Host a Blind Coffee Tasting with Lettered Cookie Toppers

Which coffee would you pour again if you couldn’t see the bag? Set out two small cups at brunch and give each one a matching lettered cookie. The cookies keep the coffees straight and give everyone something sweet to enjoy after the reveal.

Choose a pair and write the key

Try a light roast alongside a coffee with toffee and cocoa tasting notes. Assign each bag a letter and jot the names inside a folded card. Mark the serving pots A and B so whoever pours can follow the same key. Two options from the shop are Wake & Wag and Black Dog Espresso.

Print one A and one B per guest

Use the same lettering and background colour for both designs so the artwork gives no clues. For six tasters, plan six A cookies and six B cookies. In the sheet preview, count each letter separately before approving your custom cookie icing toppers.

Take a sip, then a bite

Use matching cups and pour the same amount into each. Invite guests to taste both coffees before eating the cookie labels. Have everyone circle A or B on a slip of paper and jot down one thing they noticed. “I’d drink B with breakfast” is as good an answer as a tasting note.

Open the card, bring out the bags and pass the cookies. For a personal touch, add the brunch date beneath each letter if it fits legibly at the cookie’s finished size.