Tasting notes

Flavor wheel and lexicon use

Flavor wheel and lexicon use

How to use the Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel and Sensory Lexicon to describe and evaluate coffee flavors with accuracy and consistency.

Brew bar offerings and rotations

Brew bar offerings and rotations

How to design and rotate brew bar offerings—manual filter methods and single-origin features—while keeping the menu dynamic and customer-focused.

Dial-in order of operations

Dial-in order of operations

A systematic approach to dialing in espresso by adjusting key variables in the correct order for efficiency and consistency.

Grassy/woody notes from age or process

Grassy/woody notes from age or process

Identify why grassy or woody flavors appear in coffee and how processing or storage choices contribute.

Sensory-led profile iteration

Sensory-led profile iteration

This topic covers how to use sensory evaluation to refine and optimize roast profiles, linking taste outcomes directly to roasting parameters.