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by cyberpunk 704 days ago
It’s poison, and doesn’t even taste nice. I’ll never understand why people drink club mate.
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A common trajectory seems to be your sentiment, followed by a couple of reluctant retries, followed by eventual, disproportional reverence. I'm no different
Guinness did this to me, I hated it until about 30 and used lots of hyperbolic language to negatively describe it as a dirty ashtray, etc.

I now find most styles of beer far too sweet or boozy and Guinness style beer is my go to.

Guinness tastes foul if you've had some beer before trying it. People ask me to 'try a bit' (i can down a pint whilst my next one is being poured), but I always refuse if they've had a beer beforehand. I was the same.
So like beer?
I'm 40 and frequently give many many beers a chance (e.g. lived in Czechia with ultra knowledgeable beer experts), even my German genes don't help me to enjoy it. On the other hand, I followed the Club Mate trajectory too.
Pretty much
Try the red variant? 'Granat'
My favorite!
So what? ;)
Poison? Why would you say so?
To be fair, everything is poison at the right dose.
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