Get better-tasting coffee with the Amokka Brewing Compass
How to affect the taste
If you want to shift the taste of your coffee towards the right side of the compass you should grind finer. To make a shift to the left you should grind coarser.
To achieve stronger taste you can use more coffee or less water, for a weaker taste you can use less coffee or more water.
Negative Flavor Descriptors
These are the tastes you want to avoid when brewing your coffee (red edge in the brewing compass).
Sour
Makes your mouth feel wet and pinched, think of vinegar or sour pickles.
Quick finish
A well-extracted coffee has a finish that lingers for minutes, with quick finish the taste disappears straight away.
Harsh
Unpleasantly rough, very unbalanced.
Overwhelming
When the coffee is so intense/strong that it is not enjoyable anymore.
more negative flavors...
Watery
Thin or tasteless containing too much water.
Underwhelming
Thin or tasteless containing too much water.
Bitter
It makes your mouth feel dry and pinched, think of Angostura, hops, tonic water and lemon peel.
Dry
Dry, sandy feeling on the tongue. Same feeling as strong black tea or from eating an unripe banana.
Our goal is to achieve a better-tasting coffee every day.
