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NUCOFFEE WORLD

NUCOFFEE IS AN OFFICIAL CQI PARTNER IN BRAZIL
The initiative is endorsed by the Coffee Quality Institute to provide Q Grading services to the Brazilian market.

Brazilian coffee growers, cooperatives and other institutions who would like to have coffee samples officially assessed for Q Grading can contact NUCOFFEE. The partnership with the US Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), developer of this evaluation methodology, has been strengthened. Since April 2011, the Brazilian organization became licensed as an In-Country Partner of CQI for Brazil.

ARTICLE
 
GENOTYPE X ENVIRONMENT X QUALITY
By Flávio Borém

What makes quality in coffee?
This question is as frequent and important as it is difficult to be addressed with an exact answer. Many researchers and several countries are searching for answers, as this is the key to improve the quality of the current production, as well as to offer new opportunities, new events that meet the demand for coffees with high quality flavor and aroma.
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COFFEE AND CULTURE

A TASTE OF TRADITION
Drip-coffee dates back to old habits of the Brazilian farms.

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For almost four minutes, water is poured, slowly and carefully, into the cone holding the coffee powder. A nice aroma permeates the room while the barista - professional or amateur - prepares the beverage. Time seems to go by very slowly, allowing for each drop to be savored.
Maybe no other coffee-making method matches so well the marketing trend for retro, for recovering the craft, as the drip-coffee method. This will be in evidence in many places, such as the city of Portland, Oregon, in the US, which will host the annual event of the 2012 Specialty Coffee Association of America, as the technique is increasingly winning more space within coffee shops.
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