Day Three Wrap Up

The day is done, it is midnight and I need to crash.  Having said that, after a long day of cupping 30 coffees and traveling to the Pacas farm and to a mill, we had a great conversation on the balcony this evening.  I am surrounded by legends in the coffee world, at least they are legends to me.  Tom Owen of Sweet Marias, Wendy De Jong, Anette Moldaver of Square Mile, the list goes on.  And what I am learning more and more is how much more I need to learn and experience.  My familiarity with El Salvador coffee is too weak, and I need more time with these great coffees.  As Tom said, it is a matter of trust that can't be bought or had over night.  It is a process of getting to know and trust certain origins and coffees.  All I know at this point is how much I don't know, and how much I need to learn.  The jury has been great, and people far more wiser than me, are so gracious and delightful.  I can't communicate enough how much I am drinking it all in.  Tomorrow we cup 42 coffees in 5 sessions.  It will be a long and in some ways a painful day.  But at the end of it all, I know I will be wiser in the ways of El Salvador coffee.  OK, I need sleep.  More later.