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"acquired taste" = addictive chemical
It’s also bitter, which humans are evolved to dislike. So it literally is an acquired taste, because some people drink decaf.
Depending on how lightly it is roasted and brew method, it can be much less bitter and more floral and "bright". Agree that the average coffee is dark roast and invariably bitter, however.
Yeah, café coffee is very often stupid strong and dark roast to serve the addicts that crave bitter (like me)
Could just be changing taste buds. I never made a concerted effort to stop wanting sweet things but in my late 20s I pretty much never made an effort to acquire them on my own. I don't dislike ice cream but I've literally never bought it or any sweets for more than a decade now.
With that change came enjoying bitter tastes more as well.
I mean that's fair, and there are plenty of foods like bitter squash that some people enjoy a lot with no addictive chemicals (I know of)
But at the same time, I never met a decaf fan who didn't first like caf
I have no evidence but this has always been my working theory.
It explains why people become so adherent to a specific brand or brewing method.
The same applies to cigarettes.
I'm addicted and I like all of them as long as it doesn't have sugar. Filter, espresso, mocha, americano, instant, pour over, Arabic, golden and they can be anywhere between 0C and 85C in temperature.
My issue with room temp coffee is that I drink it too fast, lol