I drink 50% regular water, 50% herbal teas. Never drank sodas, if you're not used to them they taste far too sweet. I used to drink a lot of coffee, but I have quit caffeine completely, with 1 exception. I drink 1 cup of coffee the day after my night shifts, because this helps me feel ok that day. If you don't drink coffee regularly you notice two things when you do: 1. it's very very bitter. 2. the effect of caffeine is really quite strong. I feel like I'm on drugs that day. After quitting coffee I got a little bit bored with just water, I missed drinking something warm, so I started with herbal teas. I now have a large collection of herbs and I started to appreciate all these different tastes.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Well made coffee should not be bitter

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Coffee is bitter. There's shit coffee that's pretty much only bitter and nothing else, but any coffee will have bitterness.

Though I agree that "very very bitter" sounds like bad coffee.

[–] CucumberFetish@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you don't drink bitter things regularly, then normal coffee tastes very bitter, especially if you are more sensitive to bitter taste.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Exactly, that was the point. The same coffee didn't taste bitter to me before, but after not drinking coffee for a month or so it did.

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