/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>20 years old and have never ever tried coffee in my entire life.
>had an occasional sip from my mother's cup when I was young but every time I tried it, it tasted simply disgusting.
>Fast forward 4th semester of my Business Administration studies - EVERYONE drinks coffee.
>There is an abundance of coffee stores throughout my city (which is Mannheim, Germany) and I finally decided to try some - black with way too much sweetener.
>almost had to threw up because it was way to sweet (what was I thinking?)

>1 week later I try café au lait, or "Milchkaffee" which is half milk half espresso/filter coffee
>the coffee shop I went to is pretty much famous for it's milk froth
>milk really cuts down on the bitterness, makes the coffee almost enjoyable

>2 days later
>no Uni
>for some reason I'm craving coffee
>go down to some bakery, they have this really expensive espresso machinery
>"one café au lait please"
>go upstairs and drink it - mind you, it's the 3rd coffee in my entire life
>oh my it's delicious, almost sweet, why?

>next day
>Uni
>get a big café au lait again
>drink it all

>today
>it's time for lunch
>I'm hungry, decide to get some coffee along with my meal
>try cappuccino this time
>equally delicious, for some reason it's more bitter, but I still like it

And this is how I discovered coffee, or rather coffee+milk.

When did you start enjoying coffee, /ck/?