My favorite coffee on the table today was also the lowest grade. Sometimes that happens because coffee grades are based primarily on physical qualities, not sensory ones. There's often a correlation there, but exceptions are legion.
This is also more likely to happen when the cupping is strictly blind. When I'm evaluating to make purchase decisions all I see is a number and it isn't until after I'm done that I reference that back to any other information I have about the coffee.
This is also more likely to happen when the cupping is strictly blind. When I'm evaluating to make purchase decisions all I see is a number and it isn't until after I'm done that I reference that back to any other information I have about the coffee.