If your milk drinks taste like “a glass of hot milk” then you’re either underextracting or using too light of a roast. Try using a medium to dark roast. You might also play with the coffee to milk ratio to get even stronger taste.

I love milk drinks. For me, 18g in and 36-40g out is generally perfect with a standard size coffee mug, the rest filled up with steamed milk. I want to have something I can sip and enjoy after breakfast in the morning. A shot of espresso is amazing but it just doesn’t last long enough.

I enjoy the taste and texture, but between a latte vs a cappuccino, I’ll go with a cap.

Make strong enough espresso and don’t use too much milk…? A good cortado is one of the best coffee experiences out there

I’m sure this isn’t what you mean, but a mug of milk with a shot of whiskey, rum, or brandy, and a little brown sugar or sweetener of your choice warmed up in the microwave on a cold winter evening is a really nice thing.

Every morning, sometimes in the afternoon too.

I, for one, strongly prefer milk + coffee over pure coffee. Medium roast tends to give the best flavor.

I always make it and drink at home. I live in Brazil, so coffee is very ingrained in the culture and most people know how to filter it. 500g packets cost the equivalent of 3 dollars (15-16 BRL) and can last a month or slightly more with me.

I’m not an espresso guy. Never have been.

But I love coffee. And I prefer my coffee with either milk or cream.

To me, there is much of the taste of coffee that gets hidden by the strength of coffee itself. The various lattes and americanos and such all work to allow some of the subtler flavors to come to the front to some degree or another.

Now, my personal preferences don’t run to that kind of thing, I prefer coffee with just a splash of dairy rather than the kind of milk drinks you’re really asking about. But I would say that it’s similar enough. I do enjoy those kind of drinks, just not as my main coffee choice

The synergy of milk and coffee is a good one. The only coffee I’ve ever had that I prefer without at least a tiny splash of milk is blue mountain. That stuff is magic. Even then, I tend to add the milk in as the coffee ages a bit. But a fresh bag? Black is best then.

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I think it’s pretty difficult to make good tasting espresso, once you get it right it’s the best thing. But most Cafés have people working there not really interested in perfecting the craft of making an incredible espresso and I don’t blame them, it’s just a job.

The sweetness in milk hides all the bad flavors you get from bad extraction, from channeling etc. so you get a decent tasting beverage.

If I have to choose between a badly tasting espresso or americano and a flat white or latte, I would always go for the second. But if I know they make a tasty espresso then I go for that.

No idea, but this just reminded me that I used to have a buddy who wanted to open a milk bar and call it “The Milk Of Human Kindness.”

I get a chai latte multiple times a week. They’re excellent. Iced tho so no art. Milk is pretty great.

The coffee shop in the main store of the chain of bike shops I worked for, was FANTASTIC about a cappuccino. Like that was a serious highlight of my day when I got mine every morning. No other coffee joint has ever come close to what we had in that shop. That said, I quit all dairy and do not miss it at all. I don’t know what the deal is with milk now, but it screws with my stomach way WAY more than it did years ago. It’s probably just me, but a few years ago I tried quitting dairy for two weeks and felt so much better I never went back.

Hubs always gets an americano with a splash of oat milk when we’re out, or he pours some into a mug of drip at home. He likes the taste better.

Sometimes, people are just wrong!