Strangeways Coffee will hold its first public cupping with local Bushwick coffee roaster Lofted Coffee this Sunday Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. In case you’re wondering what a cupping is, it’s the professional process of tasting the different aspect of brewed coffee. Hot water is poured into coffee grounds, then the crust or foam is scraped off. You then sniff the coffee, then loudly slurp the coffee so it spreads to the back of the tongue.