The latest fashion in coffee…
…is to make espresso with very light roasted coffee.
Why? I dunno, it’s what all the cool kids in Melbourne are doing. I think it might be some sort of reaction against the dark-roasted coffee of the commercial brands.
Everyone’s raving about it, but I think it sucks.
People say it has a ‘lemon citrus’ flavour. They’re almost right, because it does taste a lot like sucking on a lemon.
As Shaun Micallef would have said, “Light roasted coffee – in to the bin!”
November 5, 2010 at 10:01 am
*whip crack*
November 5, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Can this make the coffee have a metalicish type after taste??
November 5, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Umm… I don’t think so. Unless metal tastes acidic.
November 8, 2010 at 11:45 am
Good call Matt! Although, I think a “bit” of something lightly roasted blended in can add some nice flavours
November 12, 2010 at 8:12 am
Hey Matt,
It’s an interesting topic! I would say that I like light-roasted coffee, but that’s “light” compared to whatever I consider normal… Melbourne does seem to be championing a whole new level of light roasting… albeit using beans that are good enough to handle it. I’m not much of a fan of it for espresso either.
However! I have noticed that my average roast level has been getting lighter even in the 4-5 months I’ve been working. I can’t necessarily say why… it probably happens on the cupping table where I tend to reject the darker roasts in favour of lighter ones. But like I said, my “light” roast is probably not that light (if we’re being nerdy, on average I would pull the beans 1-2 C before second crack begins – some earlier, some later).
And Chris, I think I’ve tasted the metallic flavour you mentioned in super light roasts. It’s a kind of bitter acidity and astringency/grassiness you get from underroasting (IMO).
Cheers
Stu
November 12, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Ol’ Mad Gary don’t roast ‘is beans at all – Nescafe recons they got more antioxidants that way. Bloody hell they make a mess of yer grinder though!
February 8, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Does nothing interesting happen in the nations capitol?