| Sunalini Menon | |
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| Occupation | Coffee quality control expert |
Sunalini N Menon is Asia's first woman professional in the field of coffee tasting, also known as coffee cupping. She has been called "Asia's first lady of coffee".
Career
Until 1995, Menon was the director of quality control for the Coffee Board of India. following this, she founded her own company, Coffeelab, in Bangalore, India. In 2005, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) in Seattle, United States.
References
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