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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago

Why US chocolate tastes weird to the rest of the world

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Why US chocolate tastes weird to the rest of the world

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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago
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Why US chocolate tastes weird to the rest of the world – DW – 07/07/2025
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Chocolate is popular almost everywhere. But tastes vary depending on the continent. While some regions like their chocolate sugary sweet, others prefer more fruity or nutty notes.
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    Because we get rid of as much of the bitterness as possible. Same reason most of us have a little coffee with our cream and sugar.

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      I like my sugar with coffee and cream.

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        Keep it going full steam.

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          Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean

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            My YouTube algorithm keeps on sending me vintage Beastie Boys music videos and I’m not complaining

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      The drop in black coffee consumption in the US is a relatively recent trend. Only 18% of people prefer to drink their coffee black – a 56% decrease from 2022.

      If all you’re getting from your coffee is bitterness then it’s not very good coffee.

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        But that’s how I like it! Not that I can taste bitterness anymore.

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          Some people do. I used to have a local 24hr diner that had the carafe that sat on a burner all day and there was just something about the tar black, bitter abyss of that coffee that I liked.

          Once I tried good coffee that was bitter, and floral, and nutty, and somehow also a little sweet; really just a well balanced flavor, I understood the difference.

          Everyone has different tastes and it’s probable better to say coffee that’s only bitter is not quality coffee bean coffee.

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            My tastes, as do my personality and even uh…IQ, change often and drastically.

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      Black Starbucks coffee is amazing, though. Somehow you people got that right.

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        It’s over-toasted burnt coffee.

        People are allowed to like it though, and obviously they do (with 400 calories of sugar-fat poured in to make it palatable)

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