Cafe Imports’ sensory analysis director, Ian Fretheim, is so curious about cupping that he’ll happily travel to the most remote place in the world to study it. Of course, it helps that the world’s most remote landmass also happens to be a coffee-producing region, as well as one of the most objectively beautiful places in the United States of America: Hawaii. Ian was’t interested in surfing or exploring volcanoes, though, as he was in Kona for the Kona Coffee Festival and to serve as head judge in the 2019 Hawaiian Coffee Association Cupping Competition.
