It’s like an epidemic. I’ve tried like 4-5 cafes now and it’s all like drinking battery acid. Do they just not care? Or do you think they believe it’s meant to be like this? If that’s the case I feel bad for them.
It’s like an epidemic. I’ve tried like 4-5 cafes now and it’s all like drinking battery acid. Do they just not care? Or do you think they believe it’s meant to be like this? If that’s the case I feel bad for them.
This seems to totally bypass any acknowledgement that OP knows how to use his taste buds, and also his mind to compare those taste buds’ reports to previous moments in time.
OP’s not saying “espresso tastes acidic to me”.
OP is saying “espresso in a particular time and place tastes different than espresso in other times and places”, and I’m confident OP knows what such a thing looks like in terms of sensory data compiled over time.
It would be like if someone said “Wow they must have turned up the heat in here from last time I came here” and someone else responded “well maybe you don’t know how to interpret the sensation of heat”.
Just seems really dismissive, as if OP is a novice at having a nervous system or something.
You’re right and I sound like an asshole. Note that the first part of my statement is perfectly valid tho, I know only 2 places in my city where I’m confident I’ll truly enjoy an espresso there.
Also, sometimes stuff dawns on you at a later age. I found out in my early 30’s during a random sensory experiment that I’m oversensitive to sugar when I declared some sugary water disgustingly cloying and the nice lady told me that most people barely register the sugary taste.