Sweetness
Acidity
Body
Process Signature
Finish
Aromatics
A clearer way to choose the cup you want.
Tasting notes tell you what a coffee tastes like. They don't tell you how it drinks.
Two coffees can both read "jasmine, stone fruit, honey" and be nothing alike in the cup. One is delicate and tea-like, gone in a clean moment. The other is dense and syrupy, still evolving minutes after you swallow. The notes match; the experience doesn't. That gap is what Flavour Profile is built to close.
The shape of the cup, before the flavour notes.
Flavour Profile is now live across the Glass Coffee range. Each coffee shows six dimensions - sweetness, acidity, body, process signature, finish and aromatics - as a position on a scale rather than a score: restrained or pronounced, soft or vibrant, tea-like or syrupy, traditional or expressive.
Read together, they describe the structure of the cup. Start with the shape, then use the tasting notes to understand the flavours inside it.
A map, not a score.
Every coffee Glass sells has already passed our quality bar. The profile doesn't rank coffees, and higher is never automatically better - it simply means a sensation is more obvious. A soft, delicate, traditional coffee can be every bit as remarkable as a vibrant, expressive one. The profile exists to make the differences between excellent coffees easier to see, so you can find the one that suits how you like to drink.
Brew-aware.
The same coffee can present differently as filter and as espresso, so profiles reflect how each coffee is intended to be brewed - and where a coffee suits both, you may see a separate profile for each.
Where to start.
Profiles now sit alongside tasting notes on every product page. Pick two coffees you know and compare their profiles - you'll see the difference before you brew it. For a closer look at what each dimension means, read the full Flavour Profile guide.
