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?
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.
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
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.
Starbucks always burns their beans. I always drink my coffee black and their is the worst tasting.
Come to Canada and try Tim’s
I gave up on that crap a few years back and go with Mcdonalds on the rare occasion I hit a drive through…
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.
Yup, they use tim’s old supplier, but not the specific blend. Still way better than the swamp water tim tries to sell imo.
Cold brew is especially refreshing in the morning. It’ll clear your bowels, too.
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.
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