Phoenix Coffee Looking For Tasters In Delicious Experiment

Phoenix Coffee has always taken its coffee seriously.

In its ongoing mission to serve the best possible product, the cafe is holding an experiment to settle the question of how different storage methods impact the taste of coffee.

And, for this experiment, they need volunteer tasters.

If you would like to volunteer, first you have to qualify. (No, they are not kidding. This isn't just about sipping free coffee. It's about assessing quality and they want to make sure they have the best possible taste buds for the job.

Everyone is invited to try out but not everyone who tries out will qualify.

Here is how Phoenix Coffee explains the qualifying process on its blog:

Before we can begin the actual study, we will need a panel of people whose palates have proven to be up to the challenge. Collecting a group of such people will involve hosting a series of qualifying cuppings at each of our cafes. For those of us already in the coffee industry, this is an excellent palate-development opportunity ...

(At the qualifiers,) the taster will be required to taste three cups of coffee and identify which of the three cups contains a different coffee from the other two cups.

In order to qualify for participation in the studies, tasters will be required to correctly discern the different coffee in four of the five cuppings. To ensure the consistency of the tasters’ palates, we ask that those interested in participating in the study pass the triangulation trial on two different dates.

Qualifying Triangulation Locations and Schedule

Coventry Cafe

• Thursday, Apr 18th at 10 AM
• Saturday, Apr 27th at 10 AM
• Saturday, May 4th at 10 AM

East 9th Cafe

• Friday, Apr 19th at 12 PM
• Friday, Apr 26th at 12 PM
• Friday, May 3rd at 12 PM

Lee Rd Cafe

• Friday, Apr 19th at 7 PM
• Thursday, Apr 25th at 2 PM
• Sunday, May 5th at 3 PM

For more information on the qualifier and the storage experiment, visit the Phoenix Coffee blog.