Most people I know drink their coffee piping hot and act all disgusted at the idea of letting it cool down first. They would pour it away and brew a new one rather than drink the lukewarm stuff. And if you ask a barrista around these parts to not steam the milk but pour it into the coffee cold, you’re often met with indignant confusion as if you just offended their entire line of ancestors.
Is it really that weird to prefer room temperature coffee, or am I surrounded by coffee snobs?
Maybe unpopular, but not all that wild. Coffee at room temperature tastes different. I can see what would be preferable about it, even though it’s not my chosen way of consumption.
Oh no.
Oh, no no no.
This won’t do at all.
More seriously, you enjoy it the way you want. Haters can fuck right off.
I love that for you
I just like coffee.
I don’t like it piping hot, but that’s just because it’s an unnecessary complication. I want it cool enough to drink comfortably. But that can be anything from reasonably hot to iced - the important part is that it’s coffee.
No, you’ve just optimized drinking coffee 😙👌
Warm take: I like my coffee warm (not hot)
Drinking beverages at temperatures that are too hot may cause cancer https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr244_E.pdf
I prefer hot coffee, but I like instant coffee packets better than anything else. People judge tf out of me for it lol
I like my coffee a little hot but I just don’t understand people who have to have it the temperature of the sun or they won’t drink it.
When you say “room temperature”, do you actually mean literal room temperature, or just slightly warm/lukewarm? Because people will generally take way more issue with room temperature coffee (that feels cool in your mouth) than simply warm-ish coffee.
Lukewarm and room temperature are both fine for me, but I prefer actual room temperature, as in “I made coffee 5 hours ago and forgot to drink it” style.
I’m just sick of people being intolerant of the preferences of others. If they can’t live and let live, then they can fuck off.
Wow, you’re not very tolerant with the intolerants.
i’m convinced people are just pretending to enjoy hot coffee because they think it makes them cool to consume scalding things, there are so many beverages and foods i have to wait five minutes to start consuming because i don’t enjoy giving myself actual burn injuries.
I’m convinced that’s why people drink coffee at all. It’s burnt water. There’s no way people actually enjoy the taste
coffee can definitely taste good if you don’t literally burn it (and ideally actually brew it to bring out the flavours you enjoy), like most people do. I think with coffee and tea a large reason people drink it is literally just for the caffeine, and they’re too impatient and don’t want to look like wusses so they just cauterize their tastebuds with the scalding beverage until they taste nothing anymore.
Literally all coffee tastes exactly the same
Sometimes I like just drinking it without battling the temperature and taking tiny sips. Other times I like the piping hot temps (which it turns out might be bad for your throat). It depends on what I’m seeking at that time - decent amount of liquids, or hot beverage stimulation and warmth? Iced coffee is fairly popular too, I guess, just not room temp.
As far as people’s reactions, this is one of those things that people are very conformist about, like many food or drink topics. It’s odd how strongly people sometimes respond when confronted with a culinary practice outside of their cultural purview.
t’s odd how strongly people sometimes respond when confronted with a culinary practice outside of their cultural purview.
Hear, hear. It’s almost funny just how much some people absolutely lose their shit when you, for example, prefer steaks well done over rare or medium.
I enjoy coffee at all temperatures. Piping hot, room temperature, and iced; they all have a place in my heart.
I agree with you 100%. My coffee has to sit for a bit before I can drink it. Sometimes I toss a few ice cubes in to cool it quicker. I drink my coffee black so it doesn’t have any milk or anything to cool it off.
