Low-Acid Coffees - January 2012By Kenneth Davids; Reviews by Kenneth Davids and Justin Johnson
True, acidity is a good thing in coffee. It provides the sweetly tart spark essential to lifting the sensory experience of a fine Arabica coffee from grainy, dull inertness to lively complexity. It signals the presence of certain organic acids with powerful anti-oxidant properties that have helped turn perception of coffee from a health threat to a health drink. Nevertheless, there are many who deeply love coffee – and caffeine – but whose digestive systems simply can’t handle a whole lot of...