Now You Can Use Artificial Intelligence To Analyze Flavors In Coffee

Deciphering what flavor notes are present in a given coffee is more art than science. Tasters spend hours upon hours training their palates, translating the sensory information through the lens of past (highly subjective) flavor experiences to arrive at descriptors that best align with the original sensory input. But one startup is looking to take a more scientific approach to identifying flavors in coffee. The company is called Demetria and they have created an app to "detect a specific and high value sensory ("taste") profile of green coffee." In a press release announcing the company, Demetria touts itself as "the first AI-powered taste and quality intelligence [software as a service] startup for the coffee supply chain."