{"id":1692,"date":"2008-08-04T08:01:19","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T13:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/office-sludge-known-as-coffee\/"},"modified":"2008-08-04T06:04:26","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T11:04:26","slug":"office-sludge-known-as-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/office-sludge-known-as-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Sludge Known As Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sales Machine blog on BNet features one of those posts I wish I had authored.\u00a0 The title &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bnet.com\/salesmachine\/wp-trackback.php?p=403\">Why Office Coffee Tastes So Bad<\/a>.\u00a0 A great topic for a Monday morning.\u00a0 This post contains some of the most detailed information I have read about bad coffee.\u00a0 Basically, it all comes down to tannins.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Contrary to popular belief, coffee is not bitter. It is supposed to be a naturally sweet beverage. However, the way it is usually prepared tends to concentrate the tanins (<em>sic<\/em>) in the coffee, which makes it unnaturally bitter. Remove these tannins and you get a good cup of coffee. Tannins come from five sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exposure to air.<\/strong> The more the beans are exposed to air and light, the more they begin to break down, turning the natural sweetness into tannins. If coffee is already ground, that process is accelerated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brewing residue.<\/strong> Most brewing methods cause tannins to be deposited on the brewing mechanism where they\u2019re transferred into the coffee. Plastic and metal is porous, so even if you scrub it, there\u2019s always residue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The brewing process.<\/strong> If the water is not hot enough, the coffee flavor is lessened while the tannins are transferred into the water. Most coffee makers don\u2019t heat up the water sufficiently to make a good cup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The filtering process.<\/strong> If the filter is the wrong porousness and not designed to absorb tannins, it will pass them through into the coffee. Many filters just filter out particulate matter and don\u2019t absorb the tannins.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time after brewing.<\/strong> If there are tannins in the coffee, they\u2019ll spread throughout the coffee, making it increasingly bitter over time. That\u2019s why reheated coffee \u2014 or coffee that\u2019s been sitting in the pot for an hour or more \u2014 usually tastes so wretched.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>True story &#8211; first few months Lee and I worked together at a company with one of those old Bunn coffee makers.\u00a0 The company supplied some of the worst coffee you have ever tasted.\u00a0 Folgers tasted better.\u00a0 Anyway, Lee would get to the office early some mornings to get some work done.\u00a0 If the coffee pot contained coffee &#8211; FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY &#8211; he would put it in his cup, nuke it and then drink it.\u00a0 All without brewing a fresh pot of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still disgusted 6 years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sales Machine blog on BNet features one of those posts I wish I had authored.\u00a0 The title &#8211; Why Office Coffee Tastes So Bad.\u00a0 A great topic for a Monday morning.\u00a0 This post contains some of the most detailed information I have read about bad coffee.\u00a0 Basically, it all comes down to tannins. Contrary to popular belief, coffee is not bitter. It is supposed to be a naturally sweet beverage. However, the way it is usually prepared tends to concentrate the tanins (sic) in the coffee, which makes it unnaturally bitter. Remove these tannins and you get a good cup of coffee. Tannins come from five sources: Exposure to&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/office-sludge-known-as-coffee\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[924,66,925],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-general","tag-bad-coffee","tag-coffee","tag-office-coffee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-ri","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":780,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/coffee-snobbery\/","url_meta":{"origin":1692,"position":0},"title":"Coffee Snobbery","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From CareerJournal.com comes an important article revealing a new trend - Gourmet Coffee Becomes An Unwelcome Office Perk: Of people who drink coffee at work, the percentage that drink the in-house brew dropped to 52% last year from 64% in 2003, according to the National Coffee Association, an industry group.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Trends&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Trends","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1618,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/coffee-reduces-stress\/","url_meta":{"origin":1692,"position":1},"title":"Coffee Reduces Stress","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is some wonderful news about coffee to start your Monday.\u00a0 From Yahoo Health: Just sniffing that first hot cup of coffee in the morning may help ease some stresses you might be feeling, a South Korean trial indicates. 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