Do you think you’re not a true coffee drinker if you can’t drink it straight and be able to taste all the certain flavor notes?
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Do you think you’re not a true coffee drinker if you can’t drink it straight and be able to taste all the certain flavor notes?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “taste like coffee but not coffee“
Coffee is stunningly simple – drink what variety you like, whether it has milk, sugar, or whatever else makes it more enjoyable for your own tastes. You are no less a connoisseur if you enjoy it with milk and sugar and taste a huge variety of coffees and preparation methods to get a baseline of what’s good or what’s bad. It will be harder to determine the fine nuances of the coffee the more additions you make to it, but I standby the statement that you will develop tasting knowledge and could eventually become a connoisseur with the right attitudes about tasting and noting the flavors – it will just be harder with sugar and milk masking the finest details. When I started drinking coffee, I had it with milk and sugar – the sugar impacted my ability to taste it so I omitted it – then the milk was impacting my ability to taste the coffee again and also omitted that.
There are more than 10 ways to brew coffee in my house today, including a very upscale double boiler espresso machine with PID temperature controls. Each method produces a very different cup, and I have enjoyed them all black, as that let me note the flavors more accurately. I also went through an extremely masochistic stage of brewing espressos on sub par machines with sub par technique. They were truly horrendous espresso shots and I tried my best to enjoy them as it was more about the making of it than the cup quality itself. After I completely dialed in my shots with enough time, research, practice, and upgrading my equipment, I started to drink very short cappuccinos, Gibraltar’s, or macchiatos and continue to do so every morning. They are more enjoyable to me than harsh espressos or super hot Americanos.
The thing is about coffee, is that it’s usually complete and utter garbage at most diners, cafes, or restaurants. The way I enjoy diner coffee is with substantial milk and sugar. The fine notes aren’t there, and the flavor is usually robust and dark, so the milk makes it acceptable to drink. If you go to a real third or fourth wave coffee shop, and have a pour over – you’ll understand suddenly why you don’t need milk or sugar in some coffee. It tastes closer to a nice fruity tea on the entrance and then warm and rich coffee on the exit and the milk won’t let you enjoy it as much.
At the end of the day, drink what you like most and forget the rest.
No.
A true coffee enthusiast drinks for enjoyment. They also try to enjoy a whole range of flavours on offer from a good brew.
The difference between an enthusiast and a caffeine junkie, is the enthusiast becomes aware of the various flavours and is interested in those details. This level of awareness can enhance your drinking and can be alot of fun to analyse things about the natural product and all the past factors affecting the final delivery of your brew. The Junkie on the other hand drinks for the caffeine hit, the sugars in the milk and the warm fuzzy feeling of a hot beverage. These people almost don’t notice if their brew is different/not brewed well. They’re just content drinkers. They also order the same thing or have a small range of variation, and do not explore or are interested.
You don’t need to do lab experiments to experience the full potential of good coffee. You just need to have an interest and take a journey with it. Analysing the brew everyday is pointless and tiring, so just take notice of a few flavours or techniques used and then forget about it and enjoy the brew. don’t feel you need to get involved at a high level to experience more, just enjoy what interests you and explore it for kicks.
I think that the enjoyment of the beverage unaltered, and awareness of all the various complexities and neuonces could make someone a connoisseur, but I think a true coffee drinker is anyone who drinks a cup of coffee….it’s not an identity, it’s a nice drink.
If it is an identity to someone they’re probably the sort of person who just wants to feel special and let everyone around them know how superior they are.
That said there’s a lot to appreciate in a cup straight cup of coffee, but there’s equally as much to enjoy in a cup of coffee with cream and sugar.
A true coffee drinker is one who drinks coffee and likes it. I’m not a connoisseur; I don’t make my living from drinking coffee. But drink it I do, every day.
No. That’s silly, unless you make your living as a coffee taster or buyer. You’re a true coffee drinker if you enjoy drinking coffee and don’t put up with bad coffee and expect it to taste good without adding things like salt or fancy stuff like essences or flavouring.
There’s no such thing as a “true coffee drinker.” There’s people who enjoy the taste, there’s people who just want the caffeine, and others too. You’re free to seek out those flavor notes for yourself and discuss them with likeminded people, but being a snob, and judging the people around you for something as silly as how they take their coffee, is pointless, and just irritates the people around you.