How to read a coffee assessment.
Cupping uses defined sample preparation and tasting procedures to assess coffee. Source: SCA-102
Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) records four complementary views: physical properties of the green coffee; sensory descriptions; the taster's impression of quality, called affective assessment; and information about the coffee, called extrinsic assessment. Source: SCA CVA
In affective assessment, ratings on a nine-point scale feed a formula that produces an overall score from 0 to 100. Source: SCA affective assessment
Read the sensory description alongside the quality assessment, and see the SCA definition of specialty for the broader meaning of specialty coffee.