Palate Cleansers

What do you use for a palate refresher? I've recently been trying some different things (like drinking Pelegrino), but I want something that refreshes my mouth after tuning espresso in and such....

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Permalink Reply by Flavia Celidonio Pogliani on March 27, 2009 at 11:09am
apples, gala or red delicious, not too ripe
Permalink Reply by Demian Luper on March 27, 2009 at 2:01pm
apples in water & lemon juice. animal crackers.
Permalink Reply by Aaron McNany on March 27, 2009 at 3:01pm
As in, literally putting sliced apples into water?

Demian Luper said:
apples in water & lemon juice. animal crackers.
Permalink Reply by Tyler Cox on March 27, 2009 at 5:39pm
perhaps this is amateurish of me to suggest, and I am expecting that someone with greater knowledge will tell me why this is a poor palate cleanser for coffee, but would cheese work? I thought it is sometimes used with wine for the same reason, does it not work with coffee as well? or would it be more like a pairing item, enhancing certain notes in the coffee rather then clearing the palate?
Permalink Reply by Greg Hill on March 27, 2009 at 5:48pm
i would stay away from dairy. it tends to coat everything, blocking receptors.

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something i do is to wait for the espresso to cool down, at that point any flaws are magnified. but thats just me.
Permalink Reply by Tyler Cox on March 27, 2009 at 5:56pm
ah, yes, good point about the dairy.

and waiting for the coffee to cool is something that helps me taste things in the coffee I would have otherwise missed, since we can taste better at closer to room temp, which is why we like our bad coffee piping hot, and our cheap beer ice cold! haha

Dragonball G said:
i would stay away from dairy. it tends to coat everything, blocking receptors.

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something i do is to wait for the espresso to cool down, at that point any flaws are magnified. but thats just me.
Permalink Reply by The Barista Formerly Known As JavaJ on March 27, 2009 at 6:44pm
Word to the S. Pellegrino.
Permalink Reply by Ed Whitman on March 27, 2009 at 6:57pm
Plain crackers work well. Carbonated Pelegrino competes with acidity in espresso.
Permalink Reply by Dale B. Donchey on March 28, 2009 at 6:57am
a light ginger ale; super yums after some 'spro.
Permalink Reply by Kendra on March 30, 2009 at 7:58am
i use the saltines, aaron. works every time.
Permalink Reply by Mason Crews on May 4, 2009 at 7:13pm
sorbet? 1 oz
Permalink Reply by Dave_G on May 4, 2009 at 10:30pm
Well if you sniff roasted beans to refresh your nose after testing perfume; does that mean that squirting perfume in your mouth after 'spro refreshes in the opposite kind of way?

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