I'm having trouble finding a coffee. I have liked Starbucks Pike but over the years it has become too mocha flavored. This is my daily coffee so it's not like I went away from it and then suddenly came back and forgot what it tasted like. My dilemma is that I really dislike coffee with mocha undertones. I prefer my coffee to be a little more bitter. It's weird but not only do I dislike coffee with hints of mocha but it also seems to make my head hurt. Are there any other coffees that are out there. It seems like coffees I used to like are changing flavor.
how about trying out good Sumatra?
if you haven't, you must. A good Sumatra can be an excellent coffee tasting experience, but for bad ones???!!! it can get really ugly due to it's process called Giling Basah (wet hulling)
A good one should have less brightness and acidity, but it has much smoother and fuller bodied taste, along with mushroomy, earthy, herbaceous and bit spicy.
it would be very interesting experience for you.
As for your "bitterness" in coffee matter, I am not so certain that is the right description that you want to convey, but if you really want your coffee to be bitter, just RE-HEAT your coffee. or let it sit on the pot for few hours, then, surely, it will get bitter. But I doubt it that is what you really want to drink.
Mike from encore coffee co (Musicphan is coffee forum user name) told me that he has some really good and freshly roasted Sumatra, so you might want to give him a ring.
www.encorecoffeeco.com is his web. Actually, I am about to order some from him.
good luck to you.
Alex from Ensoluna S.A.
PS: I also buys from PeterJSchmidt (forum user name) & JumpinJakJava (Bob is his name and JumpinJakjava is forum name). They are also great roasters and they always have some great and fresh coffee for our forum members.
