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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

At visiting my parent's this holiday weekend I tired to gently tell my parents that their coffee brew is very bitter. The response I get back is something like, " I like it strong."

I wasn't too sure how to respond, but then they told me my coffee is to watery. ๐Ÿค” I told them it's not that is watery, but it's a light roast and not bitter tasting.

So my question is how do you convince someone that bitter coffee is not good coffee? I might bring my scale next time to help measure and perfect the coffee brew there. Maybe even see about cleaning their been grinder, which I think has never been cleaned.

Oh well.

Update: Thanks for all the tips and thoughts. I agree with basically everything posted here and sorry no butter (I fixed the title)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why do you feel you need to convince them of anything? I totally get having your eyes opened to the broader spectrum of coffees available but end of the day it's a preference based on subjective senses. Let 'em do them, what's the harm?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Welcome to boomer psychology 101: you scream at them very hard and they will scream back and keep their position, but after you have left they will change their mind

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Welcome to asshole logic 101- you must scream at people for absolutely inane reasons, such as their coffee being "too bitter".

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

how do you convince someone that bitter coffee is not good coffee?

That's the neat part; you don't.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Without judging, some people confuse bitter for strong. You should try brewing their coffee different ways that will make it intense, but not bitter to see if they like it better. I'm not an expert, but maybe Chemex? Aeropress? Pour-over?

That's all you can do if they end up preferring ~~butter~~ bitter coffee!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Let people enjoy things, man.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Simple, just respect their taste. I had friends who grew up with instant coffee and they hated even the best brewed coffet I could make..