Compared to many on here, I came to real coffee quite late in life. Discovering that, like wine, coffee wasn’t just ‘coffee’ but depending on the type of bean, where in the world it came from and the growing conditions (altitude, soil, climate) you could taste, chocolate, or mango, or toffee or apple or…or…or….. According to some.
And that has been my problem, trying to experience those nuances. But, either because of the equipment I use, poor technique, or Neanderthal taste buds, I never seem to reach those palate highs. So, all I can do is try different beans and go by ‘am I getting notes of this or that’ or is it just a decent cup of Java? And I have come to the conclusion that it is the latter.
So, in conclusion, instead of spending my limited spondulicks reaching for the Java stars, I am happy with just getting to the Mocha Moon.