Coffee Cupping
Date and Time
Tuesday Jan 6, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
Tuesday, January 61:30—2:30 PM
Location
Community Room - 003, Sawyer Free Library, 2 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA, 01930
Fees/Admission
Free. Registration required.
Contact Information
Meg O'Neill at 978-325-5562 or moneill@sawyerfreelibrary.org
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Description
Do you enjoy coffee?
Led by coffee cupping guru Rob Fitzgibbon, this program is like a wine tasting, but with coffee. We will begin with an informal half hour presentation, covering coffee as an agricultural commodity, how it’s grown and processed, how it’s been consumed throughout history, and an introduction to concepts such as roasting, aroma, taste and mouthfeel.
We then do a fun interactive exercise in which participants try three different coffees and document what they smell and taste using stickers and a flavor wheel.
We end by reviewing our shared perceptions of taste and aroma, have Q & A session and finish the coffee. The purpose is to to pay attention to coffee - to gain more appreciation for the complexity and wonder of a drink that we typically take for granted in our day to day life.
