Sunalini Menon

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Sunalini Menon
Born	Sunalini Besu
Education	Women's Christian College
Occupation	Coffee quality control expert

Sunalini N Menon (nee Basu) is Asia's first woman professional in the field of coffee tasting [1] or coffee cupping. She is a coffee quality control expert, with a Master's degree in food and nutrition from the Women's Christian College^[1]. She started her career at the Coffee Board of India [2] in 1972. Currently, she runs Coffeelab Private Limited, a consultancy at Bangalore, India, that she started in 1996. She is also the quality ombudsman of the Specialty Coffee Association of India.

[edit] Publications

1) Quality Coffee Regions in India -- Tea & Coffee, June-July 2005 [3]

[edit] Achievements & Awards

1) Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) in Seattle, USA on April 17, 2005 [4]

2) The Hidden Treasure Award for Coffeelab at the Tea and Coffee Conference (Berne, Switzerland) by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe

[edit] References

1. ^ Womens Christian College - Alumni Association

1) An interview with Ms. Sunalini Menon -- The Hindu, 30 Jan 2002 [5]

2) Brewing a tale of coffee -- Deccan Herald, 12 May 2005 [6]

3) Not an alien...in coffee land -- The Economic Times, 08 Mar 2007 [7]

4) Asia's First Lady of Coffee -- Caliber Gastronomica, 13 Nov 2007 [8]