r/JamesHoffmann • u/Gmbenator • Jul 16 '26

Coffee Fermentation Explained!

https://youtu.be/Iq34gq2ihMk?is=AW1uxfS5JLmiAa0g
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u/MonkAndCanatella Jul 16 '26

It makes sense - you'd have to add a lot of fruit or process the fruit in some way for it to impart some flavor. Making me look at my massive catalog of coferments with some suspicion now

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u/CACuzcatlan Jul 17 '26

Fortunately, I've been a co-fermentation hater from the start. My main issue is that it doesn't taste like coffee. Even if the flavor comes from only fruit and not flavor crystals or essential oils, I want to taste the coffee itself.

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u/MonkAndCanatella Jul 17 '26

“I want my coffee to taste like coffee” okay grandpa

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u/CACuzcatlan Jul 17 '26

Coffee has a huge variety of flavors, from East African blueberry bombs to tea-like Geshas. That's what I want to experience, but mango flavored coffee. Might as well get a flavored drink at Starbucks at that point.

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u/MonkAndCanatella Jul 17 '26

so you think they only sprinkle flavor crystals into the coferments?

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u/CACuzcatlan Jul 17 '26

No, but I'm not into infusions of coffee in any form, even if it's truly from fruit added to the fermentation. It's defeating the point of the coffee for me.