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Hmm, so, I somewhat take your point about opium, although the flavour of poppy seeds is vastly different from the bitter taste of opium. I've tried coca leaves
by GordonS 7y ago
Hmm, so, I somewhat take your point about opium, although the flavour of poppy seeds is vastly different from the bitter taste of opium.
I've tried coca leaves in Peru (supposedly they help with altitude sickness; I didn't get altitude sickness, but who knows!) - they are used by locals because they are a stimulant, not because they taste nice (they're not particularly bad, a kind of generic "herbal" taste, but certainly nothing you'd purposely add for flavour).
- DoreenMichele 7y agoLots of people drink coffee for the caffeine and don't actually enjoy the flavor. Chocolate is quite bitter if you don't add a bunch of sugar to it.
- GordonS 7y agoDo they though? Everyone I know who doesn't like coffee drinks tea (or more rarely yerba mata). > Chocolate is quite bitter if you don't add a bunch of sugar to it But it does at least have a very desirable flavour when some sugar is added (it really doesn't need "a bunch" :) Opium is like the essence of bitterness - in flavour terms, it had no redeemable qualities whatsoever.