I enjoy room temperature coffee more than piping hot or iced.
Most people I know drink their coffee piping hot and act all disgusted at the idea of letting it cool down first. They would pour it away and brew a new one rather than drink the lukewarm stuff. And if you ask a barrista around these parts to not steam the milk but pour it into the coffee cold, you're often met with indignant confusion as if you just offended their entire line of ancestors.
Is it really that weird to prefer room temperature coffee, or am I surrounded by coffee snobs?
Temperature greatly affects the taste of the coffee. Optimal temperature (if you're actually into the taste of coffee, which some people just aren't and that's fine) is around body temp. The hotter the coffee though, the less your body can process the actual flavors. It'll lose a lot of the nutty, earthy flavors and you're just left with the milk and sugar.
Temp preferences aside if theyâre steaming milk, theyâre making a latte or a cap or whatever. And the steaming is less about heating up the milk and more about changing texture. So the âvelvety-nessâ of a good latte is basically cause you infused air into the milk.
Quite the same story for me. Each temperature range seems to sort of turn the coffee into slightly different beverages and each of them feels good in their own right even though it is just coffee.
They accept you way more than they do me. I prefer my coffee to not be coffee. I'll happily make a pot for the zombies, but I cannot stand the flavor. Literally just tell me how many grams go into the filter, and I will make you a lovely pot of coffee. Used to make it for Mom all the time, cause I was up before anyone else.
I'm no wine drinker myself, but I've heard that you can use frozen grapes instead of actual ice cubes so the melting water won't dillute the wine. Have you ever tried that, and if yes, did it actually work as intended? (just curious)
I'm fine with coffee at most any temperature, if it is at the temperature I am expecting. But room temperature coffee when I am expecting hot is very off putting. Same with hot coffee when I am expecting cold.
Maybe unpopular, but not all that wild. Coffee at room temperature tastes different. I can see what would be preferable about it, even though it's not my chosen way of consumption.
Iâm not down with room temperature, but Iâm also amazed at how hot some people like their coffee. If I get coffee out, sometimes itâs like trying to drink magma. By the time it cools down enough, Iâm over the thought of having coffee. I always ask the barista to throw a couple ice cubes in the cup first.
Sometimes I like just drinking it without battling the temperature and taking tiny sips. Other times I like the piping hot temps (which it turns out might be bad for your throat). It depends on what Iâm seeking at that time - decent amount of liquids, or hot beverage stimulation and warmth? Iced coffee is fairly popular too, I guess, just not room temp.
As far as peopleâs reactions, this is one of those things that people are very conformist about, like many food or drink topics. Itâs odd how strongly people sometimes respond when confronted with a culinary practice outside of their cultural purview.
When you say âroom temperatureâ, do you actually mean literal room temperature, or just slightly warm/lukewarm? Because people will generally take way more issue with room temperature coffee (that feels cool in your mouth) than simply warm-ish coffee.
Lukewarm and room temperature are both fine for me, but I prefer actual room temperature, as in "I made coffee 5 hours ago and forgot to drink it" style.
i'm convinced people are just pretending to enjoy hot coffee because they think it makes them cool to consume scalding things, there are so many beverages and foods i have to wait five minutes to start consuming because i don't enjoy giving myself actual burn injuries.
coffee can definitely taste good if you don't literally burn it (and ideally actually brew it to bring out the flavours you enjoy), like most people do. I think with coffee and tea a large reason people drink it is literally just for the caffeine, and they're too impatient and don't want to look like wusses so they just cauterize their tastebuds with the scalding beverage until they taste nothing anymore.
I don't like it piping hot, but that's just because it's an unnecessary complication. I want it cool enough to drink comfortably. But that can be anything from reasonably hot to iced - the important part is that it's coffee.
I agree with you 100%. My coffee has to sit for a bit before I can drink it. Sometimes I toss a few ice cubes in to cool it quicker. I drink my coffee black so it doesn't have any milk or anything to cool it off.