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Earlier this year I had a cold-brewed coffee from a local coffee shop that tasted more like lemonade (unsweetened) than coffee. It was bad, and I'm not sure if
by itronitron 4y ago
Earlier this year I had a cold-brewed coffee from a local coffee shop that tasted more like lemonade (unsweetened) than coffee. It was bad, and I'm not sure if the cold-brew was the exact trigger or just the final nail but I haven't had any other coffee in the months since then despite drinking coffee multiple times per day for years and years.
- peteforde 4y agoI'm so sorry that this happened to you. It legitimately sounds like you were either pranked or offered a product that contained something humans are not intended to drink. There's absolutely nothing about cold brew coffee that is anything like unsweetened lemonade. I'm cringing just reading this. What it does taste like is super-strong coffee, with none of the burnt note that comes with heated coffee. It could very easily be considered "too strong" by supertasters... but unsweetened lemonade sounds like dishwater.
- anon84873628 4y agoThe "burnt note" doesn't typically come from the brew method, but rather how darkly the beans have been roasted. Light roasted (aka "Nordic" or "third wave") beans will produce more acidic cups because of their different chemical components. They are also less likely to taste burnt or astringent.
- foobiekr 4y agoLots of coffee shops think that tannic, acidic coffee is good coffee. For those in the bay area, Red Rock in Mountain View has this issue with their brewed coffee. It's often downright sour.