Episode 24 | U.S. Cup Tasters Championship with Andrew Shelley of Brio Coffeeworks

Our first episode exploring coffee and cannabis; two of our favorite plants. Bridget discusses our partnership with Brio Coffeeworks to combine the two in our upcoming retail experience and chats with Brio’s own Andrew Shelley about his 2nd place finish at this year’s U.S. Cup Tasters Championship. This ain’t your average cup of joe!Links: Brio Coffeeworks Specialty Coffee Expo 2023 USCTC Rankings The Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel Show Notes: 0:00 Lift off1:29 Why we are talking about coffee on this podcast 2:40 Brio Coffeeworks partnership 4:10 Explanation of Cup Tasters competition 7:00 The path to the championship round 11:00 The Championship at the 2023 Specialty Coffee Expo 11:45 Palate fatigue 14:08 Lucky tasting spoon 15:18 To spit or to swallow 17:23 Progressing through the 8 coffee triangulations 22:18 How the coffees are prepared 25:36 The importance of temperature 28:09 Aroma, acidity, body and flavor 30:55 Slurping 34:47 The diverse chemical profiles of coffee and cannabis 35:25 The Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel 37:36 Aroma and memory 40:03 Flavor and roasting 41:27 Regional flavor 42:36 Cannabis is more than THC and coffee is more than caffeine 46:00 "The best coffee is the coffee you like to drink"