[grokkedit]

you're completely right. but most italians will never admit it, shunning all of the alternatives.

the strange thing is, we are used to different grapes varieties that are used to produce different wines, and everyone knows which tomato goes in a sandwich, which ones are better in a caprese, which for tomato sauce. but we are all fine with not knowing which kind of coffee we drink, and not knowing how it was treated...

that's why in Italy it's really rare to find someone that drinks coffee as it is, usually we add either sugar (or honey) or milk in order to mask the fact that coffee here tastes too burnt and bitter.

only in the past few years specialty coffee is starting to appear in the bigger cities, and I'm finally getting used to drink coffee after a whole life of tea with milk and the occasional macchiato caldo (espresso with a dash of hot milk), unless when abroad

[lemper]

i tried to acquire the taste coffee and honey. never succeeded. though it should be noted that I used acacia honey which is quite acid itself. so yeah, it was a dumb exercise. now I got no time to explore coffee anymore. as long as the coffee tastes bitter and a bit sweet AND goes well with cig, then I'm fine with it.