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, youâre 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 youâre actually into the taste of coffee, which some people just arenât and thatâs fine) is around body temp. The hotter the coffee though, the less your body can process the actual flavors. Itâll lose a lot of the nutty, earthy flavors and youâre just left with the milk and sugar.
Oh no.
Oh, no no no.
This wonât do at all.
More seriously, you enjoy it the way you want. Haters can fuck right off.
Warm take: I like my coffee warm (not hot)
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.
Iâm just sick of people being intolerant of the preferences of others. If they canât live and let live, then they can fuck off.