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What is the Coffee Flavor Wheel System: Essential Steps for Using the Coffee Flavor Wheel
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) FrontStreet Coffee Flavor Wheel Usage In the early 1940s European and American regions took the lead in clarifying food sensory concepts and established a complete theoretical system and application methods through a series of studies. While our country's sensory evaluation started relatively late with academic research only beginning in 1975
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SCA Specialty Coffee Association Announces New Reforms for Coffee Flavor Wheel and Cupping Form!
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. The SCA Cupping Form, widely used throughout the global coffee industry to measure coffee value,
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How to Describe the Flavor and Mouthfeel of Pour-Over Coffee? Where to Learn Coffee Sensory Courses in Guangzhou
If a $3 Americano and a $10 pour-over coffee were placed before you, would you taste them in the same way? Often, our tasting preferences are influenced not merely by flavor, but by the perceived value behind each cup. With a pour-over coffee, you might discern 3-4 distinct flavor notes, but with an Americano, can you say the same?
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Interpreting the Latest 2023 SCA Cupping Form with Bilingual Version Diagrams | How to Conduct Coffee Quality Assessment: Coffee Cupping?
For more professional coffee knowledge exchange and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Coffee tasters, also known as cuppers, refer to cupping abroad, which means presenting the original flavor of coffee beans without any brewing techniques. Coffee farmers abroad generally conduct cupping
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Coffee Sensory Evaluation | How Beginners Can Learn to Describe Coffee Flavors and Develop Their Palate
"This coffee has rich fruity notes with citrus, lemon, oolong tea, and jasmine floral flavors!!!" For those new to specialty coffee, this might seem incredible - how can one cup of coffee have so many distinct flavors! (Are they just making it up?) In this barista training series, we'll share some tips and techniques to help you develop your coffee tasting skills.
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A Coffee Taster's Explanation of the Flavor Wheel: Is the Flavor Wheel a Standardized Coffee Tasting Database?
When we enjoy various delicious foods from childhood, our faces show expressions of surprise or satisfaction—this is the experience that tasting food brings us. Detecting subtle flavors in food is not something we learned as children. Corn-filled dumplings taste like creamed corn, steak tastes like steak—this is how many of us are taught to understand flavors. Based on our
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Why Can't I Taste Coffee Flavors? How to Enhance Your Sensory Judgment of Coffee Taste
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Introduction: Beginners in single-origin coffee often share the same confusion: while tasting the same cup of coffee, baristas can detect strawberry-like acidity and rose fragrance... but you can only taste sourness and bitterness, missing all other flavors! Is your tongue too...
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How to Judge Coffee Extraction Through Tasting: An Introduction to Hand-Pour Coffee Brewing Flavor Sensory Description
If you want to learn how to brew coffee, you must first learn how to taste coffee. Of course, "learning to taste coffee" here doesn't just mean being able to describe exquisite flavors, but rather being able to judge whether a cup of coffee is good or bad—that is, tasty or not. Whether coffee tastes good or not involves both subjective and objective factors, with personal preference being a significant influence.
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How to Taste Coffee Flavors: A Guide to Sensory Perception and Flavor Description
"How can an ordinary black coffee possibly have flavors like strawberry, tomato, and mango?" "The coffee flavor wheel is the most successful marketing campaign since diamonds!" "I've followed your advice to eat more fruits, and the more I eat, the more I realize coffee doesn't taste like the fruits I'm eating." We must admit one thing
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What Flavors Does Pour-Over Coffee Have? Is It Bitter? SCA Coffee Sensory Tasting Course Content Sharing
"How do you detect citrus flavors in coffee?" Many friends express admiration for baristas who can easily identify specific flavors in coffee. Some friends say, "I can taste that coffee has acidity, but that's far from what you're calling citrus." Even more friends claim that all this talk of flavors is just hype. FrontStreet Coffee, in our daily online...
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A Comparative Study of Conical Drippers on Coffee Brewing Effects
(Top left: KONO, top right: UN caf, bottom left: harioV60-01, bottom right: Keycoffee diamond pattern dripper) I've always wanted to carefully compare the differences between various drippers. Originally, we planned to compare all drippers, but considering the significant differences, placing them under the same brewing conditions would be somewhat forced. Therefore, we finally decided to compare drippers with the same conical shape. The operation procedure for this experiment
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SCA & Q Grader Coffee Certifications: Complete Guide to International Barista Exams and Professional Coffee Credentials
Connect with professional barista communities through Coffee Workshop (WeChat: cafe_style). The coffee industry's diverse certification landscape can overwhelm aspiring professionals seeking structured learning paths. To navigate coffee credentials effectively, begin by understanding the certifying bodies that establish these professional standards.
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Blue Bottle Coffee's Brand New Renovation Style! What Sensations Does the Stimulating Blue Bring?
Recently, Blue Bottle Coffee in Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka has completed its renovation. Unlike other Blue Bottle Coffee locations with their warm, wood-toned design style, this store boldly incorporates stimulating blue tones! The cafe retains its welcoming atmosphere while providing sensory stimulation through its blue color palette, utilizing the colors from the brand's logo.
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Do Coffee Cups Influence Flavor? Choosing the Right Cup for Pour-Over Coffee
Recently, while watching wine tasting videos out of curiosity, I noticed that over 10 minutes were dedicated to wine glasses. Everything from shape, material, and craftsmanship to minute details like thickness, transparency, and even sound was discussed, all contributing to different sensory experiences. Compared to wine, coffee tasting systems developed somewhat later.
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What is the Specialty Coffee Flavor Wheel - Understanding Coffee's Myriad Aromas
Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information. Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to Using the Coffee Flavor Wheel. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, the coffee flavor wheel is actually a practical language tool. The sensory perception in coffee differs little from everyday life - if you can taste that today's soup is saltier than yesterday's, you can taste the flavor variations in coffee.
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Why Does Coffee Have Sour Taste? How to Judge Whether Acidity in Coffee Beans is Good or Bad?
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. Some people believe that the sour taste in coffee is a negative flavor, indicating that the coffee is poor quality or not fresh.
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FrontStreet Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain No.1 Coffee: Origin, Varieties, Flavor Characteristics, and Taste Profile
Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is characterized by its nutty flavor profile reminiscent of dark chocolate, low acidity, rich aroma, smoothness, and mellow texture. What creates these distinctive sensory characteristics? First, the variety: Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee is one of the world's most renowned island coffees, with the Blue Mountain variety being Typica.
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Barista Fundamentals: How to Make Delicious Pour-Over Coffee and Adjust the Water-to-Coffee Ratio
Whether a pour-over coffee tastes delicious depends crucially on its water-to-coffee ratio. This ratio isn't just about strength or weakness. What's the appropriate water-to-coffee ratio for pour-over? You'll most commonly hear 1:15 as the answer. The 1:15 ratio seems to exist as an unquestionable truth. In numerous pour-over brewing experiments at FrontStreet Coffee, when using a 1:15 ratio, the concentration typically falls between 1.30-1.36%, calculated
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How to Judge if Latte Tastes Good? Japan Launches Milk Coffee Flavor Wheel!
For more professional coffee knowledge exchange and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add private WeChat: FrontStreet Coffee, WeChat ID: qjcoffeex. The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) coffee flavor wheel can be described as the most iconic in the coffee industry
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What is Coffee Balance? Optimal Water Temperature for Balanced Pour-Over Coffee
What is coffee balance - The right water temperature for brewing coffee is crucial because it reduces major fluctuations. But you also need to consider the coffee grounds' temperature to manage overall changes. If you can measure coffee before and after grinding with an infrared thermometer, you'll discover surprising differences. However, remember
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