Master Coffee Tasting With This Simple Fruit Method

It Smells Better Than It Taste — a quiet coffee newsletter where I share what I'm learning about coffee, curiosity, and daily rituals, this channel is an extension of that space: https://www.itsmellsbetterthanittaste.com/ Everyday Beans is about finding joy in coffee: one cup at a time. I’m an engineer turned roaster, a self-proclaimed mad scientist behind the brewer, and someone endlessly curious about coffee: and life. I share my wins, misses, and discoveries so you can explore your own journey through coffee. Coffee is a fruit—but when's the last time you actually tasted fruit to understand what you're drinking? In this video, I'm showing you exactly how I train my coffee palate by intentionally tasting different fruits and documenting what I experience. This isn't about memorizing flavor wheels or trusting what roasters tell you—it's about building confidence in your own palate and understanding acidity, sweetness, and balance in a real, tangible way. Key Highlights: How tasting fresh fruit directly improves your coffee palate and brewing decisions Why seasonality matters for both fruit and coffee flavor experiences The simple documentation method for tracking your taste development How to identify acidity, sweetness, and balance in everyday foods and translate that to coffee Why trusting your palate matters more than following roaster descriptions Practical techniques for combining flavors and understanding coffee characteristics Here's my challenge to you: grab a few different fruits this week—blueberries, apples, bananas, whatever you have—and really taste them. Not just eat them, but pay attention. What's the acidity like? How sweet is it? Does the balance work for you? Then brew your coffee and ask yourself the same questions. Document it. Build your own flavor library. Trust what you're tasting. Your palate is more capable than you think, and this simple practice will transform how you experience coffee every single day. Drop a comment below and tell me: What fruit surprised you the most when you really paid attention to it? And what coffee have you been drinking that you're going to taste differently after watching this? Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction: Why Taste Fruit to Understand Coffee