Posted on 02/15/2016 1:50:51 PM PST by Politicalkiddo
I cannot stand the taste of coffee. I love the smell of it, I love coffee flavored things like coffee ice cream, but I cannot manage to get myself to enjoy it as a beverage. I really want to learn how to like it, though. I enjoy most foods and drinks, but coffee is my next culinary challenge to surmount. Any advice for a coffee novice like myself? I know that the key to liking foods/drinks that you dislike is constant exposure, but I was wondering what is considered "mild" in the coffee world and something from which I can work my way up.
All joking aside, you can brew a light pot of coffee in similar manner to what I described by leveling off the coffee, putting seven to eight cups of water in there, then once brewed you toss this neato coffeemate hazelnut creamer into it with three (heaping) spoons of sugar.
Normal humans can tolerate the stuff that way.
(I am banned from making my coffee by the way, coffee maker can’t handle it. It complains, groans, and makes otherworldly noises.)
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but adding stuff greatly changes flavors, iIusually do Amaretto. If you have a liquor you like, that plus some sugar usually can make the difference!
Okay, I would recommend a Chemex coffee maker, unbleached filters, high grade beans you grind yourself before brewing, then heavy cream and natural sugar to taste. Use bottled water if your tap water has an off-taste. Old coffee makers and cheap coffee can’t make a decent cup.
Cream and sugar is necessary for me. And have some plain cake donuts to dunk in it.
Yum.
One Sweet ‘n Low, plenty of half-and-half, and Java Delight Double-Chocolate ground coffee or New England Chocolate.
just goto MickyD's or DD everyday and get a black coffee... in a couple months you will become used to it, in six months you'll like it
When I'm on the road I like to find out of the way small roasters and bring home a bag or two to try. I must say, coffee is an addiction to me. I'm guilty.
I have 750ml from my Cuisinart Keurig almost every morning. I prefer the Columbian Supreme dark roast if I cannot find the 100% Arabica.
It only starts to taste good later.
Never tastes good the first time.
“If you have a liquor you like, that plus some sugar usually can make the difference!”
Maybe when I become of age. ;)
There are good coffees and bad coffees, just like gin and beer. You either like to drink coffee or you do not, just like gin and beer. Not liking or drinking coffee does not make you a bad person. You just don’t have the taste for it.
“Not liking or drinking coffee does not make you a bad person...”
Of course not. Not liking tea, on the other hand...
If you can get freshly roasted and ground it is best.
You want a tablespoon of grounds for every cup and one for the pot.
Pour water that is just off the boil over the grounds, stir to make sure all the grounds are wet. Place top on (do not press!) and let stand for 3 minutes.
Now press and pour.
If you are picky about grounds you can pour it through a filter.
This results, in my humble opinion, in the perfect cup of coffee.
If you want to save the coffee for a second cup you will want to pour it in a thermos. DO NOT leave it in the pot or it will start leaching out bitter flavors.
Thanks. :)
I actually just went out and got myself an iced mocha. I really kinda like it.
If sweetener does not make it palatable, I would try it unsweetened and have dark chocolate with it a bite at a time.
Get yourself a small can of inexpensive Maxwell House original roast and a drip coffeemaker. Put 1/4 cup of ground coffee in the filter and fill the water level to 6, as marked in the coffeemaker’s sight glass. If it tastes unpleasant add milk and or sugar. You can also try dunking toast with peanut butter, butter or jam into it. Once you develop a liking, try cutting back or eliminating the milk and sugar. Once opened keep the can in the fridge to keep it from getting stale.
I have figured out the "evaporated mild" but please explain what "TurboTax solar packets" are?
Or are you like me, in the middle of tax season and so not responsible anything you type socially?
You are welcome.
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