Psychopaths drink their coffee black, study finds

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If you like your coffee black, you may be someone who prefers strong flavours, takes good care of their health, or just wants to drink their coffee the way it’s supposed to be drunk.

Or, you may be a psychopath.

At least, that’s according to a new study published in the journal Appetite, which found a correlation between a love of black coffee and sadist or psychopathic tendencies.

The research surveyed more than 1,000 adults, asking them to give their food and flavour preferences. The participants then took a series of personality tests assessing antisocial personality traits, such as sadism, narcissism and psychopathy.

The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Innsbruck, found that a preference for bitter flavours was linked to psychopathic behaviour.

The closest association was between bitter foods and “everyday sadism” – that is to say, enjoyment of inflicting moderate levels of pain on others.

And it isn’t just black coffee that should ring alarm bells – the study also found participants who reported a fondness for radishes, celery and tonic water were also more likely to exhibit antisocial traits.

More: https://www.indy100.com/article/psychopaths-drink-their-coffee-black-study-research-antisocial-behaviour-diet-7800451

Ridiculous. I don't mind black unsweetened coffee. I enjoy celery and radishes, raw. Tonic water is my go-to soda. I'm not a psychopath. Sociopath, maybe. 

[Cripplecreek]

I like my coffee black like my soul.

[Free Vulcan]

And also a good Chianti with their liver I hear.

[andy58-in-nh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVTQHiAQRA

[Old Warrior in Exile]

And it isn’t just black coffee that should ring alarm bells – the study also found participants who reported a fondness for radishes, celery and tonic water were also more likely to exhibit antisocial traits.

I love black coffee, celery and radishes...

...and I just accidentally touched my soul.

[bigheadfred]

I like my coffee black like my soul.

 

Too bad that big heart outshines it.

[Smokin Joe]

I used to drink coffee with cream and sugar, hot.
Then I went to work in the oil patch.
Sometimes there was that powdered stuff, sometimes milk, some rare times half and half or cream.
But you could always get coffee black.
Sometimes there was sugar, sometimes not.
But you could always get coffee black.
Sometimes it was hot, sometimes not.
But you could always get coffee black.
So I developed a taste for black coffee, somewhere between warm and frozen, and as a rule, wasn't disappointed often.

Besides, sugar and cream grow nasty things in a thermos if it doesn't get washed out...

[Idiot]

I used to drink coffee with cream and sugar, hot.
Then I went to work in the oil patch.
Sometimes there was that powdered stuff, sometimes milk, some rare times half and half or cream.
But you could always get coffee black.
Sometimes there was sugar, sometimes not.
But you could always get coffee black.
Sometimes it was hot, sometimes not.
But you could always get coffee black.
So I developed a taste for black coffee, somewhere between warm and frozen, and as a rule, wasn't disappointed often.

Besides, sugar and cream grow nasty things in a thermos if it doesn't get washed out...

Yup....most all of the coffee I've had in the oil patch has been black.  After being up for days at a time, black seems to really hit the spot.  I had a large cup of VERY black, strong coffee a couple of years ago....it was so strong that I actually felt my hands shaking.  I was wired for hours.  Now if I need to stay up all night looking at samples or logging, I'll just take a liter of Mountain Dew and that seems to do the trick.

@Smokin Joe

[endicom]

Stay clear of those espresso guys.