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Article: All a-buzz Coffee lovers sip, slurp, sniff their way to the best brews
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 29, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright 1998 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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First there was wine tasting. Now there's coffee cupping done
with a slurp instead of a sip.
While "cupping" coffee sounds like a snooty diversion for
"Frasier" psychiatrist Niles Crane, the compare-and-contrast tasting
method is a natural for a beverage that's come a long way from
cowboy campfires and instant Folger's.
The fact that prime time television has moved into coffee bars a
la "Frasier" and "Friends" indicates something is afoot in pop
culture.
Cappuccino, espresso and mocha lattes may share the limelight.
But coffee has become so trendy that devotees make it their business
to know from which region of the world their favorite coffee bean
comes.
The coffee industry doesn't ...