On your mark, get set, taste!

August 27th, 2010 |

Author: Lisa

Cup Tasting Championships are exciting competitions. Four participants at a time taste coffees arranged in eight triangles (groups of three). In each triangle, two cups are identical, one is different. Using skills of smell, taste, memory and concentration, the competitor will try to identify the odd cup out in the triangles, in the shortest time possible. After eight minutes, the round stops and the competitor discovers how many correct done by lifting their selections to reveal whether or not it has the tale-tale dot on the bottom of the cup.

On day one, 12 participants compete in three heats (four participants per heat). After all three heats, the top four scorers (those that have identified the most correct coffees in the shortest amount of time) advance to the final round to be held on day two.

In the final round, all four finalists compete together and the competitor that makes the highest number of correct selections in the least amount of time wins and is named Canadian Cup Taster Champion.

The Canadian Cup Tasters Championship will take place on the demo stage at the Canadian Coffee & Tea show in Toronto. Round one happens at 3:00 – 4:30 pm on Sunday, September 26, 2010. The finals round will be held from 3:00 to 4:00 pm Monday September 27, 2010.