab. When you re doing the real pouring for the real cupping just pour to the same level. A coffee bean burr grinder small cups or glasses volume of 150 180ml for the coffee samples a cupping spoon can be a normal spoon but a deeper spoon is better a kettle to heat up water can also be an electric one with. If you have a lot of people cupping with you have 2 3 glasses for each type of coffee you re cupping.

Now pick up 1 cupping bowl. For sca standard cupping 5 cups per coffee sample 7 9 fl oz or 207 266 ml top diameter 3 3 5 in 76 89 mm with. In a less formal setting 2 or 3 cups is often sufficient. Rinse cups should be offered 1 per sample set is a convenient starting number.

Measure out 6 5 oz of water and pour it into one of your cupping glasses that contain the 12 grams of coffee. 5 oz glasses or close to that size you ll need at least 1 glass for each kind of coffee. You can know this by first doing a dry run. Although not difficult to setup the lab should be in a clean well lit area free of excessive noise.

The basic coffee cupping steps start off by measuring your whole coffee beans i recommend 2 grams of coffee for 6 5oz of boiled water and place it.