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[–] epselepse 25 points 1 year ago

A tiny bit of salt is actually pretty damn nice in coffee! And I mean a small sprinkle on an entire pot

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some people put butter in their coffee.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that's actually delicious though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] RustedSwitch 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And those people are Bulletproof

[–] juansero29 2 points 1 year ago
[–] pacology 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m not sure about salt, but my mom puts red wine in it. 0/10 not recommended.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Are you sure she's your mother and not an alien?

[–] RustedSwitch 2 points 1 year ago

This is hilarious

[–] autumn_rain 9 points 1 year ago

A pinch of salt can lower the bitter taste of coffee, and is also good in dark cocoa. It also helps make grapefruit taste sweeter and If you are making veggie noodles (turnips make great veggie noodles) soaking the raw noodles in a little kosher salt/water can take the bitter flavor out so they taste more like pasta noodles when they are cooked.

[–] Spectator 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Very interesting, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The night before my wedding I had stayed at my folks place. In the morning I was making a coffee and my mum asked if I was nervous. I said, nah not really.

Took a sip of my coffee and I had put salt in instead of sugar.

Do not recommend.

[–] ChickenButt 4 points 1 year ago

I do it every morning. Once I started, never looked back.

[–] MaggieB 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't surprise me. I used to know a girl who put black pepper in her milk.

[–] saucyloggins 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Putting salt in coffee is relatively common. Put a very small sprinkle in shitty coffee and it makes it a lot more tolerable. Think bad waiting room coffee etc.

[–] dukethorion 0 points 1 year ago

Black pepper has something to do with absorption by the body.

[–] Candelestine 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is a trick that can help sometimes. I've seen competition class baristas do it and shrug.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

People at work put hot sauce in their coffee

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Never tried salt, but I have had bacon flavored coffee, and it seems to me like a lot of the flavor of bacon is salt, idk… bacon makes pretty much everything taste better

[–] Driveway4964 2 points 1 year ago

I’m a fan of a little caffeinated Dr. Pepper myself. ;)