1y ago

I enjoy room temperature coffee more than piping hot or iced.

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, you're 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?

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Temperature greatly affects the taste of the coffee. Optimal temperature (if you're actually into the taste of coffee, which some people just aren't and that's fine) is around body temp. The hotter the coffee though, the less your body can process the actual flavors. It'll lose a lot of the nutty, earthy flavors and you're just left with the milk and sugar.
- Yup, can't pick up anything when your tongue is burning

Oh no.
Oh, no no no.
This won't 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 they’re steaming milk, they’re 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 “velvety-ness” of a good latte is basically cause you infused air into the milk.
- Yes this! If I microwave my milk to heat it up or if I use a steam wand, it ends up very different.

I’m just sick of people being intolerant of the preferences of others. If they can’t live and let live, then they can fuck off.
- Wow, you're not very tolerant with the intolerants.

I enjoy coffee at all temperatures. Piping hot, room temperature, and iced; they all have a place in my heart.
- Quite the same story for me. Each temperature range seems to sort of turn the coffee into slightly different beverages and each of them feels good in their own right even though it is just coffee.

Yes, you are weird. Are you ok?

No, you've just optimized drinking coffee 😙👌

I'm fine with coffee at most any temperature, if it is at the temperature I am expecting. But room temperature coffee when I am expecting hot is very off putting. Same with hot coffee when I am expecting cold.

They accept you way more than they do me. I prefer my coffee to not be coffee. I'll happily make a pot for the zombies, but I cannot stand the flavor. Literally just tell me how many grams go into the filter, and I will make you a lovely pot of coffee. Used to make it for Mom all the time, cause I was up before anyone else.

Same here. For me the whole point of milk/creamer is for it to cool the coffee down now rather than having to wait.
I also prefer my wine cold. And will drop an ice cube in it to chill it off if it's not. So I might be a heathen.
- I enjoy every drinking liquid with an ice cube in it. Every one except water. I like water room temp.
- I'm no wine drinker myself, but I've heard that you can use frozen grapes instead of actual ice cubes so the melting water won't dillute the wine. Have you ever tried that, and if yes, did it actually work as intended? (just curious)
  
  No, I haven't. But I will now. A handful of frozen grapes in wine sounds like an excellent summer snack.

I love that for you

Same here mate. Both coffee and tea. The coffee can be warm, the tea is best to me when at or below room temperature.
I drink both "straight" - no sweeteners, sugars, flavoring, milk or cream.
You do you and since it's not hurting nobody, there is no reason for anyone to tell you otherwise.
- depends on the type of tea. if it's Chinese with leafs and all, you cannot drink it cold / room temperature. it loses literally all the flavors.

I’m not down with room temperature, but I’m also amazed at how hot some people like their coffee. If I get coffee out, sometimes it’s like trying to drink magma. By the time it cools down enough, I’m over the thought of having coffee. I always ask the barista to throw a couple ice cubes in the cup first.

Maybe unpopular, but not all that wild. Coffee at room temperature tastes different. I can see what would be preferable about it, even though it's not my chosen way of consumption.

Idk about coffee as I don't drink it, but if a drink is too hot or too cold the temperature tends to mask the flavor.

I like any where from iced to drinkable hot. I prefer not to burn my mouth.

I prefer hot coffee, but I like instant coffee packets better than anything else. People judge tf out of me for it lol

Drinking beverages at temperatures that are too hot may cause cancer https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr244_E.pdf

i'm convinced people are just pretending to enjoy hot coffee because they think it makes them cool to consume scalding things, there are so many beverages and foods i have to wait five minutes to start consuming because i don't enjoy giving myself actual burn injuries.
- I'm convinced that's why people drink coffee at all. It's burnt water. There's no way people actually enjoy the taste
  
  coffee can definitely taste good if you don't literally burn it (and ideally actually brew it to bring out the flavours you enjoy), like most people do. I think with coffee and tea a large reason people drink it is literally just for the caffeine, and they're too impatient and don't want to look like wusses so they just cauterize their tastebuds with the scalding beverage until they taste nothing anymore.

I just like coffee.
I don't like it piping hot, but that's just because it's an unnecessary complication. I want it cool enough to drink comfortably. But that can be anything from reasonably hot to iced - the important part is that it's coffee.

I used to have an ember mug. I could set the temp. 115° was perfect. And the mug would keep it right there.

When you say “room temperature”, do you actually mean literal room temperature, or just slightly warm/lukewarm? Because people will generally take way more issue with room temperature coffee (that feels cool in your mouth) than simply warm-ish coffee.
- Lukewarm and room temperature are both fine for me, but I prefer actual room temperature, as in "I made coffee 5 hours ago and forgot to drink it" style.

I will only drink room temp or cold coffee :) The hotness makes me sweaty and it masks the taste of the actual coffee imo

I like my coffee a little hot but I just don't understand people who have to have it the temperature of the sun or they won't drink it.

Sometimes I like just drinking it without battling the temperature and taking tiny sips. Other times I like the piping hot temps (which it turns out might be bad for your throat). It depends on what I’m seeking at that time - decent amount of liquids, or hot beverage stimulation and warmth? Iced coffee is fairly popular too, I guess, just not room temp.
As far as people’s reactions, this is one of those things that people are very conformist about, like many food or drink topics. It’s odd how strongly people sometimes respond when confronted with a culinary practice outside of their cultural purview.
- t’s odd how strongly people sometimes respond when confronted with a culinary practice outside of their cultural purview.
  Hear, hear. It's almost funny just how much some people absolutely lose their shit when you, for example, prefer steaks well done over rare or medium.

Don't care about temperature because when it's cool enough to drink without worry I just chug it!

Same here. I also like my water this way too

I agree with you 100%. My coffee has to sit for a bit before I can drink it. Sometimes I toss a few ice cubes in to cool it quicker. I drink my coffee black so it doesn't have any milk or anything to cool it off.

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