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over-fermented

  • a word derived from fermented.
    fermented
    adjective
    having undergone the process of fermenting.

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Poorly fermented cocoa beans develop little flavour, while over-fermented beans produce an acidic taste.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2022

Should the vat have been over-fermented, a thick fat-looking crust covers the liquor, which does not disappear by the introduction of a flask of oil.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

Bread may be over-fermented when there is no appreciable sourness developed.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg