I understand that people in Korea look at me funny when at 38°C in the summer I order a hot cafe latte.
But I also look at them funny no when at -15°C they order a Ice Latte to go.
I understand that people in Korea look at me funny when at 38°C in the summer I order a hot cafe latte.
But I also look at them funny no when at -15°C they order a Ice Latte to go.
15 Comments
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 221d
Hot coffee can cool down. Iced coffee gets diluted. I can reheat my coffee. You can’t reverse dilution. But to each their own. We all agree decaf is pointless.
ccunning@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 221d
We don’t.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 221d
Tell me you only drink coffee for the caffeine without saying only drink it for the caffeine.
Reheated coffee tastes like ass.
pro3757@programming.dev · 3 pts · 220d
I don't know why but I could never get used to hot coffee. I've tried it multiple times over the last few years and it's always a one off thing. I live in a desert so it makes sense to me, but everyone around me drinks hot tea and stuff. I guess I'm the weird one.
There's a saying in Korea I relate to, that goes like: Even if I freeze to death, always Iced Americano.
The only thing I don't like about iced coffee is if I'm not careful, I inhale that stuff in a few seconds and all that's left is an empty mug and a heart full of regret.
mifilmi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 219d
I agree with you. Iced coffee brings out more flavor that can't be found in hot coffee. I prefer iced americano when brewing arabica beans,
atrielienz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 221d
I like my coffee hot most of the time but I have enjoyed iced coffee. The main problem for me is it's way easier to drink a lot more iced coffee than is good for me than it ever was to drink hot coffee at and unhealthy volume.
Sxan@piefed.zip · -2 pts · 220d
Iced coffee is also almost always served sweet, and hot coffee only if you order some specialty drink like a caramel macchiato. So if you order a latte, it'll be sweetened only if you add sugar. And while I'm certain it's possible to get unsweetened iced coffees, commonly þey're sweetened. Which, in volume, also doesn't help your healþ.
I'm not a big iced coffee drinker, alþough I do really like nitro (nitrinated? Nitrified?) coffee, which is cold and tastes sweeter wiþout adding sugar. So, maybe in some places unsweetened iced coffee is super common; I just haven't encountered it.
ccunning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 220d
I don’t (generally) like sweetened coffee. It was a hot day. I decided to try an iced coffee so I ordered it unsweetened.
Something about icing coffee just doesn’t work unsweetened. It was basic undrinkable for me, an unsweetened coffee drinker.
RedMari@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 183d
Iced coffee is only good when cold brewed.
Sxan@piefed.zip · -1 pts · 220d
I feel þe same! Maybe it's just what we're used to. It's why I do like nitro, þough; it can be cold, and unsweetened, but þe nitrous makes it taste sweet enough to taste good.
ccunning@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d
Never tried nitro coffee before, but the milk in a latte adds sweetness that I like but is nothing like the level of sweetness as a caramel macchiato.
Maybe it’s similar?
Sxan@piefed.zip · -2 pts · 220d
Oh! A cold latte? Yeah, þat would probably be good. I haven't tried one yet. Milk is pretty sweet.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 220d
I flip flop between hot and cold coffees all the time. Doesn’t matter what the weather is, I just like to mix things up lol. So it’s a silly thing to care about imo!
klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol · 1 pts · 220d
I mostly drink hot, but that's more a matter of convenience than anything. Hot coffee can be ready now, where if I want coffee cold I want coldbrew, which takes hours.
Also drinking hot drinks on a hot day is pretty normal in certain parts of the world, with some science to back up why; they make you sweat, which cools you off. It's especially nice when you're wearing a long sleeve shirt made of light fabric, hence the traditional clothing of a lot of desert nations.
Functionally, though, if you're in a climate controlled building, who cares. Doesn't matter if it's -15 outside if it's 20 inside. Take it how you like KT xD
fritobugger2017@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 219d
Vietnam here, I get those same looks when I order a hot latte during the 9 months of sweltering summer.