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AIBU to not understand how the people who drink coffee can like coffee?

315 replies

Glitter99x · 20/07/2019 01:28

I personally don't get it. It smells stomach turning and tastes stomach turning. Both my parents drink it, although my dad prefers tea. I prefer tea but rarely drink it, I drink hot chocolate more and don't often drink that either. How can people like it? Those who drink it, does it taste bitter/burnt to you? I know really, I am not BU because I can't help I don't like it, just for lighthearted chatter really lol

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MarvellousMonsters · 21/07/2019 20:14

I find that most people who dislike coffee have only had instant or over roasted crap from Starbucks/Costa/Nero. I buy my coffee from a small independent company that sources various beans from small growers, roasts and grinds them to order and posts within 24hrs of your order being placed. It’s delicious.

The smell of instant or high street chain coffee is rank.

MitziK · 21/07/2019 20:14

Coffee tastes burned when it's had boiling water added to it - even cheapie instant tastes a million times better if water is added before it reaches boiling point. And black, always black - a single spoon of brown sugar may be added if one needs a super duper boost or it's hammering down outside.

Olives are great.
Broccoli is great.
Coriander is awesome.
So are peppers, brussels sprouts, kale, savoy cabbage, rocket, courgettes, blue cheese, spices, sour things and pretty much everything else that has been listed as being rank.

Basil tastes soapy to me, as does Paprika. And the abomination that is milky sweet tea should be given a different name to the stuff I drink (general instructions - stick the bag in, add boiling water, wave the milk bottle at it from across the kitchen and leave the bag in, I'll deal with it).

Cake - meh. Biscuits - meh. Hot chocolate - just why? Milkshake - if it's non dairy milk and purely fruit, OK, otherwise, don't waste the sugar and milk. And cheese and onion crisps are an offence against nature, tasting neither of cheese nor of onion.

I was apparently a really faddy eater as a kid. Nope, I just didn't like anything I was given, as it was overcooked, unseasoned and generally slammed on the table with barely concealed rage that she had to spend her life providing food to ingrates such as myself.

But we evolved to take advantage of different things, it's hardly surprising we have such different reactions to foods.

MarvellousMonsters · 21/07/2019 20:17

Incidentally, I find cola and Prosecco revolting, yet others love it. It's all about personal taste

Gertie75 · 21/07/2019 20:18

Coffee is awful plus it gives people stained teeth and bad breath.

Shuggas · 21/07/2019 20:29

I LOVE coffee but Campari is the spawn of Satan .. I literally couldn't speak after drinking it..or smile.. it's foul

cccameron · 21/07/2019 20:39

Whaaaat. Campari is my favourite drink ever. I've sunk a few bottles already this summer Smile

Adelebo · 21/07/2019 20:47

I am with you on this OP , coffee has the most awful pungent smell, people who drink it smell of coffee all day ,
I cant sit in a coffee shop without feeling ill 🤢
And who thought it would be a good idea to make coffee cake ..absolutely vile!🤮
but even worse enjoying a pack of Revels then biting into a coffee one 😡

Nearly47 · 21/07/2019 20:56

I absolutely love coffee. I've grown up waking up with the lovely smell of fresh coffee in the morning. INothing better than coffee with a slice of cake but it has to be fresh and I don't the like Costa or Starbucks. I don't understand how people can hate it. Maybe they never had a well made coffee

Grinchly · 21/07/2019 20:57

@MitziK
Are you me? Grin

Greencustard · 21/07/2019 21:13

I feel like this about wine...I just don't get it. I've tried all sorts of wine thinking that one day I'd find the right one, nope, every one of them were rank. Coffee on the other hand, as long as it's creamy and sugary then yes please.

macblank · 21/07/2019 21:33

@Glitter99x
My god, how can you drink vinegar? Sorry, blossom hill, or any cheap wine???

I love love LOVE coffee, but not cheap crap. I like (sorry, love) a beautiful cup of coffee, my fave are from Ethiopia, Rwanda, they have a lovely sweet chocolate taste, but I still have milk n sugar.

Decent coffee is not bitter, and should never be either. It's only the cheap crap, and sometimes shops own "special" is usually shit as well. I rarely drink it at home tho, preferring a nice brew instead. PG, Yorkshire, Twinings Breakfast blend, not fussed in the others.

Strangely, I'll drink tea no matter how bad it is, so long as it's hot, and reasonably sweet, but can't stand a crap coffee, so often if not sure, I'll get a tea!

bubblegumunicorn · 21/07/2019 21:35

I imagine it’s like the first time you try vodka it’s horrible then after years of using it as a quick way to get drunk you don’t mind it so much - coffee lovers probably don’t love it at first sip but it grows on you/you become immune I’m like you though don’t drink tea or coffee only hot chocolate!!

HippyMama90 · 21/07/2019 21:56

I LOVE the smell of coffee but hate the taste of it yuck!!.

We love cucumbers!!, 3 of us get through atleast 2 a week.

ethelfleda · 21/07/2019 22:08

I adore coffee. Only have three cups a day - strong and black. Different coffees taste different, OP! I have a coffee bean grinder and a pump espresso machine and the variance in different beans is astonishing. I couldn’t understand why anyone would drink latte... yeugh. I also hate tea. Vile stuff and smells awful.

TigerTooth · 21/07/2019 22:26

Are you 8?

Gugglebum · 21/07/2019 22:30

Olives are what I imagine biting into an eyeball would feel like. No thanks. Coffee smells divine, the right beans taste heavenly.

Igotthemheavyboobs · 21/07/2019 22:34

Black coffee, no sugar and preferably decaf - heaven!!

Hot chocolate - Envy

Valmililon · 21/07/2019 22:49

I literally couldn’t get through the day without coffee. Even when going on holiday I take my preferred coffee with me to avoid getting headaches!

Valmililon · 21/07/2019 22:51

And fresh grinded columbian coffee beans from sainsburys taste the difference....mmmmmmm

YesQueen · 21/07/2019 22:57

Hated olives until I tried nocellara ones which I'm addicted to
Can't stand coriander, tastes like fairy liquid Envy
Coffee I like but not coffee flavoured things

tiedy · 21/07/2019 23:08

I've always loved coffee. Even as a child I loved the smell. I started drinking it as a young teenager. Black, no sugar. I don't like milk and I don't think coffee is complemented by sugar.

NeverGotMyPuppy · 21/07/2019 23:10

I still dont understand how this is an AIBU.
Can you honestly.not comprehend someone liking something that you don't?!?

YourWinter · 22/07/2019 00:11

I love coffee (boycott Nestlé but that's not because of the taste).

I don't like wine unless it's heavily diluted in a spritzer, get headachey on even half a glass of champagne, and can't even stand the smell of gin, let alone the taste. Earl Grey tea ditto. And smoky / barbeque flavour anything. And fajitas. And fennel. Who cares what anyone else likes, unless you (or they) are catering for someone who is likely to throw up if they try to eat or drink what's been served?

Mothership4two · 22/07/2019 00:49

@Greencustard

I'm the same, don't "get" wine at all. If I have it, it's got to be watered down with soda water. But quite like the taste of beer. Do love a cup of coffee, especially fresh, couldn't make it through the day without a cup.

grannieali · 22/07/2019 01:03

It was when I discovered that my dislike of coriander (tastes like soap) is shared by many people because of the way their tastebuds function that I understood other people's dislikes like those of coffee or wine. Strangely, the smell of roasting coffee is very tantalising, but I would prefer water alone to black coffee!
For the scientifically proven genetic cause of coriander loathing Google I Hate Coriander/Cilantro