Learn about the wonderful acidity of specialty coffee with a coffee cupper
Contents:
1. There are many levels of sourness.
2. "Acidity" in specialty coffee terminology.
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?
There are many levels of sourness
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.
"Acidity" in specialty coffee terminology.
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.
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.
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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