Yes, but there are drawbacks.
Ryan Ludwighas worked in specialty coffee for about 22 years, starting out as a barista and managing cafes.
With Counter Culture, he’s primarily focused on education.
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He started out working with wholesale partners, and now focuses on consumer education and customer experience.
What Reheating Does To Coffee
You’ve probably already noticed how reheating affects your morning coffee.
That’s because it impacts the taste.
This process is going to make your coffee taste more bitter.
“Chlorogenic acid breaks down over time into quinic and caffeic acid.
Heating your coffee speeds up this process, breaking down the chlorogenic acid much faster.
Unfortunately, these both taste bitter.
Does How You Reheat Coffee Make a Difference?
Reheating of any kind, stovetop or microwave, will contribute bitterness.
“Heating in the microwave has one benefit: It is fast.
Heating your coffee causes all the good tasting and smelling compounds in the brew to escape faster.
So if you must reheat, the microwave is probably the better option,” says Ludwig.
Those have the same effect on coffee as reheating in the microwave or on the stovetop does.
His personal go-to is brewing into a Hario V60 insulated brewer.
“It will keep your coffee hot for a LONG time,” he says.
