Why Is Your Coffee Bitter? How to Make Great Coffee
August 3rd 2010 00:30
Ah coffee. The process of making coffee is so reassuring, the smell so lovely, the mugs or coffee cups so beautiful. As you pour out your coffee you marvel at the smell and the look – but your first sip is awful! Your coffee tastes bitter. Why is that? Must you always be content with bitter coffee? Not at all. True coffee is not bitter. There is no reason why you should be stuck with having bitter coffee.
True coffee has many flavours – fruity, sweet, nutty and so many things but bitter is not one of them. You should never need to be satisfied with bitter coffee. In fact, there are many reasons why coffee can become overly bitter and once you understand that, you will find that there is no reason why you need to satisfy your desire for coffee with something that is subpar.
The first thing you should look out for is the roast of the coffee. Many roasts are simply too dark. There is no reason you should buy overly dark coffee grounds. If the coffee is roasted for too long then the sugars on the coffee bean will get carbonized instead of caramelized. This means that your coffee will loose its natural sweetness and instead be overly bitter.
Another thing you should be wary of is making your coffee too hot and burning it. If the water is too hot, or you keep the coffee mug on a hot plate, then the coffee will burn.
Similarly, if you steep your coffee for too long it will become burnt and taste bitter. This is especially true if you are using a French press to make your coffee and you leave it for too long.
As you can see, there is no reason you should not have great coffee.
True coffee has many flavours – fruity, sweet, nutty and so many things but bitter is not one of them. You should never need to be satisfied with bitter coffee. In fact, there are many reasons why coffee can become overly bitter and once you understand that, you will find that there is no reason why you need to satisfy your desire for coffee with something that is subpar.
The first thing you should look out for is the roast of the coffee. Many roasts are simply too dark. There is no reason you should buy overly dark coffee grounds. If the coffee is roasted for too long then the sugars on the coffee bean will get carbonized instead of caramelized. This means that your coffee will loose its natural sweetness and instead be overly bitter.
Another thing you should be wary of is making your coffee too hot and burning it. If the water is too hot, or you keep the coffee mug on a hot plate, then the coffee will burn.
Similarly, if you steep your coffee for too long it will become burnt and taste bitter. This is especially true if you are using a French press to make your coffee and you leave it for too long.
As you can see, there is no reason you should not have great coffee.
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