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 [...]]]>

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 from coffee-growing regions around the world. Attendees will learn how professional coffee tasting is done and what attributes are characteristic of different growing regions. There is only space for 50 individuals, so please reserve your space today.

This event is being sponsored by Coffee Enterprises at 32 Lakeside Avenue, Burlington VT from 9-1pm Saturday March 6th for a small fee of $15. Only 50 seats are available so please call Coffee Enterprises (802.865.4480) or email: chris@coffee-ent.com to reserve your space!

George Howell, internationally recognized leader in the Specialty Coffee Industry, founded the Coffee Connection in Cambridge, MA in 1975 and went on to found George Howell Terroir Coffee Company in 2002. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Specialty Coffee Association of America in 1996 and was awarded the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe’s Better Coffee World Award in 2007. George also was the co-founder of the Cup of Excellence and currently serves on the Arbitration Panel for the Specialty Coffee Association.

Cesar Eduardo Ambrocio is the Head Coffee Cupper in Guatemala and works at Anacafe. He is responsible for tasting over 10,000 samples [...]]]> Coffee Analysts has started a cross training program where invited coffee professionals from a coffee producing country visit Coffee Analysts and spend a week sharing industry practices with the CA staff.

Cesar Eduardo Ambrocio is the Head Coffee Cupper in Guatemala and works at Anacafe. He is responsible for tasting over 10,000 samples per year of coffee from all of the seven regions of Guatemala.

Juan Antonio Silvestre Yanci is the head coffee roaster from Anacafe and is also part of the cupping team there. Both of them hold the prestigious license of being Q grader certified.

While at Coffee Analysts offices they shared their knowledge of Guatemala coffees, which included a heavy schedule of tasting coffees.

Later in the year Coffee Analysts plans to send two staff to Guatemala where they will bring their expertise to Anacafe.