How Does Your Coffee Taste?

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Maybe we are here because we are coffee lovers, coffee enthusiasts or we just love to know different kinds of coffee recipes, health benefits and other coffee stuffs. Maybe we are here because we want something new when we visit our favorite coffee shops and we can have a good talk with other mates at coffee breaks. But have we ever thought of rating a coffee's taste?

An exciting way to enjoy your coffee is to rate or grade its taste. This is called coffee tasting, and if you know how to do this, then you have an edge if what you are drinking is good or not. Don't be afraid because coffee tasting isn't hard at all, you don't need to be a coffee guru, you don't need to know high-flown bombastic words to judged and impress, and most of all, you don't need specialized equipments. All you need to have is a freshly brewed coffee placed in a normal cup, your nose, and of course your tongue, that's all!  

There are many ways to brew your coffee but the easiest way and the most commonly used is french press. French press allows you to easily distinguish flavors and releases all the oils of the coffee. Once you have your hot freshly brewed coffee, don't drink it yet! This is one of the common mistakes of beginners, your coffee's taste are revealed as your coffee cools down. Therefore, you take a sip and slurp of your coffee every 5mins to taste it and gather data. What you do when your coffee is still hot is to experience and smell its aroma. Aroma is one of the major aspects of your coffee, and this is one of the first criteria that you need to determine if your coffee is good or not. Take note that coffee tasting is a skill and that a person must be sensitive on the flavors of a coffee. A key note here is practice, you should practice in order to enhance and further develop the sensitivity of your palette.

Here are the steps in coffee tasting,

First is to brew two different kinds of coffee. Anything that is different about them will do, like kind of roast, where did it came from, or different method of processing.

Then, by cupping your hand on top of the cup/mug, get your nose into it and take in the aroma of the coffee. Take note that your coffee must be hot and freshly brewed. The hotness of your coffee will give the aroma that you need.

Next is to slurp and sip the coffee with 5 minutes interval and evaluate its taste. As we have said earlier, coffee gives off different tastes as it cools down. The harder you slurp the better, this ensures that the coffee reaches all your sensory buds, helping you to easily determine its flavors.

After you sip and slurp, evaluate and jot down what you have tasted. Jotting and making records what you have tasted will help you remember different tastes of coffee. This is one way of enhancing your palette.


Coffee tasting is better when you do it with a friend because you can discuss each other's evaluation. Remember that having a cup of coffee is a kind of recreation enjoyed with peers.

On the next part of this blogpost, we will give you different characteristics of a good coffee. So check us often.




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