Stumptown Coffee

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2010

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week we learn the art of cupping with Portland's legendary Stumptown Coffee; Joshua Wesson introduces us to the world's iconic grapes, and we play a round of "Stump the Cook" with Stumpmaster Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

January 24, 2009 (originally aired)
January 23, 2010 (rebroadcast)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country.
0:08.1	We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing.
0:24.4	Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
0:32.9	It's Lynn Rosetta Caspher with the splendid table.
0:44.5	Thank you. It's Lynn Rosetta Casper with the splendid table. Today it's the sniff, the slurp and the spit.
0:47.3	Now, I'm not talking wine tasting.
0:49.0	It's coffee cupping.
0:50.7	Coughing is the industry standard for tasting and evaluating coffee. and I get a lesson from Portland's Stumptown coffee.
0:57.5	Now, this is something you can try at home. Well, it's a Polish cafeteria for the Stearns, buttered calachi at Sokoloski's cafeteria in Cleveland.
1:06.7	Wine Maverick Josh Wesson talks the world of wines that locals love and we rarely try.
1:12.5	The Fortune Cook's bogus idea is stripped away by an investigative reporter,
1:17.0	and we play Stump the Cook with Celebrity Stumpmaster Christopher Kimball,
1:21.6	he of America's Test Kitchen fame.
1:24.3	All this and your calls coming up on the Splendid Table.
1:32.3	This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. Hi, it's Lynne Rosetta
1:37.4	Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat. Our
1:43.0	program is produced by American Public Media and supported
1:46.2	by PBS, presenting Jane Austen's Emma. A new adaptation from Masterpiece Classic is filled with
1:53.7	matchmaking mischief and stars Johnny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, and Romola Garry. Sunday night
2:00.6	at 9, 8 Central on PBS.
2:03.7	Well, today I learn how to cup a cup of Joe.
2:07.0	Now, cupping is how professional coffee tasters evaluate the brew.
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