跟著杯測師認識精品咖啡美妙的酸 Learn about the wonderful acidity of specialty coffee with a coffee cupper
很常聽到「給我一杯不酸的咖啡，謝謝」所以，你去咖啡館也是這樣點咖啡的嗎。
We often hear that “Please give me a cup of coffee that is not sour, thank you.” Do you order coffee like this when you go to a coffee shop?
酸有很多層次表現，有的像柳橙酸酸甜甜、有的像咬一口蘋果，酸味突出、後段湧入甜蜜多汁感...咖啡的酸有很多種，好的酸讓你眼睛一亮，不好的酸讓你OOXX，怎麼分辨與感受，讓杯測師來與您聊聊。
There are many levels of sourness. Some are sweet and sour like oranges, and some are like taking a bite of an apple. The sour taste is prominent, and the aftertaste is filled with sweet and juicy feeling. There are many kinds of acidities in coffee, and good acid will make your eyes bright, and bad acid makes you scream. How to distinguish the feeling, let a coffee cupper explain it to you.
在精品咖啡的用語中，我們以「酸質」來討論酸，講到酸時不是只有好酸、不酸，而是要分辨「酸的質地」；精品咖啡採用最好的咖啡果實，既然是果實的種子、一定帶有果實的風味與酸質，好的咖啡有好的風味、也有好的酸質、喝起來令人感到愉悅；劣質的咖啡沒什麼風味、酸質也不佳，所以烘焙重一點，帶出焙火味的同時、不好的酸質也沒了；但劣質咖啡如果做淺焙/淺中焙，不好的酸質會被保留下來，喝起來尖酸難喝；所以從風味和酸質可以知道這杯咖啡品質好或壞。
In the terminology of specialty coffee, we use “acidity” to describe the taste. When talking about acidity, it is not only too much acidity or no acidity, but to distinguish “acid texture.” Specialty coffee uses the best coffee berries, since it is the seeds of the fruit, so it must have the flavor and acidity of the fruit. Good coffee has good flavor and acidity, and it is pleasant to drink. Poor quality coffee has no flavor and poor acidity, so it’s dark roasting and at the same time, the sourness is gone. However, if the poor quality coffee is light or medium roast, the sourness will be retained, and it will taste sour and unpleasant. So from the flavor And acidity, we can tell whether the coffee is good or bad.
這就是為什麼杯測的眾多指標中有「酸質」(Acidity)這一個評鑑項目，喝下咖啡後講得出是什麼水果或食物的酸時、而且又是令人愉悅，就會有較高的品質分數，像是明亮的柑橘酸、圓潤的黑莓酸、清新的葡萄柚酸、優雅的草莓酸等；相反的，如果是令人感到不舒服的酸、又很強烈時，就會有較低的分數，像是刺激的酸、呆板的酸、腐敗的酸等。
Therefore there is an evaluation item called “acidity” among the many indicators of cupping. After drinking coffee, when you can tell which fruit or food is acidity from, and it is pleasant, then there will be higher quality scores. The pleasant acidities are such as bright citrus acid, round blackberry acid, refreshing grapefruit acid, elegant strawberry acid, etc. On the contrast, if it is unpleasant and strong, there will be lower scores, such as irritating acid, dull acid, rotting acid, etc.
好的酸質有明亮感、又不會強過於其他感受、帶有平衡感，有新鮮水果的特質，有足夠的甜感支撐，喝起來層次感很好、豐富飽滿，加上既有的風味，是一杯令人陶醉的好咖啡！
Good acidity has a sense of brightness but is not stronger than other feelings. It has a sense of balance, the characteristics of fresh fruit, and enough sweetness to support it. It tastes well structured, rich and full, plus the existing flavor, is an indulging cup of good coffee!
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