Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries Smell and Taste, Part 1: How to be a better coffee taster
Jan 8, 2024
Discover the fascinating link between smell and taste in coffee, revealing how flavor perception happens behind the eyes! Learn why specialty coffee can taste sweet without sugar and how aroma shapes our appreciation of this beloved beverage. Explore the intricacies of the tongue's taste receptors and practical tips for tasting enhancement. Join tasting expert Mandy Naglich as she shares techniques to sharpen your coffee skills, transforming your coffee experiences into delightful adventures!
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Passion Fruit Flavor Perception
- James Harper describes tasting a coffee fermented with passion fruit juice and perceiving intense passion fruit flavors.
- He realizes this flavor sensation actually happens in the nasal cavity behind the eyes, not in the mouth itself.
Sweetness Mystery in Black Coffee
- Black filter coffee tastes sweet despite negligible sugar content, likely due to molecules stimulating sweet receptors.
- Sweet receptors are complex proteins that can be tricked by sugar-like molecules, including artificial sweeteners.
Rinse Mouth Between Tastings
- Rinse your mouth with water between coffee tastings to reset your taste receptors and brain.
- This practice helps avoid missing acidity and better perceives flavors across multiple coffees.
