Bitter tasting coffee

Your usual coffee from the bean-to-cup machine doesn’t taste right. Maybe you are unsure what the difference is, but it’s different. Others describe the taste as bitter or not as lovely as it used to be.

Different Beans

Maybe you have tried different coffee beans thinking your beans were off, but it’s still not right. Could it be your taste buds are not working correctly, or you don’t enjoy the coffee from your machine as much as you did before? New beans, old beans, the coffee is still not right.

Gradual

The taste change is gradual. So much that it is difficult to notice at first. Mainly if you drink coffee every day, but if you drink it only occasionally and someone else uses it daily, you may find the change in taste more prominent. This gradual change in the coffee flavour is difficult to notice, but it is there, and you will soon find it.

Solution

The solution to bitter or just off-tasting coffee is usually straightforward. There is no need to buy new coffee beans or alter the settings, and it probably is not due to the water or someone tampering with the machine. Your bean-to-cup coffee machine needs some maintenance, and this simple maintenance is usually just a cleaning of the internal brew components.

No need to strip the machine down or take any parts off. Most, if not all, the bean-to-cup machines have a cleaning maintenance routine accessible from the menu. Follow our bean-to-cup coffee machine cleaning guide to restore the full flavour of your coffee.

Regular

You can get ahead of the bad-tasting coffee by cleaning it before the coffee taste is noticed. Some machines will prompt you to run the cleaning cycle, but there is no reason to do it more regularly if you see fit.

Keeping your coffee from tasting bitter can be a simple regular task.