The sour taste of pure Arabica coffee beans

As we all know coffee has a bitter taste, however few people know that some coffee beans have a sour taste. This may lead some to mistakenly believe that sour coffee is poor quality coffee. In fact, pure Arabica coffee beans have a characteristic sour taste. Join Huongmai Cafe to find out why this pure coffee bean has a sour taste through the article below.

Why do pure Arabica coffee beans have a characteristic sour taste?

Arabica coffee, also known as tea coffee, is a high yielding coffee variety. Arabica has many different strains such as Bourbon, Typica, Catuai and Catimor. The difference in taste of Arabica lies in the way it is processed after harvesting.

The best quality Arabica coffee beans are soaked in water to bloom, then cleaned and dried. The whole process will cause the beans to be fermented and give Arabica a very distinctive sour taste. Each type of coffee has a certain pH content, and pH affects the individual flavor of each. Pure Arabica coffee beans have a higher pH than other types of coffee, making it more acidic. This sour taste is produced during different processing.

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Many people often mistakenly think that coffee beans with a sour taste are spoiled coffee, or have problems in the process of roasting, grinding, and preparing. However, the truth is quite the opposite. Pure Arabica coffee has a characteristic sour taste, a natural aroma that is different from coffee mixed with impurities with a sharp sour taste.

In order to feel all the special features of pure Arabica coffee, it is necessary to have the sophistication of the person enjoying it. Pure Arabica coffee when brewed will have a light brown color, clear like a very attractive amber color. If you are an observant and connoisseur of coffee, you will realize that when drinking pure Arabica coffee, the natural aroma is attractive, the characteristic sour taste appears first, but soon after it will be a slight bitter taste and after The taste turns sweet after taking a sip. Arabica coffee has a light aroma, less caffeine content than Robusta, so the mild flavor is especially popular with women.

How to distinguish pure Arabica coffee?

Recently, the coffee market in Vietnam has appeared a lot of mixed coffee, coffee mixed with flavorings to fake the sour taste of Arabica. This makes coffee lovers extremely concerned about the bad effects, especially the user's health. So how to distinguish pure Arabica?

Arabica is a flat, slightly long, porous coffee variety that is easy to crush. The caffeine content in Arabica accounts for 1.5%, much smaller than Robusta coffee, the sugar content is almost twice that of Robusta. More than 60% of Arabica is fat, so when viewed with the eye, the outside of the seed is covered with a thin layer of light oil. All these characteristics determine the difference in taste of pure Arabica coffee.

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To be able to determine what is pure Arabica coffee, you not only need to drink it but also feel it fully. Each Arabica strain has a different taste, from mild bitterness with captivating aroma to bitter taste with extremely characteristic passionate aroma.

You will not be mistaken because the sour taste is not harsh, and there is a little sweet aftertaste in the throat, which is the taste of good quality Arabica. People often compare drinking Arabica to eating a lemon, you will first feel the sour taste, very sour, but then you will see the bitter taste of the peel. The aftertaste of Arabica as a characteristic and aroma is likened to the outstanding charm of this coffee. After brewing, the aroma of Arabica can knock down the most demanding people. Therefore, this is a very popular coffee in Europe, except for pure Arabica coffee, there are also Espresso, Capuchino, Latte, etc.

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Through the above article, you must have known that pure Arabica coffee beans will have a sour taste and how to distinguish quality Arabica coffee. Hope you can choose for yourself the best Arabica coffee.

Huongmai hopes this article has provided you with useful information. We always provide quality Arabica coffee, pleased to serve you in the future.