Cup Masters 1 - Ted Strachura and Elika Liftee

04/12/23 • 62 min

Our First edition of CUP MASTERS - a live online cupping event featuring some of the best cuppers in the country cupping interesting coffees and talking about them.
In this episode we have Cup Masters Ted Strachura, Director of Coffee at Equator Coffees with Elika Liftee, Director of Coffee Education at Onyx Coffee Labs cupping coffees from the Democratic Republic of Congo from Mighty Peace Coffee and hosted by Jake Leonti.
We talk about cupping, palate development, coffee careers and East African flavor profiles.

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