2023 Schedule
Filtering by: “Sweetness in Coffee”
Apr
20
Sweetness in Coffee: Sensory Analysis and Identification of Key Compounds
Specialty coffee consumers and experts alike agree that a key part of coffee quality is the natural sweetness that is a part of high-quality coffee flavor. Recent research has confirmed that, counterintuitively, the sweetness in coffee does not come from sugars in the bean. This has created something of a mystery among coffee experts and sensory scientists—if sugars do not make coffee taste sweet, what could be the reason for the sweet taste of high-quality coffee?