For a home cupping or a tasting at the stall. Two questions, kept apart as in the SCA's 2024 Coffee Value Assessment: what is there (low, medium, high), and how much you like it (1 to 9).
| Taste for | What to notice | Coffee A: ____________ | Coffee B: ____________ | Coffee C: ____________ | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smell: the dry grounds, then the crust broken at 3–5 minutes | |||||
| Fragrance | The dry grounds, just ground | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | |
| Aroma | The wet coffee as the crust breaks | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | |
| Taste: slurp from the spoon at about 160 °F, and again as it cools | |||||
| Flavour | Taste and smell together | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | |
| Aftertaste | What stays after spitting: how long, how pleasant | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | |
| Acidity | Brightness, like fruit. Not sourness. | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | |
| Sweetness | How sweet, with no sugar in it | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | |
| Body | Weight in the mouth: tea or milk? (SCA: mouthfeel) | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | low · med · high like 1–9: _____ | |
| Flavour words | 1–3 words from the flavour wheel's inner ring: fruity, floral, nutty, chocolate, spice, roasted... | ||||
| The whole cup | |||||
| Overall | How much you like the whole cup; 5 = neither | like 1–9: _____ | like 1–9: _____ | like 1–9: _____ | |
| Defect? | Only three count: potato, mouldy, phenolic (medicinal) | none · potato · mouldy · phenolic | none · potato · mouldy · phenolic | none · potato · mouldy · phenolic | |