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El café no ha soltado su sabor todavía.

El café no ha soltado su sabor todavía.
The coffee hasn't released its flavor yet.
From Lesson 420:Dual past participles·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El café no ha soltado su sabor todavía.

Why does this sentence use soltado instead of the irregular form suelto?
Soltar is one of those verbs with two past participles. We use the regular form (soltado) when it acts as a verb in perfect tenses with haber, as in ha soltado (has released). The irregular form (suelto) is used only as an adjective, meaning 'loose' or 'free', as in el perro está suelto (the dog is loose).
What would happen if I used suelto with haber here?
It would be grammatically incorrect. While a few verbs like escribir or ver only use their irregular participles (escrito, visto) for everything, verbs with dual participles like soltar strictly split their jobs. You must use soltado after haber.
Is soltar the standard verb for 'releasing' a flavor?
Yes! While you might know soltar as 'to let go of' or 'to drop', it is exactly the right word for ingredients releasing their juices, aromas, or flavors (sabor) into a dish or drink.
Could todavía go somewhere else in the sentence?
Absolutely. You will often hear El café todavía no ha soltado su sabor or even Todavía el café no ha soltado... Putting it at the very end is perfectly natural and often just emphasizes the 'yet' a bit more.

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