{"id":293,"date":"2026-07-21T14:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:54:23","slug":"what-is-tds-in-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/what-is-tds-in-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is TDS in Coffee?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">Understanding Total Dissolved Solids for Better Brewing<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">TDS stands for Total Dissolved Solids, which represents the total amount of coffee compounds dissolved in your brewed coffee. It is usually expressed as a percentage (%) of the beverage\u2019s weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">What Does TDS Measure in Coffee?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">When brewing coffee, water extracts various compounds from the grounds, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Acids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Sugars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Oils<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Bitter compounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">TDS measures the concentration of these dissolved solids&nbsp;in the final cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">Simply put, TDS tells you how strong or weak your coffee tastes, but it does not indicate how well the coffee was extracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">Easy Example<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; A cup of coffee with TDS = 1.35%&nbsp;means 1.35% of the beverage\u2019s weight is dissolved coffee solids, the rest is water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Espresso&nbsp;usually has a high TDS (8\u201312%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Pour-over or filter coffee&nbsp;has a lower TDS (1.15\u20131.45%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized ext-animate--on\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/578e70602e4b60c17ffde9c7_Screen-Shot-2016-07-19-at-1.23.51-PM-1.png\" alt=\"ideal tds in espresso\" class=\"wp-image-340\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/578e70602e4b60c17ffde9c7_Screen-Shot-2016-07-19-at-1.23.51-PM-1.png 682w, https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/578e70602e4b60c17ffde9c7_Screen-Shot-2016-07-19-at-1.23.51-PM-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/578e70602e4b60c17ffde9c7_Screen-Shot-2016-07-19-at-1.23.51-PM-1-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/578e70602e4b60c17ffde9c7_Screen-Shot-2016-07-19-at-1.23.51-PM-1-600x390.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">Ideal TDS in Espresso. source: Handground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">TDS vs Extraction Yield<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">Many people confuse these two terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table ext-animate--on\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Concept<\/td><td>What It Shows<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TDS<\/td><td>How strong or weak the coffee tastes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"\/de\/post\/what-is-extraction-yield-in-coffee-brewing\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Extraction Yield<\/u><\/a><\/td><td>How much flavor was extracted from the grounds<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">You can have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; High TDS but poor extraction&nbsp;\u2192 strong but sour or harsh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Low TDS but good extraction&nbsp;\u2192 light but balanced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">How to Measure TDS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">TDS is usually measured with a refractometer, a device that analyzes the refractive index of a liquid to estimate dissolved solids. It is commonly used in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Specialty coffee shops<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Coffee labs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; Barista training programs<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding Total Dissolved Solids for Better Brewing TDS stands for Total Dissolved Solids, which represents the total amount of coffee compounds dissolved in your brewed coffee. It is usually expressed as a percentage (%) of the beverage\u2019s weight. What Does TDS Measure in Coffee? When brewing coffee, water extracts various compounds from the grounds, including: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[59,62,64,63],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allpost","category-coffee-brewing","tag-barista-kurs","tag-tds-coffee","tag-tds-in-kaffee","tag-tds-kaffee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menesharoaster.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}