Just as every brave person eats yogurt differently, everyone’s coffee drinking is also different. Whether you wake up in the morning and cannot wake up without drinking a cup of coffee, or those who drink at least three glasses a day; The way we prefer coffee may differ from person to person.
While some of us prefer our coffee light and creamy, some of us may prefer it with milk or ice. However, according to a newly published study, there may be more than just preference behind why some people prefer their coffees bitter and plain.
There is a relationship between enjoying bitter tastes and psychopathy
Some people like black and bitter coffee because it contains less calories, while others just like the way they taste it. can choose; However, according to research published in the journal Appetite, those who prefer bitter and black coffee are also likely to be psychopaths. According to the results obtained in a study on 1000 adults, there is a relationship between liking black coffee and psychopathic and sadistic tendencies.
Researchers from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, who asked respondents for their food and taste preferences, then subjected the participants to a series of personality tests that assessed antisocial personality traits such as sadism, narcissism, and psychopathy.
After examining their data, the researchers concluded that a preference for bitter tastes is associated with psychopathic behavioral traits. The closest link in the study was “everyday sadism,” which is the pleasure of inflicting moderate pain on other people, and pleasure in bitter tastes, such as black coffee. On the other hand, it was noted that this connection is valid not only for those who like plain coffee, but also for those who like the taste of radish, celery and tonic water.
So does this mean that your liking for bitter tastes means you’re a psychopath?
Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you prefer your coffee bitter, or that you generally enjoy more bitter flavors, is proof that you’re a psychopath. The results of the research show that people with more such tendencies like more bitter tastes. So if you don’t show the characteristics of any of the personality disorders mentioned above, no, choosing your coffee bitter does not mean you are a psychopath.
In addition, the researchers of the project, Christina Sagioglu and Tobias Greitemeyer, state that it is possible for this connection to become chronic and that people who like bitter tastes may develop more hostile personalities.