Basic ways to taste fine coffee

Pre-product preparation:

1, before tasting coffee, it is best not to eat exciting food, such as garlic, pepper, persimmon, so as not to paralyze the taste buds and affect the sense of taste. Wash your hands and make sure there is no residual aroma of skin care products on your hands, so as not to confuse the aroma of coffee.

2. Prepare a glass of ice water, take a sip to awaken the taste buds before tasting coffee, and gargle before tasting different coffees.

Tasting method and process:

Coffee taste is mainly evaluated by fragrance (dry aroma, aroma of coffee powder), aroma (wet aroma, aroma of extracted coffee), acidity (acidity), bitterness (bitterness), sweetness (sweetness), body (mellowness), cleaness (purity), balance (balance) and aftertaste (afterrhyme).

Tasting process:

Taste the aroma of coffee with a sense of smell

1. Fragrance put the coffee powder in front of the nose on the one hand and cover the space between the nose and the coffee powder on the other to avoid the interference of miscellaneous odors in the air and feel the aroma of the coffee powder. Common aromas are floral (jasmine, lily), fruity (strawberry, pineapple, orange, lemon, etc.), dried fruit (chestnut, peanut, walnut, almond, etc.), grass, wood, bad aroma including soil, bad oil, rubber, etc.

2. Aroma put the coffee cup in front of his nose to feel the aroma of coffee. At this time, the aroma smelled in the coffee powder will become more vivid, such as flower, fruit, dried fruit, chocolate, caramel, honey, turpentine, bad aroma including soil, grass, iodine and so on.

Taste the acidity, sweetness, bitterness, mellowness, balance, purity and finish of coffee.

1. Take a quick sip of the coffee by sipping. The strength of the sip should ensure that the coffee liquid enters the mouth from the tip of the tongue and is in full contact with the whole tongue. Pay attention to feel the acidity, sweetness and bitterness of the coffee.

3. Keep sipping and holding the coffee in your mouth to feel its mellowness, just like the difference between drinking water and syrup. The thicker the coffee is, the more mellow it is. Continue to drink a few sips, carefully feel the acidity, bitterness, sweetness, generally high purity coffee will not appear extremely bitter, extremely sour, astringent taste and other irritating taste, at the same time, the better the harmony of various flavors in the coffee, the higher the balance of the coffee.

4, stop drinking, close your mouth, you will feel the rich taste of coffee from the whole mouth to the nasal cavity, and there will be a constant return on the tongue. If you open your mouth gently, you will find that there is still the aroma and taste of coffee in your mouth. This is Yuyun. The better the coffee, the more refreshing, strong and long-lasting, while the bad coffee is weak and often mixed with bitterness and other miscellaneous flavors.