The team at Lincoln & York is celebrating after Coffee Buyer and Taster, Rebekah Kettrick, became the first and only female Q Arabica and Q Robusta licensed coffee grader in Europe.
At the UK’s first ever Q Robusta course, held at the end of 2016 in Edinburgh, Rebekah underwent six rigorous days learning about the Robusta bean’s attributes and flavours; alongside calibrating, cupping and scoring the coffee. The week culminated in 20 tests in which the graders were required to differentiate and classify Robusta coffee, along with some other olfactory tests.
“The week-long course was extremely intense but great fun tasting and comparing Robusta coffee from many different origins”, Rebekah said. “It opened my eyes to the diverse range of flavours Robusta can offer.”
Director and Founder of Lincoln & York, James Sweeting, was ‘delighted for her’. “Rebekah’s achievement should not be underestimated’, he said “We take the quality of coffee very seriously and now that we have three Q Arabica graders and one Q Robusta grader in-house at Lincoln & York, our customers are guaranteed consistently great coffee.”
Who?
The Planet Vending Bluffer’s Guide to Lincoln & York
Lincoln & York Ltd is a private label coffee sourcing, roasting and packing specialist operating from a state-of-the-art roastery in North Lincolnshire.
Lincoln & York Ltd is the discreet manufacturer behind hundreds of coffee blends across the UK and Europe, supplying a large and diverse customer base with coffee that’s sourced, roasted and packaged to meet individual requirements.
Lincoln & York is recognised as one of the fastest growing companies in the UK – named a ‘2015 Outstanding Company’ and ‘Top 5 Trading Partners (coffee) 2017’ by leading industry analysts, Plimsoll, one of the 2016 ‘1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ by the London Stock Exchange and within The Grocer Fast 50 supplement in November 2015.
Lincoln & York will be exhibiting at the London Coffee Festival 6th – 7th April 2017.
So now, you know 🙂
