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WCDT Strips 3141 to 3145 (25 - 29 January 2016)
Tova:
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 30 Jan 2016, 16:16 ---Can't help but think if a drink needs sugar to be drinkable, then the drink's being done wrong.
Who needs to put sugar in beer?
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I think it's fair to say that it's an aquired taste.
Even more so than beer.
I decided relatively late in life to acquire a taste for coffee (much to the bemusement of my partner). It took quite awhile.
katsmeat:
--- Quote from: Tova on 30 Jan 2016, 22:22 ---
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 30 Jan 2016, 16:16 ---Can't help but think if a drink needs sugar to be drinkable, then the drink's being done wrong.
Who needs to put sugar in beer?
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I think it's fair to say that it's an aquired taste.
Even more so than beer.
I decided relatively late in life to acquire a taste for coffee (much to the bemusement of my partner). It took quite awhile.
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That leads to the interesting thought that many, perhaps most, things are acquired tastes, with only a liking for sugar and fat being innate. Which gives rise to the sugary foods liked by children, as they haven't had a chance to acquire tastes for anything else.
But then, I think I have an odd relationship with sugar - my parents never allowed it in the house When I was eight or so, I was aware it was a big deal with my contemporaries and when I had the chance, tried it by putting some teaspoons of sugar in a glass of water. To paraphrase my thoughts... "So this is what they mean by 'sweet'... wow it that it? Seriously unimpressed here."
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Tova on 30 Jan 2016, 22:22 ---I decided relatively late in life to acquire a taste for coffee (much to the bemusement of my partner). It took quite awhile.
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Yeah, it took a brain injury to get me into coffee.
I'm not even joking. I came out of a coma, and one of the first things I remember is really wanting a cup of coffee
Is it cold in here?:
I wonder if that was some kind of adaptive response. In the wild, injured and sick animals are known to change their diet and eat things they don't eat when they're healthy.
Morituri:
@bhtooefr - when cold brewing, definitely don't use a filter to keep the coffee grounds from mixing with the water while brewing. You're absolutely right, it makes the resulting brew quite weak. Or else it makes it take several days, take your pick.
@Akima - Yes, the ability to digest milk as adults is kind of bizarre for any mammal. Humans (of some ethnic groups anyhow) are just weird that way. I have known at least one person whose lactose intolerance would magically go away for a few days after she ate some live culture yogurt, but I'm not entirely sure what kind of lactose-intolerance she had, so it might not work for you. Ms. Lau used that trick because she had acquired a taste for pizza with real cheese. If you don't have a reason to want to, there's no need to experiment.
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