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[–] 16 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

Definitely coffee. I know it's super popular but I can't stand it. I kinda like the smell of it, but the taste I find awful and the aftereffects are excruciating and longlasting. Someone suggested I might have an allergy. I might or might not look further into this at some point

I have tried decaf though, once... chasing the hope that it would still -despite the absence of caffeine- trigger bowel movement at a critical time in my life. and it did! Apparently caused by gastrine, from my superficial reading.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yeah, coffee just tastes like sad. There are some situations the flavour of coffee can be beneficial, like some sort of mocha ice cream. But generally coffee is... You drink it because you have to.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I had to get some preground recently as I ran out of my regular stuff, totally get why people don't like coffee if that's all they have access to. It was both weak and (to me) burnt (even though it claimed to be a medium roast). Lots of larger places over roast their coffee and it shows, no wonder people use a pile of sugar at places like Starbucks.

    If you can find some lighter roast stuff from a smaller roaster (or coffee shop that roasts their own), give that a try. Coffee can totally be like tea in that it has a wide variety of flavours depending on origin and processing. I like more fruit forward or floral coffees (which unsurprisingly I also like in tea).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I hated tea and coffee (apart from the smell) until my early thirties… now I drink gallons of both. Turns out I hated the “additives”. Black tea (maybe with a slice of lemon) and black coffee I really enjoy.

    Also the smell of Redbull (taurine?) used to make me feel sick but now I can drink it. Weird.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Aha, I can certainly relate to liking black tea over flavoured tea. I still have a bag of BOP from a trip in Kerala 15 years ago. It's lost a bit of its flavour since then..., I should make plans for renewing the stock.

    What's pretty good too is cola nut. It's very common in Madagascar and I was able to buy some.

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