NorthJersey.com
Think of a cup of coffee as a bagel, says Jonathan Echeverry, owner of Paper Plane Coffee Co. in Montclair.
“You have tons of different types of bagels cinnamon, onion, everything,” he said. “But if you burn every single one of those bagels, they would taste more or less the same. If you just put a light toast on it, it would accentuate the natural flavors of that bagel.”
Same deal with coffee. Plenty of coffee shops over-roast their coffee beans. Which is fine, said Echeverry. It’s what we’ve come to expect in a cup of coffee. A burnt bagel will still fill your belly and burnt coffee will still wake you up.