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There are so many different thoughts you're mixing together, but I kind of follow and think you must have adhd. I'm from the midwest of Canada, and there used to be that sort of healthy == gay thing, but I think you have to get pretty rural now to be subjected to it; though I'm not, so maybe that's optimistic. There certainly are still undercurrents of homophobia which is disappointing, but with time. I've never heard the sociopaths drinking black coffee thing, but it's funny. I used to drink it with a bunch of milk and sugar in it because that's sort of how everyone starts in NA, but I'm glad I took a liking to black coffee, which is obviously way better for you. Pretty hard to drink that gas station stuff sometimes though. I love coffee, but the roast level isn't super important to me unless it's supposed to be particularly high quality, moreso the origin and brewing method, maybe season. Anything from central to south america will lean chocolatey/caramel in a good way, but it can be too much for me sometimes. Particularly Brazilian Naturally processed beans, so if you spot that on a sign at the fancy place you go, it'll likely be your vibe. Most of the shops in my area have customers that are used to Italian or otherwise older euro style coffee, so it leans super bitter and dark, sometimes undrinkably so. My preference is for a bit of bitterness, and a bit of sweetness, and thankfully that's also pretty easy to come by with local roasters importing from all over. The Italian style cheap/dark beans tend to go better in a latte or mixed with milk or ice cream, because the intense bitterness is balanced by the fat and lactose in the milk, which is the most common experience across the continent imo. Light roasts just help whatever flavours the coffee fruit would have come through, and so a light roast of a south american coffee would have a natural bitterness/cocoa vibe that's probably more pleasant than it coming from a bean that's roasted super dark. If it's from Kenya or Ethiopia, it'll be more likely to be on the fruity side if it's a light roast, or a bit fruity and a bit bitter if it's medium or dark which can be great too. Indonesian stuff is all over, and can be a bit eartht or a bit floral, and central American stuff can be all over too on the high-end. |