Most people I know drink their coffee piping hot and act all disgusted at the idea of letting it cool down first. They would pour it away and brew a new one rather than drink the lukewarm stuff. And if you ask a barrista around these parts to not steam the milk but pour it into the coffee cold, you’re often met with indignant confusion as if you just offended their entire line of ancestors.
Is it really that weird to prefer room temperature coffee, or am I surrounded by coffee snobs?
When you say “room temperature”, do you actually mean literal room temperature, or just slightly warm/lukewarm? Because people will generally take way more issue with room temperature coffee (that feels cool in your mouth) than simply warm-ish coffee.
Lukewarm and room temperature are both fine for me, but I prefer actual room temperature, as in “I made coffee 5 hours ago and forgot to drink it” style.