Seed to Cup: Day Four
Challenge Six - Turning Compost:
Selva Negra farm, site of the Seed to Cup Challenge, uses organic compost made from farm waste to fertilize coffee plants. The compost needs turning, and who better to do that then two teams of champion baristas? Each team was given five minutes to see who could shovel the most, and they dug into the challenge with enthusiasm. Once again, Team Ripe Cherries were the victors. No doubt they developed and perfectly executed a complex and carefully coordinated shoveling strategy. Or something.
Challenge Seven - Roasting:
For the next to last challenge, each team chose a color target for their roast. The teams were each given three tries to roast a batch of coffee beans as close to the selected color as possible, but the challenge ended in a draw. Now Team Cappuccino only has to win the single remaining challenge five times to win Seed to Cup! Good luck with those odds, Team Cappuccino. Of course, it all depends on how heavily the judges weight that final pull of espresso…
The Final Challenge:
Thursday marks the beginning of Let’s Talk Coffee, Sustainable Harvest’s yearly conference on sustainability in the coffee supply chain. A rough edit of the Seed to Cup video will be shown at the conference to set the stage for the final challenge, when the baristas compete to pull the best shot of espresso and make the best cappuccino using beans from Selva Negra farm. New media will be added throughout the week, and tune in Sunday to read the final results and see photos from the last challenge!
