If you don't tinker, you don't have taste

Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste by kulahan on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:25PM (#45749095)

This is definitely the main issue in the US. People are always clamoring for the cheapest thing that's good enough. The US has some of the best coffees, chocolates, beers, food, and more in the world. I mean, if you wanna make money, you sell to Americans.

But they're all artisanal products that few access. The baseline Starbucks, Hershey's, Budweiser, TGI Fridays, etc. are all... so bad.

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Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste by FuriouslyAdrift on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @01:54PM (#45750559)

First time I had Valrhona chocolate I was actually furious because I felt I had been cheated my whole life...

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Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste by Brian_K_White on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @03:52PM (#45752149)

I don't know that brand but this exactly haha

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Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste by musicale on Friday October 31, 2025 @12:04AM (#45768306)

Hershey's standard milk chocolate bothers me (and many others) because of the spoiled milk/butyric acid smell, which is due to their original manufacturing process.

However, some people in the US like Hershey's, are not sensitive to the smell, and want the chocolate they grew up with (they might also like the acidic/tangy taste.)

But certain varieties of Hershey chocolate (Symphony, Special Dark) do not bother me as much.

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