Mér finnst þetta bragð of súrt, en henni finnst kaffið of beiskt.

I find this taste too sour, but she finds the coffee too bitter.

Breakdown of Mér finnst þetta bragð of súrt, en henni finnst kaffið of beiskt.

• ég: I
• hún: she
• þessi: this
• en: but

Questions & Answers about Mér finnst þetta bragð of súrt, en henni finnst kaffið of beiskt.

Why is it mér finnst and not ég finnst?

Because finnast uses the person experiencing the opinion or impression in the dative case, not the nominative.

So:

• mér = to me
• henni = to her

This is very common with Icelandic verbs that describe feelings, impressions, or something seeming a certain way.

So mér finnst þetta bragð of súrt literally works more like:

• to me seems this taste too sour

Natural English translates it as I find this taste too sour or I think this taste is too sour.

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What is finnst exactly?

Finnst is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb finnast.

You often meet finnast in sentences about opinions or impressions:

• Mér finnst þetta gott. = I think this is good.
• Henni finnst myndin leiðinleg. = She thinks the movie is boring.

Even when the experiencer is I or you, the verb often stays in 3rd person singular if the thing being judged is singular, because the grammatical subject is the thing that seems a certain way.

In your sentence:

• þetta bragð is singular
• kaffið is singular

So finnst is singular in both halves.

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How is finnast different from finna?