Re: Ordering weak coffee
Hate to point out the obvious, but coffee is BITTER! A good coffee should be sweet (extremely hard to coax out with espresso), have a good acidity and be bitter. Not overly or unbalanced. A good coffee will be balanced between these 3 aspects. Anyone who claims coffee isnt bitter needs to get a new tongue. :
Those who do not like coffee are extremely sensitive to how bitter coffee is. Those of us who cup 20+ espressos in 30 minutes will find only some coffees extremely bitter and other extremely sweet or acidic. Our palates get used to this bitterness. I like bitterness is coffee, it can be a pleasant dimension to the coffee. Just as long as the bitterness doesnt present itself as ashy or burnt.
Originally posted by scoota gal link=1210563767/0#10 date=1210587609
Those who do not like coffee are extremely sensitive to how bitter coffee is. Those of us who cup 20+ espressos in 30 minutes will find only some coffees extremely bitter and other extremely sweet or acidic. Our palates get used to this bitterness. I like bitterness is coffee, it can be a pleasant dimension to the coffee. Just as long as the bitterness doesnt present itself as ashy or burnt.

:P
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