Crusty Coffee

The outer layer of a bread loaf … or in coffee cupping, the floating grounds on the cup, which you “break” with the cupping spoon.: In coffee cupping (tasting), you first judge the Dry Fragrance by smelling the ground coffee. Then you add hot water and judge the wet aroma. This is done in 2 steps: first by sniffing the crust of floating grounds that naturally caps the liquid mixture, then by “breaking” the crust with a cupping spoon.

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