My coffee world has been shaken by the realization that you can get Starbucks syrups online. Stocking up on enough gingerbread to last me until they go bad in March.
Look, I have no problem with wanting to drink it the way you want. HOWEVER, I think coffee gets a bad rep mostly because the American coffee palette is accustomed to shit beans, shit roasts, and shit pulls. If you can find a nice, local coffee shop that either roasts their own or uses a nice small house roasters, I would encourage you to try it black.
[T]he American coffee palette is accustomed to shit beans, shit roasts, and shit pulls.
True fax. There is a lot of shit coffee here. However, going with a small house roaster doesn't guarantee you'll get good coffee. You can screw up at a small batch level just as easily as the big guys. Learning what coffee notes and flavors you are inclined toward and then finding beans and roasts that match your preferences goes a lot farther than restricting your purchases to small-batch coffee.
If you can find a nice, local coffee shop that either roasts their own or uses a nice small house roasters, I would encourage you to try it black.
I have tried lots of different kinds of coffee. I don't necessarily have a problem with the flavor of black coffee. I simply prefer a creamy texture. I like a bit of sweetness, but if I have to pick only one, I'm going with the cream every time. (I also have heartburn issues, and non-creamed coffee tends to make it a lot worse.)
I also DESPISE milky, weak coffee, which is how most people seem to take it. Ugh. Maybe it's a result of having been told that Folgers and Maxwell House somehow qualify as coffee for too long.
Maximum points for drinking your coffee black. Pro-tip: It's better if you don't buy shit beans.
This is usually how I drink my coffee too.
However I am fine with getting 'creamy' coffee occasionally (usually affogato :P).
The situation is similar in Perth but when I lived in inner city Melbourne, competition between cafes was crazy, some would grow and roast their own coffee on site with specific tasting beans so you could choose which coffee bean type of coffee you wanted on top of how you wanted it served.
I drink drip/pour-over/press coffee black: no exceptions. Espresso I also take black.
But, I'm not opposed to a cappuccino. I also like blends of regular coffee and chickory (which I'll sweeten with a dab of honey) or a latte with lavender.
I'll drink just about anything. Sometimes I feel like a flat white, sometimes I fancy a cappucino, sometimes I'd prefer a latte, sometimes I'll take it black. You rarely get drip, here, but I'll drink that sometimes.
I wasn't going to say this, but I feel like stirring up trouble (pun intended).
All you people drinking youre nasty ass coffee, tea, and alcoholic beverages. It's hilarious how you setup ridiculous chemistry experiments just to get your beverages to taste slightly less like the poison they are.
Why not drink something that is already more delicious than anything that ever came out of your laboratory, like Juice. Take some fruit and squeeze that shit straight into your food hole. Bonus: sugar. Double bonus: not poison.
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I also DESPISE milky, weak coffee, which is how most people seem to take it. Ugh. Maybe it's a result of having been told that Folgers and Maxwell House somehow qualify as coffee for too long.
However I am fine with getting 'creamy' coffee occasionally (usually affogato :P).
The situation is similar in Perth but when I lived in inner city Melbourne, competition between cafes was crazy, some would grow and roast their own coffee on site with specific tasting beans so you could choose which coffee bean type of coffee you wanted on top of how you wanted it served.
As long as it's not made at Shitbucks, I'll drink it.
But, I'm not opposed to a cappuccino. I also like blends of regular coffee and chickory (which I'll sweeten with a dab of honey) or a latte with lavender.
Also, I'm pretty sure it's like, illegal to drink iced coffee black.
The sole exception is a complex concoction that involves chickory, milk, and honey.
Call me when you're roasting your own beans.
But yeah, ain't nobody got time for that shit.
All you people drinking youre nasty ass coffee, tea, and alcoholic beverages. It's hilarious how you setup ridiculous chemistry experiments just to get your beverages to taste slightly less like the poison they are.
Why not drink something that is already more delicious than anything that ever came out of your laboratory, like Juice. Take some fruit and squeeze that shit straight into your food hole. Bonus: sugar. Double bonus: not poison.
Sometimes ignorance can be bliss.