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The absence of flavour often found in low grown Robusta coffees. Also caused by under extraction (too little coffee or too coarse a grind).
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lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics; "a bland pudding"; "a bland diet for her irritated stomach"
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lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
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A bland coffee is just what it sounds like: dull, boring and without distinction. Bland coffees have relatively little flavor or aroma and do nothing for the palette.
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Wine-tasting term used to describe a wine that lacks any discernable character, though not necessarily having any particular wine faults.
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Pale, insipid flavor often resulting from a cup made with too little coffee or too coarse a grind.
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Perceived by the sides of the tongue and ranging in taste from soft to neutral. Found often in washed Arabica coffees such as Guatemalan Low Grown.
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Lacking coffee flavor and characteristics.
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A flat, neutral taste.
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The pale flavor often found in low grown robusta coffees. Also caused by under-extraction (too little coffee or too course a grind).
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The weak, dull flavor often found in low-grown coffees. Coffee that is under extracted is almost always bland.
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Wine-tasting term denoting a wine without character, though not necessarily having any wine faults.
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A taste which is smooth and flavorless, such as that of butter.
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A primary coffee taste sensation created as sugars in the coffee combine with salts to reduce the overall saltiness of the brew.
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The pale flavour often found in low grown Robusta coffees or in washed Arabica coffees such as Guatemalan Low Grown.
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