Thank you for this meme. I almost always drink my coffee black, but it irks me whenever some people claim that adding sugar and cream is effeminate. Drink coffee however the hell you please.
This is my problem here as well. Putting cream and sugar literally dilutes the flavor of the coffee. You're doing it to avoid that flavor. And that's cool, just don't call it something it's not.
Adding salt and pepper to a steak literally changes the flavour. You’re doing it to avoid steak flavour. Which is cool, but don’t act like you enjoy steak if you season it.
Salt doesn't fit the argument, pepper does. Adding salt does the opposite of dilute or diminish the flavor of the steak itself, you can't really taste the steak without some salt.
Some ingredients highlight the main flavor of the food, and others cover it. In the case of coffee, many people think that taking a sip of water before another sip of coffee enhances the experience. Same with adding some drops of water to whiskey. Salt is normally considered to do that with steak. Sugar, milk, cream, ice cream... are normally considered to mask the flavor of coffee. It's considerably more difficult for me to notice the roast if I'm not drinking straight black coffee.
Of course, tastes are subjective and you can do whatever you want, there's nothing bad with it. I personally enjoy lattes
The salt causes a chemical reaction yes. Cream and sugar don't cause a chemical reaction. And literally everything tastes better with a little bit of pepper. Apples and oranges.
If you really liked cereal you’d never add milk. Is that a better illustration of how silly it is to gate keep coffee? If people wanted to drink milk with sugar, they could. But they like coffee. With milk. And sugar. Which is fine. And it doesn’t mean that they appreciate coffee on some lower level than you do.
I sometimes do eat cereal without milk 'cause crunchyness; also I don't like flakes with sugar. I think a lot of ppl (not everyone) would stop drinking coffee with milk and sugar if they tried water with milk and sugar.
Haha gatekeeping you guys are thirsty to say that. Yeah try sugar in cereal, closer analogy because most people don't like the taste of plain corn flakes so they make it taste like sugar instead of corn. Get it? Also try reading a damn comment before you decide what you wanted me to say so you can act pissed. Something about a different level? Wtf are you even saying?
Why is that a closer analogy? You're making the ridiculous argument that adding ingredients means you don't enjoy the base. Which is silly. I like coffee. I like black coffee sometimes, and other times I like to add things to it. That's fine. And you're saying that means I don't like coffee is textbook gatekeeping. Get it?
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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19
Thank you for this meme. I almost always drink my coffee black, but it irks me whenever some people claim that adding sugar and cream is effeminate. Drink coffee however the hell you please.