EXTRACTION GUIDE
UNDEREXTRACTION IDEAL OVEREXTRACTION
SENSORY MARKERS
SALTY BALANCED DRY
Sour Complex Bitter
Very Simple Sweet Dirty Aftertaste
PROBLEMS
Low Extraction High Extraction
SOLUTION
To Extract More ---> <--- To Extract Less
+Water -Water
+Time -Time
+Fine +Coarse
-Dose +Dose
This is a graphic representation of your sensory experience when you extract coffee. It doesn’t always have a direct relationship with percentage extraction (E%) because
it is a simplified graph showing the dissolution process of many chemical compounds with different organoleptic properties. What we can affirm is that there is no doubt
that body or strength have no direct relationship with extraction: you may find an underextracted coffee with high/low body and viceversa.