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Why does every cafe around me have acidic espresso? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's like an epidemic. I've tried like 4-5 cafes now and it's all like drinking battery acid. Do they just not care? Or do you think they believe it's meant to be like this? If that's the case I feel bad for them.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Acidity might have its place in an Americano or dairy drink, where it's diluted down. But in an espresso shot, or worse yet, a ristretto? Hard pass. If I want to put something in my mouth that shrivels my intestines and makes my butthole pucker up, I might as well munch on a lemon. Fully on board with @[email protected] here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I get more flavor from lighter roasts and higher acidity. It tastes like coffee. Darker roasts, all I taste is burnt, bitter coffee.

What do you think of Starbucks coffee?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

There's an entire universe of coffee between currently fashionable pale roasts and typical Starbucks destroyed black beans. That is not the alternative.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My favourite mass market coffee is Lavazza Cafe Oro which is a medium dark roast. I drink it black in both espresso and french press and it has excellent flavour and no burnt flavours

I recommend you try some medium roasts before condemning everything darker than light.

Coffee that doesn't mention its roast is usually medium

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I have. Medium roasts are fine; it's just that the darker the roast, the more bitterness and smoke ("roasty") dominate the flavors. It's like coconut milk: it's fine in piña coladas and coconut shrimp; everywhere else, it just makes whatever it's put into taste like coconut. While it's an exaggeration to say that it's all I taste, it's sort of true in that its all I notice because I find it unpleasant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Caffeinated milkshakes, you mean?

I'll use them as a last resort, but not worth the money. The cold Americano is just about the only thing that I can drink that tastes ok, all other drinks are indeed bitter. I guess they are intended to be drunk with sugar.

When it comes to fast food chains, honestly the McDonald's coffee is the best of the bunch. Their flat whites are not bad at all.

Worst is probably KFC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I do not enjoy McDonald's iced at all. Pressed has a decent iced coffee.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Even their pour-over, which is all I get, is terrible.

I agree McDonalds coffee is great. Not complex, but well-executed and consistent. Basically a cup of Folger’s, which is what I grew up on.