Most people I know drink their coffee piping hot and act all disgusted at the idea of letting it cool down first. They would pour it away and brew a new one rather than drink the lukewarm stuff. And if you ask a barrista around these parts to not steam the milk but pour it into the coffee cold, you’re often met with indignant confusion as if you just offended their entire line of ancestors.
Is it really that weird to prefer room temperature coffee, or am I surrounded by coffee snobs?
coffee can definitely taste good if you don’t literally burn it (and ideally actually brew it to bring out the flavours you enjoy), like most people do. I think with coffee and tea a large reason people drink it is literally just for the caffeine, and they’re too impatient and don’t want to look like wusses so they just cauterize their tastebuds with the scalding beverage until they taste nothing anymore.
Literally all coffee tastes exactly the same