Comments on: A pinch of salt for your coffee, Sir?

By: Prime Coffee

Prime Coffee — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:49:42 +0000

The first time I heard of freshly ground pepper on fresh strawberries, I thought it was strange at first but it’s delicious! Why not salt on coffee!

By: dee

dee — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:48:24 +0000

Growing up here in south central texas, my mother always salted the coffee grinds prior to brewing. Coincidentally, there is a popular local diner style restaurant chain that has the absolute best coffee that I have ever tasted (many others agree). Recently I found out they salt their coffee. Hmmmm…

By: Jarod Traxel

Jarod Traxel — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:44:02 +0000

This is very interesting, on the similar note of a pinch of salt in coffee (which i am going to try with my next espresso); when i was a kid i worked with a guy who always made lemonade in the kitchen. The only difference is that he used salt instead of heaps of sugar. personally, i thought it was really weird. he was a smoker and over salted it, but i made my own with a bit less salt and it was actually really good.
beverage for thought???

By: Thundergod

Thundergod — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:12:33 +0000

I have heard of this before.
I was told the South Africans add salt to their coffee.

By: Martin Lersch

Martin Lersch — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:00:09 +0000

Ty: I agree that there are some coffee’s that will be really difficult (or even impossible) to improve. But just as one can discuss which water to use (hard or soft), temperature, dosing, pressure – a natural extension of this, as I see it, would be to discuss the effects of salt. I do not agree that addition of salt is a slap in the face – in that case you certianly added to much salt! But I take your point that the chance of success with salt is greater with a cheap robusta or over-roasted coffee.

By: Ty Paluska

Ty Paluska — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:42:07 +0000

While this might make sense, if you have to add anything to coffee then your coffee isn’t quality. I’ve worked in the specialty coffee business for 5 years now and have found that excellent coffee and speak for itself and has a lot to do with proper roasting and brewing methods as well. Adding salt to good coffee is a slap in the face to many coffee farmers who toil away day and day out to give us our cup of coffee each morning. So yes, if you’re frequenting coffee shops that over-roast their coffee or by cheap robusta beans or even cheap arabica beans then try this experiment out but you won’t see me or many other coffee professionals doing this…we have way to much respect for the farmers and their crop than to ruin it’s integrity like that.

By: Bill T.

Bill T. — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:51:06 +0000

I don’t drink coffee myself, but I make sure to put a pinch in my morning hot cocoa (made from my own mix). The salt really enhances the cocoa flavor, but several of my coworkers think I’m nuts to add salt.

By: Magnus von Wachenfeldt

Magnus von Wachenfeldt — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:24:42 +0000

I’m from southern Norrland (North land) in Sweden, exiled to Stockholm. I tend to put a pinch of salt in the coffee. The taste is awesome!

By: Kaffee mit Salz |

Kaffee mit Salz | — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:26:34 +0000

[...] einer der Blogs, die ich regelmäßig lese, wird die Prise Salz im Kaffee behandelt. Im Khymos geht es immer um Alchemie wie im Buche steht. Die Grundlagen zur Entstehung vom Geschmack stehen [...]

By: bonissimo

bonissimo — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:29:25 +0000

I’ve been in the business for several years, and this is the first time I’ve heard of adding salt to espresso! Feel a but silly now, looking at the rest of the comments

Just wondering how this will affect the portafilters in the long run. Anyone experience any issues with this?