Mid 7th week

OMG, i get a call from Edmund monday morning during our weekly sales meeting telling me that UCDA is doing R grade training and testing to get certified, not this certification in the coffee world is a huge deal...basically if you pass all the tests which are 22 test total, you are a master coffee cupper, roaster, and inspector. All i have to say is OM fucking God, i have been in training none stop since monday 10 am everyday till 630, and let me tell you its no freaking joke, its class for an hour then the test and the test are sooooooooo hard... i have been only been learning for a month now, there are people in our group who have been with UCDA years and still have not passed this test, so far out of 10 test we have taken i have managed to pass 2, which is very disapointing but edmund is telling me i have done better then alot of other people who have been there for a while. so i guess im not doing too bad but man its crazy and so much information. The organization  who runs this program/test/certification is world wide know and are called COFFEE QUALITY INSTITUTE, apparently they train all coffee experts all over the world, and man they are tough. So as you can imagine my week has not been pleasant, i mean 10 hours of coffee coffee coffee test after test after test is starting to wear me out, everything is starting to taste the same, coffee is so freaking complicated it is unbelievable. there are things about coffee that scientists still havent figured out, that is amazing to me. this little fucking bean is as complex as our brains.. every aspect of it we are getting tested on, taste color, acidity, bitterness, roasting it, brewing it, i can go on and on but most of you would not even understand the complexity of this little tiny miracle. anyways i thought i should write about this experience, ill have more on this on the weekend when i have more time to write and take pictures.