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Light roasts are rough. Really strange flavour, everytime I tried it it was not enjoyable.

esperent 4y ago
Many of the best flavors in life take time to get used to. Blue cheese, durian, whiskey, coffee. Just because you don't like something immediately doesn't mean it won't grow on you. Or maybe it won't. I personally really dislike whiskey. And I'm Irish, I've tried a lot of good whiskeys. Still tastes bad to me.
- Tao3300 4y ago
  I've never had durian, but I liked the rest of that stuff right off the bat. Really I get pickier over time. I'd probably dump out the thin black coffee I used to buy at high school football games if I had it now.
roflyear 4y ago
Have you tried specialty coffee or light roast from the supermarket?
- dunefox 4y ago
  I bought it from a roaster.
  - roflyear 4y ago
    Not all roasters are the same, unfortunately.
slothtrop 4y ago
The last "light roast" coffee I had tasted fruity and tea-like. I hated it. I don't care if medium and darker tends to be more one-note; I want coffee to taste like coffee.
- cmrdporcupine 4y ago
  Coffee is a berry. "Tasting like coffee" includes those fruit aspects, because it is literally a fruit. Bringing out its natural fruity characteristics requires quality, fresh beans and a very competent roaster. Fruity and tea-like is exactly one of the aspects I go for when seeking out coffee. Roasting to a higher level has been popular historically because it can cover up all sorts of faults, but still give a consistent character. Most of us grow up only tasting that. But find a high quality lightly roasted specialty coffee, or even roast your own beans... and there's so many nuances there that are missed when clobbered with a high roast level. So yes, I want my coffee to taste like coffee too. Like the coffee berry.
  - slothtrop 4y ago
    Coffee's the seed of a berry fruit. You're not really contradicting me so I'm not sure what the motivation was for your diatribe except that you're triggered someone doesn't like the horse piss that you do. Taste in coffee isn't "rationalized", by knowledge of it's origin or otherwise. You either like it or you don't. Enjoy your swill.
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shanebellone 4y ago
I agree with this. I end up with medium roasts because dark roasts are hit or miss for me.

Many of the best flavors in life take time to get used to. Blue cheese, durian, whiskey, coffee. Just because you don't like something immediately doesn't mean it won't grow on you. Or maybe it won't. I personally really dislike whiskey. And I'm Irish, I've tried a lot of good whiskeys. Still tastes bad to me.

Tao3300 4y ago
I've never had durian, but I liked the rest of that stuff right off the bat. Really I get pickier over time. I'd probably dump out the thin black coffee I used to buy at high school football games if I had it now.

roflyear 4y ago

Have you tried specialty coffee or light roast from the supermarket?

dunefox 4y ago
I bought it from a roaster.
- roflyear 4y ago
  Not all roasters are the same, unfortunately.

slothtrop 4y ago

The last "light roast" coffee I had tasted fruity and tea-like. I hated it. I don't care if medium and darker tends to be more one-note; I want coffee to taste like coffee.

cmrdporcupine 4y ago
Coffee is a berry. "Tasting like coffee" includes those fruit aspects, because it is literally a fruit. Bringing out its natural fruity characteristics requires quality, fresh beans and a very competent roaster. Fruity and tea-like is exactly one of the aspects I go for when seeking out coffee. Roasting to a higher level has been popular historically because it can cover up all sorts of faults, but still give a consistent character. Most of us grow up only tasting that. But find a high quality lightly roasted specialty coffee, or even roast your own beans... and there's so many nuances there that are missed when clobbered with a high roast level. So yes, I want my coffee to taste like coffee too. Like the coffee berry.
- slothtrop 4y ago
  Coffee's the seed of a berry fruit. You're not really contradicting me so I'm not sure what the motivation was for your diatribe except that you're triggered someone doesn't like the horse piss that you do. Taste in coffee isn't "rationalized", by knowledge of it's origin or otherwise. You either like it or you don't. Enjoy your swill.
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shanebellone 4y ago

I agree with this. I end up with medium roasts because dark roasts are hit or miss for me.