#3 - Jen Hurd on Kenyan Coffee, Celebrating Coffee Jedi Caleb, and Market Updates

Your Inside Scoop on Specialty Coffee—and What’s Brewing Next

In this episode of Bean to Cup, host Gabe Damiani and co-host Caleb Walker dive into the vibrant ⁠Kenya Baragwi Guama AA Washed⁠. Special guest Jen Hurd of ⁠Genuine Origin⁠ shares insider insights into Kenya’s rich coffee heritage, unique grading and auction systems, and how global forces are shaping the market.

We’re also celebrating a major milestone: Caleb is now a Licensed Q-Grader—aka Coffee Jedi. It’s a rare and rigorous certification held by fewer than 8,000 people worldwide and a big step in our mission to bring you coffees with clarity, depth, and purpose.

Tasting notes of dark chocolate, caramel, and blackberry come alive in this conversation—plus a few fun sound bites from the coffee Jedi of Wisconsin’s north woods.

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