Boutique Coffee Science explores whether coffee is actually bitter

When it comes to black coffee, almost everyone's first reaction is bitter, and bitter has almost become synonymous with coffee.

So whether black coffee is really bitter or not, few people are willing to touch it. People have become accustomed to adding milk and sugar to seek that kind of bitter, fragrant and smooth feeling, so the quality of coffee is often overlooked, anyway, it is bitter. Is coffee really bitter? The answer, of course, is no. Bitterness is indeed the basic taste of coffee, but it is not the only taste. Coffee has four basic flavors, sour, sweet, salty, and bitter, and three of them-sweet, salty, and sour-determine the overall taste of coffee. Bitterness serves as a basic flavor, and when the other three are clearly reflected, it becomes a foil. For fine coffee, each has its own personality, sour, sweet, bitter is not the same, even bitter is also pleasant bitter, is acceptable bright bitter. For example, the citric acid of Ethiopian yerba coffee, the rich balance of Colombia coffee, the sweet and bitter of Brazilian coffee, etc. are unforgettable. Each kind of fine coffee distinct characteristic, lets the human drink once unforgettable. Of course, personality is only one feature of fine coffee, and another feature of fine coffee is its aroma, whether it is dry or moist when brewing, it is so beautiful. Grapefruit in Kenya, lemon in Yegashvili, pineapple in Costa Rica... Every cup is so tempting. A cup of coffee is made without saying much, just the aroma can make you intoxicated. Good coffee is not bitter, bad coffee must be stale. Bitterness should not be synonymous with coffee, let alone a passport to bad coffee.