Coffee Tasters Flavor Wheel

Contents:
1. The Coffee Flavor Wheel
2.  The description of flavor

The Coffee Flavor Wheel

The Coffee Flavor Wheel, the result of a joint study by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and World Coffee Research, is a tool designed for coffee cuppers.

When we drink coffee, we can try to taste various flavors at different stages. When the coffee is just ground, when it is brewed, and when it is sipped into the mouth, different flavors will appear.

The description of flavor

The description of flavor is a combination of smell and taste because most flavors are actually a mixture of smell and taste. For example, lemon flavor has a unique acid, sweet, and bitter taste.

When looking at the flavor wheel, we can start from the center and then look out. The basic flavor is in the center, and subdivides outwards into other, more nuanced textures or flavors.

For example, while cupping Ethiopian coffee, you might taste fruity flavors, extending the fruity flavor block outwards, more descriptive directions will appear, reminiscent of berries, dried fruits, citrus fruits, etc. If you think it is a citrus fruit during the cup test, you can subdivide the description, whether it is “pomelo flavor,” “tangerine flavor,” “lemon flavor” or “lime flavor.” Make sure you identify which flavor, you can go back to the center point and continue to describe the flavor in the other directions, repeating the steps until you feel that you are done describing the flavors of the coffee. This is how the flavor wheel is basically used.

“For example, when drinking Ethiopian coffee, you may taste fruity flavors reminiscent of berries, dried fruits, citrus fruits, etc. If you think it is a citrus fruit, subdivide the description, grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, etc. Please make sure that you have identified the flavor, you can go back to the center point and continue to describe the flavors in other directions, repeat the steps until you feel that description of flavors of the cup of coffee is complete.” ～by Specialty Coffee Association (SCA)

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