C-man wrote:
Moon, what flavors do you like best?
Crikey .. C-man asking the tough questions. 8) I'm not at the stage where I can identify the individual flavours in what I'm drinking .. other than the obvious sweet chocolate caramel ones. As for what kind of citrus, berry or melon flavours the little suckers deliver .. I wouldn't know .. so I cannot describe exactly what I like about a certain bean .. other than whether it appeals to me .. or not. It's the same for me when drinking a glass of wine. I can't tell what grape it is made from or what soil, acidity, and region the grapes were grown. With coffee beans .. it is basically do I like it .. and to what degree, rather than identifying the complexity .. layers, individual flavours, balance etc. I would love to be able to identify and put a name to them. I'd need to do a course with many sample tastings of single origin beans from different regions ... as well as studying blends to find out why certain beans were used to balance the blend. Maybe further down the track I can better answer that one .. only for the moment .. I can only really describe what I like .. by naming a particular bean/blend .. without being able to explain in any detail .. the contributing factors as to why I like it so much .. or, on the other hand .. what it was that I didn't like about the coffee.
