Recently switched to black coffee for a few weeks. I’ve had sour, bitter notes from the office coffee machine and a chain cafe.

I’ve also had salty aftertastes from Starbucks and a small one person run shop.

Basically I have no idea what good black coffee taste like.

Just trying to do intermittent fasting and have no calories in the morning, any tips?

  • YewmanBean@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    I feel like Starbucks burns there coffee. Might be the roast. I’d try there blonde or go for a lighter roast. Cold brew can also be less harsh too. But in my opinion, espresso is king.

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      1 year ago

      Starbucks’ lightest roast is darker than the darkest roast you’ll find from most specialty coffee roasters. They burn the everloving shit out of their beans

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      1 year ago

      They absolutely do, previous job someone brough in a bag of Starbucks ground coffee, and no matter what I did the burnt taste was always there. I like my coffee dark and strong, but this was just burnt.

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          1 year ago

          I gave up on that crap a few years back and go with Mcdonalds on the rare occasion I hit a drive through…

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            1 year ago

            Fun fact: Tim’s switched to a cheaper bean supplier years ago (when the coffee got obviously shittier, I think it must have been over a decade now) and McDonalds (Canada) actually snapped up the supplier. So McDonalds coffee in Canada is actually the original Tims coffee.

            Edit: sauce, this random r*ddit comment from 7 years ago.

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              1 year ago

              Yup, they use tim’s old supplier, but not the specific blend. Still way better than the swamp water tim tries to sell imo.

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      1 year ago

      As a former frequent Starbucks drinker, they definitely have been burning their coffee. Once in a while, my wife needs her Starbucks so I get a black coffee. And 50% of the time, it’s burnt.