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Why doesn't coffee have a FAFO culture (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by bigboismith@lemmy.world to c/coffee@lemmy.world

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How come there is no real "wacky experimentation" side of the coffee community? The only one I can identify is the "snobby" coffee community (you know the one), and the rest being mostly just a refrained version of that.

Compare that to the homebrewing community, you have the snobbs (the mead community is infamous), but then there are the "prison hoochers", turning anything containing sugar into alcohol.

Where are the mavericks who perform the important societal task of discerning if "is coffee and cheeto-spice a good combo?" and "what happens if you brew coffee with red bull?"

On a more serious note it would be great so more people try different ways to spice coffee, instead of just trying to brew the flatest, "perfect" brew. I've found adding some fruity black tea to my coffee in a French press to work really well.

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[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

For me, I'm buying beans that are expensive enough and complex enough, my FAFO is dialing in my grind and brew temp. To mess with these beans by doing anything beyond water is about like using 21 year old single malt Scotch to make a whiskey sour. **The results are less than the sum of the parts. **

Now, if for some reason, a bag of beans gets a bit old, I'll play around a little bit. Also, I've had people gift me really awful or bland beans, and I despise wasting food. I find a drop of fruit extract in the brew water can add a little hint of complexity.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Scotch is probably the wrong flavor profile for a sour, but I firnly believe that cocktails are always better with good liquor. Even a rum and coke, use the best rum you can afford.

[–] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

There's more to scotch than ila, different regions have very different taste profiles.

A $250 aged rum is not going to make a rum and coke taste noticeably better than a $50 rum.

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