coffee tasting
Sampling roasted beans
Coffee tasting is the practice of evaluating coffee by assessing its aroma, flavor, acidity, body, and aftertaste.
Professional tasters use a formalized method called cupping, slurping from a spoon to aerate the liquid across the palate.
The term also covers casual sampling at cafés or roasteries: We went to a coffee tasting at the new shop downtown.
- aftertasteResidual flavor perception
- nuttyEccentric or almond-flavored
- baristaProfessional café drink maker
- aromaPleasant distinctive smell
- acidityLow pH condition
body · Bourbon · refractometer · clarity · bitterness · cupping · sweetness · chocolatey · bloom · first crack · light roast · fruity · palate cleanser · complexity · water temperature · roaster · defect · earthy
- tastingsdegustation, flight, sampler, cupping, beer flight
- taste testsblind taste test
- coffee cultureroasteries, latte art, cappuccino, pour-over, flat white
- Latin activitiessalsa dancing, tango, samba, bachata, merengue
- savoringsavoring, relishing, sipping, enjoying, appreciating
- coffeeespresso, latte, cappuccino, macchiato, americano
beverage type
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