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If you like your coffee black, you may be someone who prefers strong flavours, takes good care of their health, or just wants to drink their coffee the way it’s supposed to be drunk.
At least, that’s according to a new study published in the journal Appetite, which found a correlation between a love of black coffee and sadist or psychopathic tendencies.
The research surveyed more than 1,000 adults, asking them to give their food and flavour preferences. The participants then took a series of personality tests assessing antisocial personality traits, such as sadism, narcissism and psychopathy.
The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Innsbruck, found that a preference for bitter flavours was linked to psychopathic behaviour.
The study missed a key, deciding factor: the coffee that psychopaths drink black is instant.
(Score: 2, Disagree) by VLM on Friday June 23 2017, @12:03PM (14 children)
At every workplace I've been to, coffee is boomer.
Other groups drink coffee but none as much or as addicted as boomers.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday June 23 2017, @12:10PM (13 children)
Don't worry, millennials are making coffee "cool" again:
How Cold Brew Changed the Coffee Business [nytimes.com]
These things have started to appear at the supermarkets I frequent at like $5-10 a pint (for undiluted concentrate, as far as I can tell).
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @01:54PM
"I'll have a large coffee, black."
"Hot?"
"Uh... yes."
Honestly, I thought it was a joke the first time DD asked me this. After waking up a bit I thought they meant iced coffee. I guess it makes sense that someone would eventually try sun tea with coffee though.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday June 23 2017, @02:30PM (1 child)
"meticulously crafted by hand"
Yes, they meticulously took a scoop, placed a measure in a tea bag, and made sun tea. Except they were lamaist monks. In Tibet. At 13,000ft. And the water was meltwater from sacred glaciers. And the brew was carefully carried down precarious mountain paths by smiling children to an airfield, where a tri-motor prop plane running on bespoke biofuel carried to Starbucks facilities on the mainland where workers singing happy tunes unloaded it with velvet gloves. :)
Or you could get any old coffee and use it to make the sun tea they're talking about. The bitter tones you get from low-end coffees don't transfer so well that way.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 24 2017, @12:33AM
I was reading one of those airplane magazines one time and someone was selling an object crafted only be people who were totally nude except that they wore black gloves, or something like that.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday June 23 2017, @03:21PM (5 children)
Yeah, but the Millennials won't drink the nasty Folgers crap that the Boomers are making at the office in the shared coffee pot. They'll only drink something fancy (and I don't blame them; regular-brand coffee is utter crap).
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday June 23 2017, @04:46PM (4 children)
I have some off brand Folgers (the kind you get at Family Dollar that's like $5 instead of $6.50). I should cold brew it and sell it to post-Millennials.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday June 23 2017, @05:54PM (3 children)
Slap the core key words "sustainable" and "organic" and "fair trade" on the label and you'll be able to charge a larger mark-up.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday June 23 2017, @06:41PM (2 children)
You forgot "conflict-free" and my (least) favorite, "no GMOs".
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday June 23 2017, @07:05PM (1 child)
I also forgot "gluten free." Sigh. Marketing is hard.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @11:09PM
https://xkcd.com/641/ [xkcd.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @05:18PM
Meh. If you want to make millennial hipster coffee, you need one of these: Chemex [chemexcoffeemaker.com].
Actually, after the old coffee maker gave up the ghost I got one for the hell of it. Can't say I'm able to taste whatever difference I'm supposed to be able to taste, but it's at least easier to clean. Official Chemex filters are a bit expensive, but I don't see any reason why cheap ones won't work.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday June 23 2017, @06:59PM (2 children)
but one cannot buy hot coffee.
At Starbucks in Portland, a hot coffee is $2.25 but you can't use food stamps.
At most grocery stores around here, one can buy Stumptown cold brew for $4.00 - and you can pay with food stamps.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @08:57PM (1 child)
Interesting retort, thank you MDC. Hope all is well.
Coldbrew is great stuff btw. So low-carbon :P
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday June 23 2017, @10:46PM
It's dependent on a background check. My background is a multitude of sins.
When the recruiter mentioned it, I replied "I'm going to flunk your background check" then detailed my life of crime. I also told him that I have Bipolar-Type Schizoaffective Disorder. He didn't seem concerned that I was mentally ill.
The Americans with Disabilities Act forbids job and housing discrimination against the mentally ill. But they can still choose not to hire me because of my conduct, even if it was caused by my illness.
He discussed my rap sheet with a director, and said it would only be a problem if my crimes would affect my work. He gave the example of a candidate for a job driving cars who had a history of DWI.
I asked for a metric fuckton of money. The recruiter said "That's in the right ballpark."
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]