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Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
That said, yes, I would love to know how to make it more palatable without making it so unhealthy. I'm extremely sensitive to bitter flavors, black coffee is a lost cause for me.
"Fifty-six subjects were recruited (32 CD and 24 NCD). One participant from the CD group was excluded due to imaging artifacts, rendering a final sample of 31 CD and 24 NCD." Feels too small of a sample size to make any strong conclusions
Whether N = 50 is too small sample really depends on the strength of the effect you are trying to detect. For strong effects it’s plenty enough.
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
A high quality bean, appropriately roasted, relatively fresh, freshly ground immediately before use with a bur grinder, and then your choice of method, plenty of grinds but almost always hot water, and preferably some pressure to extract oils, finally filtered through paper.
My weapon of choice is an aeropress or a manual espresso press. An Americano is arguably superior to a cup of drip. I drink it black.
Coffee is fucking delicious.
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
Drinking and enjoying black coffee is like whiskey, it takes a few times to get past the “why the hell would anyone?!” hump, but once you do, you never look back.
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
Great coffee comes down to many factors: the beans, roasting, grind, brew method, and temperature.
A great resource for learning more about great coffee is James Hoffmann's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
I prefer a coffee that is done at a low temperature (80-85c) and ground more towards an espresso to pull a little more flavor out.
I use a Commandants C40 with 40 grind settings.
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
By doing absolutely nothing. Drinking and enjoying black coffee is like whiskey, it takes a few times to get past the “ why the hell would anyone?! ” hump, but once you do, you never look back.
Tastes are different; I hate really expensive trad whiskeys (Islay, Oban) because there's something in there that tastes to me like the smell of plastic shrinkwrap around vegetables from the japanese markets -- it's not peat, it's something else. But the cheap stuff I don't mind, and suntories are pretty good too.
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
Coffee is the best drink ever, but how do we get it to taste as good as it smells?
Copious amounts of sugar and fat seem to work for most people. That said, yes, I would love to know how to make it more palatable without making it so unhealthy. I'm extremely sensitive to bitter flavors, black coffee is a lost cause for me.