The Sinful Flavours Of Coffee
This is a guest post by Jade Scully. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee here.
Coffee. The word itself is enough to invoke the delicious smell of roasting beans and percolating pots of java. It speaks of indulgence, comfort and warmth. The simple drink is found all over the world and all over the world people drink it differently. Some baristas (the people in charge of the coffee machine) can command exorbitant salaries based on their range of coffee making skills. There are clubs devoted to drinking coffee, where members debate the merits of different blends and people come to blows about the correct way to drink coffee.
Coffee snobs, such as those that belong to the above mentioned clubs, tend to appreciate the drink in its purest form: that is no sugar or milk to taint the pure coffee taste. They faint in the presence of lattes and cappuccinos.
Then there are the coffee yobs; those that will drink any old instant blend and will happily add heaped spoonful after heaped spoonful and gallons of milk to disguise the characteristic bitter coffee taste.
Even worse than this, in the eyes of coffee snobs, are those who like flavoured coffees. I imagine that to purists even mentioning something as innocent as mocha is enough to bring on paroxysms of rage. Unfortunately for them, flavoured coffees have taken off and there are now over 100 different flavours available.
Some of them are more palatable than others. For instance, cinnamon, vanilla, hazelnut and almond are fairly innocuous flavours. One can imagine them going well with the traditional coffee flavour. Fudge, butterscotch, caramel and toffee are also, acceptable. They’re sweet, most people like them, they’re comforting and even more so when blended with coffee.
But after that things start to go a little pear shaped, snobs start spontaneously combusting and even those who like their cuppa joe instant are forced to raise an eyebrow in distaste. Consider for a moment, if you will, apple crisp flavoured coffee. If your gorge doesn’t rise then perhaps you need to check yourself in for some psychological testing, because something is wrong with you.
How about peanut butter cookie or caramel corn? There are legitimate flavours that have actually been showcased at the Speciality Coffee Association of America’s annual conference. A coffee shop franchise in the Caribbean offers coconut flavoured coffee, which is not as bad as apple crisp, but not really something you would want to wake up to.
Coffee: for all that it’s only beverage, it has the power to unite and divide.
Jade Scully is a copywriter, blogger and online marketing enthusiast who has published her work on a series of online publications and websites including Leeulekker who provide a range of wining and dining resources for southern Africa travelers.
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a small drive through coffee kiosk in my
neighborhood has always advertised on the
sign board in front a ‘coffee of the day’
which seldom even mentions the word coffee in the title.
mint mocha – funky monkey – banana cream – etc.
if the place didn’t have coffee on the top of the marque, you’d
never know they had any coffee in these drinks.
but the place is PACKED most every day
so they must be doing something
the general public likes and enjoys.
…oh…. a few times a year they will advertise
bulk ‘coffee’ sales. no mention of roast
or bean origins; just cost per pound.
i don’t think this sort of outlet has much
in common with what Mike here provides.
Not too long ago I would’ve loved a place like that. I think there’s a market for those places, the majority of my coworkers at my day job love coffee like that.