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You're no philistine. Your palate is sophisticated. Most people don't even like the taste of black coffee! You probably also like peated whiskies and high este
by xyzzy_plugh 4y ago
You're no philistine. Your palate is sophisticated. Most people don't even like the taste of black coffee!
You probably also like peated whiskies and high ester spirits.
You might even like this 17yo rum[0]:
> Initial aromas are of petrol, an old machinists shop with vulcanizing shit going on in the background, rubber, phenols, iodine. Gradually fruits emerge, all dark and sullen and sulky. Plums, blackberries, dates, plus sweet caramel and molasses. Some herbs – dill, rosemary. And behind it all coils the familiar scent of fresh hot tar being laid down in the summer sun.
> The taste is very similar. Like the nose, the first notes are of an old bottom-house car repair shop where the oil has soaked into the sand, and rubber tyres and inner tubes are being repaired everywhere, and the occasionally pungent raw petrol aromas makes you feel like you’re passing an oil refinery.
[0] https://thelonecaner.com/r0866/ https://thelonecaner.com/r0866/
- jcadam 4y agoI've found it's much cheaper to have an unrefined palate. I buy whatever (whole bean) coffee is on sale :D Same goes for wine.
- eyelidlessness 4y agoBuying whole bean is already a minor refinement, you’ve ruled out anything that changes flavor as the grounds are exposed to oxygen. Buying whatever’s on sale also exposes you to a lot of variety, so you probably have much greater recognition of flavor differences regardless of preference. Not challenging your preference, only recognizing that it’s valid! My taste in wine is similarly lax, but I set a price floor at ~$6-7 to avoid accidentally buying vinegar, and rarely go over ~$15-20 unless there’s a special occasion or specific reason to splurge. My only other criteria, which has never failed me: a pretty label.