Comments on: Once you go Black, You never go back… http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/2007/03/24/black-never-back/ Coffee Cultists of the World Unite! Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:23:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Olaf http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/2007/03/24/black-never-back/comment-page-1/#comment-5167 Olaf Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:06:21 +0000 http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/2007/03/24/black-never-back/#comment-5167 And I've been drinking coffee black since high school when I began on the stuff. Always the finest, and always black. I can tell you that after many years now, I have lost some of the distinctions on my palate that I once had for coffee's subtler variations. It's disappointing, but I don't know that I could bother myself to take a hiatus (to rekindle that "first-time" feeling) from such a psychological and physiological aspect of my life. To bring that into perspective, I drink an absolute minimum of 16oz. of coffee a day - truth is, I don't recall the last time I had less than 32oz. And I’ve been drinking coffee black since high school when I began on the stuff. Always the finest, and always black. I can tell you that after many years now, I have lost some of the distinctions on my palate that I once had for coffee’s subtler variations. It’s disappointing, but I don’t know that I could bother myself to take a hiatus (to rekindle that “first-time” feeling) from such a psychological and physiological aspect of my life. To bring that into perspective, I drink an absolute minimum of 16oz. of coffee a day – truth is, I don’t recall the last time I had less than 32oz.

]]> By: al http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/2007/03/24/black-never-back/comment-page-1/#comment-4648 al Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:03:30 +0000 http://blog.brotherhoodofthebean.com/2007/03/24/black-never-back/#comment-4648 i had a similar experience in Kona, Hawaii last year. i tried some black Kona coffee at one of the plantation tasting rooms and i thought at the time that it tasted pretty bad, overbrewed, burnt, stale. but then, for some mysterious reason, at another plantation there i tried it again and really started to appreciate the strong flavor. it was like i was drinking volcano water or something. now i seek out coffees from farms on the sides of volcanos. they're not that hard to find and they don't need to cost anything close to what the Kona beans cost. i rarely drank black coffee in the past. don't know what happened. now i have two ways to enjoy the stuff. it's all good. i had a similar experience in Kona, Hawaii last year. i tried some black Kona coffee at one of the plantation tasting rooms and i thought at the time that it tasted pretty bad, overbrewed, burnt, stale.

but then, for some mysterious reason, at another plantation there i tried it again and really started to appreciate the strong flavor. it was like i was drinking volcano water or something.

now i seek out coffees from farms on the sides of volcanos. they’re not that hard to find and they don’t need to cost anything close to what the Kona beans cost.

i rarely drank black coffee in the past. don’t know what happened. now i have two ways to enjoy the stuff.

it’s all good.

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