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[Image] What to Do When Pour-Over Coffee is Too Bitter? Why Do Coffee Beans Have a Bitter and Astringent Taste?
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Recently, some friends asked FrontStreet Coffee: "I often make pour-over coffee too bitter at home, how can I fix this?" Today, FrontStreet Coffee will explain the reasons why coffee turns out bitter and how to avoid it! Reason One: The flavor profile of the coffee beans themselves tends toward bitterness. Coffee beans have many types of flavor profiles, including fruity acidic coffees, honey-like sweetness
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How to Adjust Pour-Over Coffee When It's Too Sour or Bitter? What Causes Overextraction in Black Coffee?
In the cupping and tasting system, if a coffee's acidity, sweetness, flavor characteristics, cleanliness, mouthfeel, and aftertaste are all perceived as harmonious, then its balance must be high. This also indicates that the coffee bean's quality is excellent, ultimately earning a remarkable score. When it comes to the brewing process,
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Espresso and Pour-Over Coffee Too Bitter: Can Sugar or Ice Reduce the Bitterness?
Sometimes, we can detect distinct bitterness in our coffee. This bitterness typically comes from two sources: one is the over-extracted bitterness caused by excessive extraction time or overly aggressive extraction; the other is the burnt bitter taste resulting from overly dark roasting! These two different types of bitterness offer completely different sensory experiences, but...
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Why Everyone Says Espresso Coffee Tastes Too Bitter and How to Adjust When Espresso is Too Bitter
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style). Espresso coffee - abroad, everyone calls espresso coffee as Espresso. Now many domestic petty bourgeoisie also like its foreign name Espr...
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Why Does My Pour-Over Coffee Taste Too Sour? What's Causing Both Sour and Bitter Flavors? Barista's Guide to Pour-Over Coffee Extraction
Why does pour-over coffee taste too sour? What's happening when your coffee is both sour and bitter? Today we'll explain why these issues occur. Generally speaking, sharp acidity and bitterness are undesirable characteristics in coffee. Sharp acidity typically indicates "under-extraction," while sharp bitterness suggests "over-extraction." But what about when coffee tastes both sour and bitter? This could be
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How to Extract a Balanced Espresso? Why Doesn't Your Espresso Taste Good?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). While previous articles mentioned the basic sequence of espresso coffee extraction, in reality, the contents within the coffee grounds are extracted simultaneously. Acidity, sweetness, saltiness, bitterness, astringency, oils, various aromas, and mouthfeel are all released at the same time, just that the substances within
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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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What to do if your pour-over coffee is too sour, too bitter, too strong, too weak, too astringent, too complex, too burnt, or tastes terrible?
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Pour-over coffee is an experimental science. Although results cannot be completely predicted through theory, theoretical knowledge can improve brewing accuracy and summarize all possible situations.
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How to Eat Coffee Beans Without Bitterness_ What to Do When Coffee Beans Are Too Bitter_ Here's How to Enjoy Bitter Coffee Beans!
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) For desserts containing coffee ingredients They often make coffee lovers irresistible Today I will personally guide everyone through making A non-bitter coffee bean cookie The opposing flavors of sweetness and bitterness blend together Complementing each other while remaining distinct, like a beautiful concerto
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Drip Bag Coffee Brewing Principles and Details
For professional barista exchanges, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). To brew perfect drip bags, please read the following instructions carefully: Coffee extraction principles are as follows: Higher water temperature: coffee becomes stronger and more bitter, too high will cause burnt and astringent tastes Lower water temperature: coffee becomes lighter and more acidic Smaller water flow: coffee becomes stronger, too small will cause
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What is the standard ratio for Italian latte? Why homemade milk coffee often tastes bitter and bland?
I wonder if everyone remembers their first latte experience. Perhaps many have long forgotten it, but FrontStreet Coffee still remembers it vividly. The first sight of the delicate latte art was impressive, a small sip revealed the slight sweetness and bitter notes from the crema, but by the second sip, the initial bitterness transformed into
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Slow Pour-Over Coffee Flow? It's All About Grind Size - Why Your Coffee Tastes Bitter and Burnt
Pour-over coffee is a highly versatile brewing method with numerous ways to make delicious coffee, but it's also prone to unexpected mishaps. This is why many friends come to ask FrontStreet Coffee, "Why does this coffee taste this way?" or "Why does that coffee taste wrong when brewed?" Previously, many friends came to our shop to exchange
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Why Does Pour-Over Coffee Have a Bitter Taste? Coffee Bean Roast Level and Brewing Techniques Causing Coffee's Astringency
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) Introduction Teacher Huanai Han once said: "Coffee oils and colloids create a smooth mouthfeel in the mouth, while coffee's polyphenol compounds produce a rough astringency, like having a devil's tail, running wild in the mouth, creating discomfort." If in wine
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What is Coffee Acidity? Why Does Coffee Taste Sour? Is it Caused by Coffee Acidity?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) The source of coffee sour taste The difference between pleasant acidity and unpleasant sourness Coffee acid (English: Caffeic acid) is an organic compound belonging to hydroxycinnamic acid, featuring both phenolic hydroxyl and acrylic acid functional group structures. Because caffeic acid is biosynthesized from plant
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How to Describe Coffee Flavors? The Sensory Characteristics of Premium Guji Coffee
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). Acidity is a sharp, intense characteristic found in all coffees grown at high altitudes. Acidity in coffee is divided into good acidity and bad acidity. Good acidity brings people pleasure and
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How to Reduce Bitterness in Pour-Over Yirgacheffe Coffee_What to Do When Yirgacheffe Tastes Bitter_Yirgacheffe Recommendations
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) In coffee extraction theory the dissolution of coffee juice in the third stage releases more bitterness and astringency. Therefore theoretically the brewing time should not be too long (complete time should not exceed 3 minutes) to avoid over-extraction in the third stage although the third stage also has good elements
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Is Your Coffee Too Bitter? Will a Pinch of Salt Make It Taste Better?
Find your coffee too bitter but don't want to add sugar due to calories? Try adding a small pinch of salt! According to beverage information website VinePair, adding salt not only reduces bitterness but also enhances coffee's richness and aroma. This secret trick originates from a study published in the prestigious British journal "Nature," which explains how sodium ions from salt
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What is the Ratio for Italian-Style Americano Coffee? How to Make a Delicious Concentrated Americano Coffee?
Starting a refined day for office workers often requires only a simple cup of coffee. But what to drink also requires some consideration. Pour-over coffee takes too much time. A latte has too much milk and can be too heavy. Espresso is too bitter, and you don't want to compound that bitterness. When all else fails, there's only the Americano - espresso mixed with water. A delicious
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Is SOE just single origin coffee? Why is SOE Americano too sour and SOE latte too bitter?
As the specialty coffee scene continues to flourish in China, high-quality single-origin beans from various regions around the world have frequently appeared on many café menus. Not only does each coffee come with detailed traceability information, but many single-origin batches also leave a lasting impression with their unique aromas. For example, the bean menu at FrontStreet Coffee has an entire section dedicated to these offerings.
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Is Salted Coffee Delicious? Flavor Profile and Taste of Pour-Over Coffee with Salt, Clever Uses of Salt in Coffee
In daily life, salt is one of the essential seasonings that enhances flavor and aroma in food. But what ingenious effects might adding salt to coffee bring? The practice of adding salt to coffee is not actually a "bizarre" behavior—many regions have traditions of salting coffee. The ancient and mysterious Turkish coffee, beyond its fascinating fortune-telling aspects
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