What does coffee aftertaste mean and how does it come about? What is the difference between the taste and aftertaste of hand-brewed coffee and espresso coffee?

In addition to the flavor and taste, when tasting a cup of coffee, its aftertaste is also a manifestation worthy of our attention. In the daily sharing on Qianjie, there are many descriptions about the aftertaste of coffee, because the aftertaste of a cup of coffee is not only related to its quality, but also a very unique experience.

However, compared with the taste and aroma, the expression of the aftertaste is not so direct. Some tips are still needed when feeling the aftertaste of coffee, which leads to many friends who have just started being unable to appreciate the aftertaste well. Wonderful. So today Qianjie is planning to come and share with you how we can feel the aftertaste of coffee!

If we want to know how to taste aftertaste, we first need to understand what aftertaste is. The so-called aftertaste of coffee refers to the comprehensive sensory experience brought by the substances remaining in the mouth and throat of coffee after we swallow it. What does it mean? Simply put, after we swallow coffee, we can still feel new flavors or aromas in our mouths. For example, we can feel the fragrance of flowers, fruit, or the sweetness and astringency. A series of feelings, including the sweetness, are actually one kind of aftertaste.

Well, as Qian Jie said, the main reason for this phenomenon is that coffee still has substance residues in the mouth, such as trace amounts of coffee liquor or oil. After these substances combine with saliva or dissipate, they will have a taste and aroma that we will perceive. This is the principle of producing coffee aftertaste. If we want to feel the aftertaste of coffee, we need to further increase the "power" of our various senses, such as taste, smell, and touch, after swallowing coffee. Especially the sense of smell, because a large part of the aftertaste of coffee comes from the aroma!

If you want to feel more aroma emitted by the aftertaste, the method is also very simple! We can "close our breath" after drinking coffee. By exhaling the breath from the nasal cavity, we can drive more aroma in the mouth to reach the nasal cavity and be captured by the sense of smell, so that we can feel more odors; and if we want to feel more flavors, we can increase the number of times we swallow saliva. This principle was shared in the previous Hui Gan article, so I won't go into it here.

Good aftertaste is the same as bad aftertaste, and the aftertaste of coffee is also good and bad. A good aftertaste can allow us to taste pleasant aroma, sweet taste, and just the right amount of astringency, which is endless aftertaste; while the aroma emitted by a bad aftertaste will naturally not be very pleasant, and the taste will be mainly bitter and miscellaneous., and it will have an unacceptably strong astringency feeling with extremely low smoothness. In short, it is an experience that people will never want to recall again.

Similar to the flavor of coffee, the quality of the aftertaste mainly depends on the quality of the coffee. Factors that determine the quality of coffee are variety, planting, processing, roasting, and brewing. So if we want to feel a good aftertaste, then the choice of high-quality coffee beans and suitable brewing are indispensable. The rest of different coffees focus on different contents. For example, the rest of coffee roasted in medium and light will be dominated by aroma, while the rest of coffee roasted in medium and deep will be dominated by taste, which has a lot to do with the composition of aroma. relationship.

Take a few beans from the front street bean list as an example. For example, Qianjie Esseau in the Qianjie Bean List has coffee flavors of strawberries, pineapples, guava, and floral flowers. In the aftertaste, we can feel berries, apricots, floral flowers and oolong tea, followed by It is sweet and sour; or Qianjie Jade Manor·Green Mark Rose Summer, which is also a medium and light baked, its flavor is expressed as white floral flowers, citrus, berries, and honey. In the aftertaste, we can feel the flavor of flowers, oolong tea, and honey. It is very clean. If it is a medium-to-deep-baked Front Street Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee, the flavor of the coffee brewed is expressed as chocolate, nuts, cream, and caramel. The aftertaste has the unique aroma of chocolate, cream, and Blue Mountain. After the aroma stays for a short time, a strong sweetness will emerge immediately. Compared with the aroma, the sweetness will be much more prominent.

It is worth mentioning that the existence time of the aftertaste is also the criterion for judging the aftertaste of a cup of coffee and the quality of the coffee. Under the condition of equal extraction and concentration, the longer the good aftertaste of the coffee lasts, the higher the quality of the cup of coffee. The quantity of substances held is large and appropriate roasting and extraction are obtained, so the aftertaste can have a longer duration. This can only be determined when the coffee extraction method, extraction degree, and concentration are equivalent, because the duration of the aftertaste will be affected by the extraction method, extraction degree, and concentration of the coffee. When the more oil is added to the coffee, or the higher the concentration of the coffee, the longer the aftertaste of the coffee will last.

This is one of the reasons why espresso coffee is very popular, because it is stronger, and then the filtration method releases more oil to add to the coffee, so after swallowing the coffee, we will be blessed for various reasons. Feel a very strong and lasting aftertaste. So, the above is the entire content of this article. If you are also interested in the aftertaste of coffee, you might as well try it as recommended by Qianjie. After drinking your coffee, you can shut your mouth and breathe back to see if you can feel a completely different aroma and taste ~

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