Café Mira
How we taste a coffee
Ninety seconds at the tasting table, with the whole conversation to read along.
At the tasting table
1:36
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0:00
Mira
Every Monday twelve cups stand side by side here, all with the same amount of coffee.
0:09
Mira
First we only smell, before any water goes in. That already says a lot about the roast.
0:21
Ben
Then we pour and wait four minutes. No stirring, no tasting.
0:33
Ben
We break the crust on top with a spoon and smell a second time.
0:46
Mira
Now comes the slurping. Loud is good, it spreads the coffee across the whole mouth.
1:00
Mira
We look for sweetness, acidity and how long the taste stays.
1:14
Ben
Whatever convinces two of us goes on the menu for a week.
1:26
Ben
And what guests order then decides whether it stays.