Why is the coffee salty? Where does the salty taste of coffee come from? The salty taste in coffee is defective.

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A brief introduction of Qianjie Coffee [salty Coffee]

In fact, there are many kinds of salty taste, and the aroma reminds people of salty foods, such as the smell of too much salt in fried food, and the smell at the bottom of the cup after drinking coffee. Think of salty snacks such as shrimp sticks and Wangxianbei, and so on. And the taste summed up is the taste of salt.

The salty taste of coffee mainly comes from minerals, which are not reduced by roasting. On the contrary, the content of sucrose in fresh coffee raw beans accounts for about 6% to 9% (depending on altitude), which is also the largest source of coffee sweetness. The poor storage of raw beans and improper roasting not only make the coffee lose its sweetness, but also make the acid irritating and unpleasant. After losing the balance of sweetness, it will highlight the salty and sour taste, and if the baker does not notice for a moment, deliberately grinding sour in order to modify the acerbic displeasure, it will only make the coffee more salty and bitter.

Usually do hand flushing and Italian style will occasionally taste and "smell" to [salty] (smell refers to the smell after grinding), and most of the time, the salty taste is more obvious in Espresso.

Due to the distribution of taste, sour and salty taste, it is easy to be confused, inferior acid and salty taste is difficult to distinguish. But it is different from the salty taste of salt after all.

Of course, some beans are very salty, which is very close to the salty taste of sea salt. although some people say that they are affected by the sea breeze, they are lack of proof, so they can only listen to it for a while.

Interestingly, in most parts of the United States, they like to mix out the salty flavor, but it is actually because SCAA says it is the basic flavor, so make it salty. It feels like the biblical standard of SCAA for Americans in the coffee industry.