Remember that drink I invented yesterday? (oc)

[u/DaveKellett]

COME for the acrid taste, but STAY for the lack of caffeine!

[u/ShinakoX2]

I suspect that I'm more sensitive to bitter compounds than the average person, as coffee and beer tends to be way too bitter for me unless I go for the least bitter options (lighter roasts, low IBU, etc.)

But I recently tried some diner coffee, and while it wasn't super bitter, once I added some salt any bitterness was overshadowed by actual flavors and it was almost like I was drinking a dark chocolate hot cocoa. Is that what coffee tastes like to most people?

[u/acquaintedwithheight → u/ShinakoX2]

You should try a PTC taste test. Most people barely react or test anything, but to some of us it tastes like a orange peel wrapped in arugula dialed up by 10.

[u/Murky-Bus-2191 → u/acquaintedwithheight]

Wrapped in arugula is such a hilarious metric as a non-bitter-sensitive person.

[u/acquaintedwithheight → u/Murky-Bus-2191]

I’m all over the place. I love cilantro but arugala tastes like purell to me.

[u/composedofidiot → u/acquaintedwithheight]

My friend made me a coctail with cilantro in it. It was strangely moreish for something that tasted like alcoholic shampoo. After two of those I was proudly announcing to anybody I could that I was drinking toiletries