#flavorwheel

[fanyoga]

Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel. . . . . . . #latepost #cupping #flavorwheel #coffee #coffeetaster #coffeeaddict #coffeelover #kopi #kopiindonesia #mandrinkcoffee #manmakecoffee #fotokopi #hobikopi #anakkopi #brewer #barista #baristadaily #baristalife

[whiterabbitcoffee]

I have long meant to dive deeper in to this chart. When I did my first cupping, this was on the table for guests and it helped me quite a bit. If you genuinely want to develop your palette, print this or have it handy next time you try that super spendy, single origin with your morning noms. ;) 

[bakauperu]

SABORES DE NUESTRO CAFÉ BOURBON⁣ Los cafés especiales no siempre saben igual, cada café por naturaleza tiene un sabor distinto y único que lo distingue de los demás. ⁣⁣ Por ejemplo nuestro "𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨" tiene aroma con notas a frutos rojos, miel y con predominio de la 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚!⁣ 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪ó𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘧é, 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢 "𝘊𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘺𝘰𝘤", 𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘰 𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘪ó𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘰 𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘰. ⁣ En @LiberatoCafé estamos empeñados en promover los cafés especiales que poseen sabores y aromas únicos, como 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 "𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨" 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐚, 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐨. ⁣ Escríbenos para ayudarte a elegir el mejor café al WhatsApp [phone] o visíte nuestra web en Bio .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #liberatolover #tostadoresartesanales #ruedadesabores #ruedadesabores #flavorwheel #artesanosdelsabor #cafeperuano #cafetostado #cafemolido (en Lima, Peru) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3SdeYBU8_/?igshid=so7hkl7jsvqs

[peterlista]

Tea ‘Flavor Wheel’

I’ve been drinking tea for years, though I am still relatively new to the hobby. One aspect of tea that I’ve been particularly interested in is the ways that vendors and reviewers describe flavors in tasting notes.

What we typically read in tasting notes are not flavors, but aromas. Interestingly, unlike flavors, there is still no consensus on how to best categorize aroma. While some researchers use a seven category system, others have suggested that there are actually ten primary odors. Much more so than taste, aromas are dependent on the past experiences of the individual “taster.” (Mei Leaf actually has a nice YouTube video on this topic.) Still, tasting notes are ubiquitous (excepting W2T) and are one of only a few tools consumers have to decide which teas to buy. Consequently, it is rather important to know what vendors mean when they describe teas as having specific “flavors.”

This is not just an issue for tea drinkers, but comes up a lot among wine, beer, and coffee drinkers too. In those communities, there are already established lexicons of “flavor” descriptors which help standardize tasting notes. Those descriptors are often visualized as a “flavor wheel,” of which there are many. There are currently a few flavor wheels for tea drinkers too. The International Tea Masters Association (ITMA) has an aroma wheel, Twinings has a flavor wheel, and the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) recently had one specially made for coffee. To my knowledge though, the tea-specific flavor wheels are ad hoc and not based on systematic study of tea aromas.

As an academic and hobbyist, I was frustrated by the lack of systematic research on tea aromas and flavors. So I made this Tea Flavor Chart (Excel).

I’ve been using this chart for a couple weeks and it’s worked pretty well. Having a standardized lexicon to describe tea flavors lets me more easily compare teas and decide what I like. I also enjoy seeing “all” of the flavors we typically describe in teas all in one – easily accessible – location. This is my first time sharing the chart online, so hopefully now others can start to build on it.

Here is how I did it:

Using Steepster, I identified the top 50 unflavored teas, sorted by average user rating as of June 2017. I only included unflavored, loose-leaf teas with at least 5 flavor descriptors from user reviews. The top rated teas favored black and puerh teas, so I decided to add 20 teas from within only the green, white, and oolong categories. (This type of stratified, random sample is fairly common.) The Steepster ratings of teas in the sample ranged between 90 and 87, with an average of 88. The final sample included 15 green and white teas (21%), 15 oolong teas (21%), 24 black teas (34%), and 16 puerh teas (23%).

From this sample of 70 teas, I collected 187 flavor descriptors. A number of descriptors (11%) applied to all four styles of tea, while 24% applied to three styles, 30% to two styles, and 35% applied to only one style. Black teas had the most descriptors (125), followed by oolongs (103), puerhs (96), and greens and whites (73). There is a relatively high “association” between black and oolong descriptors (40% co-occurrence), black and puerh descriptors (35%), and oolong and puerh descriptors (32%). Unsurprisingly, the association between green and white teas and all other styles is low (avg. 21%).

From this collection of 187 descriptors, I simplified this list to 126 – removing similar descriptors and those not describing flavors (e.g., astringent) – and categorized them according to overarching categories. Additional flavor descriptors (listed in italics on my chart) were then selected from the ITMA, Twinings, and SCAA “flavor wheels,” and the Court of Master Sommeliers’ deductive tasting chart. Their are 160 total aromas and flavors – spread across 23 minor categories – included in the chart.

[kacispace-blog]

@ Jubala Coffee

LaFayette Village, Raleigh, NC

[bakauperu]

#coffee #flavorwheel - #ruedadesabores del #cafe (en Estadio Monumental U)

[passionbarista]

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¿Ya sabes cómo funciona esta nueva #ruedadesabores? Te lo explico en mi última publicación, el enlace está en el vio. 😊 🙌 #scaa #flavorwheel #worldcoffeeresearch #coffee #specialtycoffee ・・・ #Repost @baristasantys with @repostapp

[letsbrewcoffee]

Rollin' with the new @specialtycoffeeassociation #FlavorWheel this morning on the @prospectroasters Ethiopia Shakiso - tasting like peaches and blackberry!