Our "cupping" program is tailored to libraries, but is also popular with civic groups and social gatherings.  A narrated slide show about coffee history, cultivation and charactersitcs precedes an adapted coffee cupping.  In the real thing wholesalers and independent roasters are seeing, smelling, touching, tasting coffees; looking for the very best taste and quality for their customers and clients.  In this version, participants examine and taste coffees blindly, then try to identify the beans based on information about regional characteristics.   We "prime the senses" then challenge the players.  There are lots of laughs and a new appreciation for the morning cuppa' Joe!