• cactopuses@lemm.ee
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    18 hours ago

    I mean an Americano is just watered down espresso and AFAIK was coined to make fun of the Americans.

      • Whitebrow@lemmy.world
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        8 minutes ago

        Means you had (likely) cruddy coffee that was normalized for you since a young age, probably with loads of sugar and or milk/cream to boot.

        Just the normal cycle for most people tbh.

        The comfort of the known combined with an underdeveloped palette is what makes it attractive to a lot of people

        It often changes and evolves with time as you grow older, kind of like when you try foods that you hated as a kid only to discover they’re really good.

        Granted that only happens if you explore and experiment, otherwise you never really grow out of it

        • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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          3 minutes ago

          Pretty snooty outlook on coffee, especially considering that café au lait, cappuccino etc. exist.

    • easily3667@lemmus.org
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      11 hours ago

      Seems to be right. Not that the making fun of was accurate, but if you have a bunch of toxic men who think espresso puts hair on your chest, seeing folks drink drip coffee is probably embarrassing even though it’s objectively got more caffeine and a completely distinct flavor.