drink coffee for the taste?

[Randy]

Do you drink coffee for the taste, or because you need a pick-me-up?

 

[Smiley]

More like out of habit, but I can easily not drink it at all, if necessary. I barely had a cup this summer during the extreme heats. I only drank tea.

 

[passenger]

For the taste and for the morning caffeine jolt.
So, yes and yes.
And once in a while in the afternoon or evening; so that must be for the taste.

 

[PGen98]

I do the opposite, I don't drink coffee because the first experience I had was straight black coffee and it was nasty. Haven't touched it since, lol

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I do the opposite, I don't drink coffee because the first experience I had was straight black coffee and it was nasty. Haven't touched it since, lol

I don't like coffee either. I've tried it with all the creamers and other stuff you add in but I just don't like the taste.

 

[PGen98]

I don't like coffee either. I've tried it with all the creamers and other stuff you add in but I just don't like the taste.

Yay! Someone else out there who doesn't like coffee! It seems to be super rare, lol

 

[passenger]

Yay! Someone else out there who doesn't like coffee! It seems to be super rare, lol

That may be because it's a DRUG? We all like our particular drug.

 

[PGen98]

That may be because it's a DRUG? We all like our particular drug.

Fair point, it's quite addictive!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Yay! Someone else out there who doesn't like coffee! It seems to be super rare, lol

I know, people always try to get me to drink coffee because they all do.

That may be because it's a DRUG? We all like our particular drug.

Yeah I still get my caffeine fix though. I usually have a sugar free rockstar at lunch time at work.

 

[PGen98]

I know, people always try to get me to drink coffee because they all do.

Yep, same thing here! You should try this, you should drink that, it's so good...no thanks! I do like to mess with them a couple of times a year and grab a hot chocolate. It gets their hopes up because they think it's coffee, but nope. Liquid sugar!

 

[Elvira]

I tried coffee one day...

 

[PGen98]

I tried coffee one day...

Exactly how I felt! Awful taste!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I hate when people say "its an acquired taste" ...if I have to learn to like something then why bother? I'd rather like stuff that appeals to me from the get-go.

 

[PGen98]

I hate when people say "its an acquired taste" ...if I have to learn to like something then why bother? I'd rather like stuff that appeals to me from the get-go.

Absolutely agreed. I like what I like, I don't want to have to ingest something I don't like until I do. That's not really how taste works, lol.

 

[Smiley]

I hate when people say "its an acquired taste" ...if I have to learn to like something then why bother? I'd rather like stuff that appeals to me from the get-go.

Same argument can be applied when a child refuses to eat food whose taste and / or texture they don't like. Why should children bother to learn to "like" foods and liquids they don't like by default? They'd rather like stuff that appeals to them from the get-go, but, instead of acknowledging that argument, adult humans force them to eat & drink stuff they don't like and don't want to eat & drink.

 

[PGen98]

Same argument can be applied when a child refuses to eat food whose taste and / or texture they don't like. Why should children bother to learn to "like" foods and liquids they don't like by default? They'd rather like stuff that appeals to them from the get-go, but, instead of acknowledging that argument, adult humans force them to eat & drink stuff they don't like and don't want to eat & drink.

Well, in fairness, kids are supposed to be exposed to a wide variety of foods, to expand their tastebuds while they're still developing. If they just stick to what they like they'll only ever eat macaroni and cheese and junk foods

 

[Smiley]

That's the problem. Kids' taste buds are much more sensitive than adults' taste buds, so expecting and forcing them to "like" food they obviously don't like is a form of child abuse, in my opinion.