Help me like coffee

The only coffee I'll drink is Origin's, made by their own baristas. Oat milk flat white please.

Not all coffee is the same. You want good quality, and someone who knows its how to make it.

It's a treat for me as a result.

Coffee in moderation may have some health benefits. But obviouslyifypu don’t lik3 the taste there is no point in forcing it.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/9-reasons-why-the-right-amount-of-coffee-is-good-for-you

Why try and force yourself into liking something which isn't good for you? Try fruit tea (check it doesn't have any actual tea), hot water and a good quality hot chocolate. There's absolutely no point in trying to train yourself to like food and drink that's unhealthy.

I don’t understand trying to force yourself to like coffee! Just seems a lot of hassle and wasted money.

I liked small but really dislike the taste. Even a teaspoon that has stirred coffee tastes too strong and ruins a good tea (husband has now been trained on this).

If you really want a hot drink has you considered just hot water? Surprisingly nice.

I find Costa varies a lot. The one at my local TescoExtra is great, but some motorwayservice station ones are vile.

Latte with a syrup in is the way I started. I say started, that’s the only type I drink 😂

Add sugar. Get a normal (Americano?) coffee and add milk and 2 sugars. I used to dislike coffee, then one day I tried it like this and loved it.

If you don't like coffee ,you don't like it i find it very bitter and I don't like tea either .

I agree with buying instant coffee and making it at home to your taste. Adding as much or as less of anything that you want.

The coffee shops use very dark roasted beans so that you can taste them in a bucket of milk. They're way to strong and bitter for a nice flat white. It's not you, it's their coffee!

I would suggest buying instant or filter coffee for home with mild roast (labelled 1-3 out of 10 for flavour, or 1‐2/5 depending on shop). Make it weak and add plenty of milk.

Maybe try a decaf coffee? So have a decaf latte with a syrup shot?

Ask for one shot if they are putting in two shots of coffee.

I trained myself to love black coffee and now I can't have milk in it.Much prefer it.

Anything over- milky (cappucino, latte) is an abomination, not a coffee. Indeed, any shop that adds pumpkin fuckingvspice, flavoured syrups or ice to a coffee should be closed under the trades description act. !

What you need to do is ask a French or Italian person to make you a coffee in a moka machine.
But really, it's so complicated with different roasting strengths, varieties, preparation, etc, that if you don't like it, you are unlikely to find a brew you like!

@Welcometothezoo get a nice espresso maker for example one you can make coffee on your stove or if you want to throw money at it a cute little bean to cup coffee machine.

Warm up half normal milk and half oat milk mixed together on the stove and poor it over your espresso. Ideally in a glass. It's 😋the oat milk sweetens the coffee even though it hasn't got any added sugar or sweeteners.

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I think half the people in coffee shops don’t really like coffee. They like milk and sugar.

I'm like this with tea. I've tried it every way! I just don't like the taste!

I've given up 🤣

I do like a coffee and cappuccino is my favourite!

Try a latte with a syrup instead of sugar

ask at the counter which syrups they have and get them to add that to your latte

Costa coffee is awful. But the bigger problem is that you live in the UK where hardly anyone makes a decent coffee. I'm a Kiwi (home of the flat white) and when I was in the UK for a couple of months recently I just about gave it up altogether. Sorry guys, you do lots of great things (like sausage rolls, beer gardens, greasy spoons, canals) but you are shite at coffee.

I'm in the US and love coffee. Get a coffee maker and brew your own. Start with an automatic drip maker, they're easy to use and to adjust the amount of coffee. And they very rarely 'burn' the coffee as long as you don't let it sit on the heater plate for hours. At least here in the US you can get good ones for a reasonable price. Start by following the maker's recommendation for water to grounds and take it from there. Once you get the taste for auto drip coffee you can upgrade to a 'fancy' coffeemaker and start experimenting with different beans and various strengths and methods of brewing.

I like a dark roast and I drink it black, occasionally with half & half for a splurge but never with sugar or sweetener. You may want to start out with a blonde or medium roast and add milk and sugar. You can gradually decrease the milk and sugar if you want to learn to like it black. I used to take it with milk and sugar, but eventually learnt to like it black.

Instant coffee of any kind is an abomination and always tastes nasty. Don't bother trying to find a 'good' one, it doesn't exist.

I enjoy a latte or a 'sweet fancy' coffee drink now and again. Coffee 'drinks' are fine, but that's not really 'drinking coffee'.

For a lighter coffee try a latte but decaf; it's slightly less bitter than caffeinated. Consider sugar or a syrup shot but milk is sugary, so taste first.

Have you tried vanilla coffee beans. They are so nice and not strong at all. Nothing like the sickly vanilla syrup some people pour into their coffee.

Starbucks, Costa and Nero coffee is all vile. Go to a decent coffee shop, perhaps try it black with some sugar. Could you ask friends who like coffee where to get the nicest coffee locally?

Alternatively, buy/borrow a cafetière and some ground coffee and make your own. You can then experiment with how you like it - milky, black, sugary etc … go for a mild roast coffee if you buy ground coffee.

Did you ask for the blonde roast in Starbucks? Their standard roast is bitter and nasty but the blonde roast is mellow, creamy, sweeter, and just delicious if you don't want a strong coffee.

So I'd recommended trying a Starbucks blonde roast latte.

Starbucks and Costa etc are shite. Hence the need to put all sorts of sweet crap in to make them drinkable. If you don't like coffee don't force it. Just stick to what you like. Or purchase some Blue Mountain coffee and get stuck in. Decent coffee doesn't need anything added 😎