Fresh Fruit Tart and Coffee Pairing

CLASSIC FRESH FRUIT TART

Orange sweet pastry shell, traditional vanilla pastry cream – milk, eggs, sugar, bourbon vanilla beans and a small amount of cornstarch. Topped with fresh berries and kiwi, finished with Grand Marnier infused glaze.

COFFEE

City-roast coffee (48-50 Agtron) to complement the dessert of super-sweet characters, medium acidity, and slight nuttiness: Brasil NY2 Strictly-soft, fine [...]

Kentucky Bourbon Pie and Coffee Pairing

From Flickr: Oceana Grill New Orleans

KENTUCKY BOURBON PECAN PIE

Classic ingredients: eggs, sugar, dark corn syrup, butter, pecans and Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon. Coffee cuts the sweetness of this dessert and pairs well with the buttery caramel pecan filling. The Pastry Chef makes the pie dough using bourbon in the dough, to add flavor and [...]

Coffee Analysts at SCAA

Look for Spencer at SCAA

The SCAA Event is almost here, and Coffee Analysts will be there.

If you’re in Portland, look for Spencer Turer, Director of Coffee Operations, as a Station Instructor for the following classes:

GE201 The SCAA Cupping Form and Peer Calibration
GE202 Comparative Cupping
GE255 Organic Acids and the Chemistry of Coffee

Spencer will also be [...]

Devil's Food Cake and Coffee Pairing

DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE

Ingredients in tested Devil’s Food Cake: Panama Volcan Beru Coffee, buttermilk, Cocao Barry Extra Brut (100% cocoa, 24% cocoa butter) dark cocoa powder, sugar, cake flour. The cake is finished with Italian butter cream infused with the same coffee and Crème Anglaise made with the Panama Volcan Beru coffee as well. The cake [...]

Pairing Coffee and Dessert

Pairing and Food – Spencer Turer, Director of Coffee Operations at Coffee Analysts, presented “Pairing Coffee & Dessert” business luncheon at the recent National Coffee Association annual convention held in Charleston, South Carolina.

The presentation detailed the sensory attributes, both aromatic and flavor, used to compare desserts and coffee to better understand complimentary and contradictory attributes [...]

Coffee Analysts Director Receives SCAA Lead Instructor Credentials

Spencer during a cupping at Coffee Analysts

Coffee Analysts Director of Coffee Operations Spencer Turer successfully completed the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s Instructor Development Program in Portland, OR.  This dynamic and extensive training program is for Coffee Subject Matter Experts to learn about applied adult learning concepts and instructional design to become a certified [...]

Coffee Analysts at Let's Talk Coffee 2011

Spencer Turer from Coffee Analysts attended Let’s Talk Coffee 2011 in Salinitas, El Salvador along with Jeff Alpert and Jenny Perez from Coffee Extracts & Ingredients.  The conference is organized by Sustainable Harvest and attended by over 375 attendees from 24 different countries.   The theme for this years conference was “Redesigning the Coffee Supply Chain.”  [...]

George Howell’s Presentation

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George makes coffee discovery a good time

Jenny Howell getting the coffees ready

Washed and unwashed, fresh and stale

George Howell and Dan Cox kick off the presentation

George Howell Presents: The Long Road to Quality – From Seed to Cup – Saturday March 6th at Coffee Enterprises

George Howell

Coffee Ed, a newly founded coffee educational and training company is pleased to host George Howell for a very special slideshow presentation on “The Long Road to Quality – From Seed to Cup.” Following the slide show, George will be facilitating a coffee tasting for attendees on six coffees [...]