For a novice, the cupping room can be a disorienting place.
Her favorite place in the compound is the cupping room, where she can roast small samples of her coffee and judge the results.
Visitors hike through rows of coffee trees, meet the pickers and, of course, sample fresh brews in the mill's cupping room.
You can order "smashed avocado with streaky bacon" at Lantana in London or avocado smash with poached eggs, ricotta and radishes at the Cupping Room in Hong Kong.
El Salvador, like many coffee-producing countries, has never really developed a coffee-drinking culture, so J. Hill's cupping room is the closest thing in the area to a well-equipped café.
7 Lonsdale St, Braddon 9am: Coffee at The Cupping Room Although Canberra's coffee scene is still in its infancy, the quality is already on par with what's available in Melbourne and Sydney.
The Cupping Room is one of the finest examples of local caffeine culture: it offers several espresso blends but just one type of "milk-based espresso drink" – meaning those in search of coffee adulterated with chocolate or other additives will need to look elsewhere.
Davis Street Espresso (davisstreetespresso.com), another garage conversion, is a sleek cafe with exposed beams, but its focus is a glassed cupping room, where baristas work with beans that the owner, a former accountant, buys abroad and roasts locally and sells wholesale.
Housed in the ultra-modern Stanley Plaza shopping centre but tucked away on its quiet upper levels, The Cupping Room is a welcoming space blending industrial design details (exposed ducts, white brick walls, wood-top tables) and warm, personable service.
In the cupping room, you may have the opportunity to watch the official taster who can reject an entire load of coffee beans if even one out of 13 cups that she tastes doesn't make the grade.
Get a shampoo bottle, lemons, 2 measuring cups, room temperature water and some of your favorite conditioner that works the best for your hair.
