Why Isn't Black Coffee Bitter_What Coffee Beans Make Black Coffee Less Bitter_How to Drink Black Coffee Without Sugar?

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Why Start with Black Coffee for Coffee Beginners?

Many students who study with me always ask one question: why should coffee beginners start with black coffee beans, and even use tasting single-origin coffee as a foundation? Some students believe that learning about black coffee is unimportant. Let me explain here: because coffee learning ultimately comes down to flavor, and single-origin coffee presents the characteristics of its origin - that is, each origin has its unique aroma and flavor. Naturally, this is also the foundation for learning espresso, because espresso beans are blended from two or more single-origin beans. For self-blended espresso, the shop owner needs to have a good grasp of the flavor characteristics that each bean presents at specific roast levels, and then the mastery of flavors blended at specific ratios. Therefore, if you want to improve your coffee skills, you can start with this: taste, taste, and taste again.

Why Isn't Black Coffee Bitter?

Many people often ask us, is this coffee? Why isn't it very bitter? Many people find coffee very bitter, sometimes so bitter that they can't drink it without adding sugar. Part of this is related to psychological expectations: consumers are accustomed to the bitterness brought by cheap, inferior Robusta, and their mental fixation on coffee is that coffee is bitter.

Another reason is that when coffee is picked, it lacks quality control, and unripe beans are harvested and sold on the market prematurely. Underripe coffee beans will inevitably be both bitter and astringent.

Why Not Add Sugar?

A good cup of coffee is smooth to drink, leaves an aroma in the nasal cavity, and has a sweet aftertaste on the sides of the tongue. If a cup of coffee is already delicious, is there still a need to add sugar? Sugar can mask or even alter the flavor of coffee, so before drinking coffee, take a sip first to decide whether to add sugar, rather than adding sugar first and then tasting. The reason sugar is added is to mask the unpleasant taste of cheap, inferior coffee. A good cup of coffee should be pure coffee without sugar or milk.

Good enough coffee is naturally not bitter and has a sweet aftertaste. All you need to do is learn how to taste!

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