Kevin Price, you are incredibly generous to share your professional wisdom with us. Thank you for your delicious, hand-roasted Blue Smoke Coffee, and these vital tips. Most coffee is brewed with water that is too hot, which scalds the precious oils in the coffee, causing it to taste bitter. When brewing at home, using a French Press or pour-over brewer, like Chemex (my personal favorite), allows you to control the water temp -- bottom line, once your water comes to a boil, let it sit a few minutes before pouring over your coffee grounds. But if youre out drinking commercially brewed coffee and it tastes bitter, add a little pinch of salt to it - you wont taste the salt, but it cuts the bitterness. But of course the roaster plays a key role in whether your coffee is bitter - I slowly hand roast Blue Smoke Coffee, just a pound at a time, to insure it is always smooth. But still, if your water is too hot, you can still turn a perfectly roasted coffee into a bitter cup by scalding those oils. youtu.be/mAqJmEjCy4E And because your cup of coffee is 98% water, I highly suggest using spring water when brewing, versus chlorinated tap water or even reverse osmosis or distilled water. Spring water contains trace amounts of naturally occurring minerals which compliment the flavors in coffee, where as chlorine actually destroys the flavor nuances in coffee. Bottom line, choose great roasted coffee and brew it with spring water that is not scalding hot and you wont need the pinch of salt. Kevin at Blue Smoke Coffee.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:07:39 +0000