Coffee cupping

What do you do when you get a package containing three bags of Heart Coffee? Have a cupping session, of course.

We had the following three on hand: 

1. Colombia La Palmera
2. Ethiopa Chelba 
3. Guatemala El Amate 

It was a pretty impromptu and informal affair—we had to use espresso cups in lieu of cupping bowls, so the proportions were slightly off. I'll be the first to admit: I don't have the most discerning of palates (my commentary during wine tasting is embarrassing at best), but cupping helped me identify the differences between each coffee. My favorite? The Ethopia Chelba, by a landslide. It had a sweet, caramel fragrance, and it went down really smoothly and had notes of citrus.