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Where does the bitterness come from? Does roasting add bitterness to coffee?

Published: 2024-11-03 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/03, Professional coffee knowledge exchange More coffee bean information Please pay attention to coffee workshop (Weixin Official Accounts cafe_style) Front Street Coffee Brief Description Where does the bitterness in coffee come from? Does roasting add bitterness to coffee? When baked, chlorogenic acid changes and breaks down. Although the main bitterness in coffee comes from chlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid itself is not bitter! Chlorogenic acid when baked

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Qianjie Coffee briefly describes where the bitterness in the coffee comes from. Does roasting increase the bitterness of coffee?

During baking, chlorogenic acid changes and decomposes. Although the main bitterness of coffee comes from chlorogenic acid, in fact chlorogenic acid itself does not have a bitter taste! Chlorogenic acid breaks down into "chlorogenic acid lactones" and "phenyllindane" when baked.

In 2007, pioneer scholar Thomas Hofmann pointed out that phenyllindane can produce some bitterness, in addition, phenyllindane can also affect the flavor of coffee roasting.

Light-roasted to medium-roasted coffee has more chlorogenic acid lipids, which Hofmann describes as a "pleasant, high-quality bitter taste". The deeper roasted coffee has more phenyl lindane, which "tastes bitter and remains in the mouth."

A new study by German scientists has found that the main reason for the bitterness of coffee is that coffee beans produce two special chemicals during roasting. It is possible that the future coffee will not be so bitter by scientific means.

One of the root causes of the bitterness of coffee is brown pigment. Brown pigments are also roughly classified according to molecular size, and macromolecular brown pigments are more bitter. With the deepening of the baking degree, the amount of brown pigment will increase, and the proportion of macromolecular brown pigment will also increase. As a result, deeply roasted coffee beans have a stronger bitterness and texture.

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