we grew up with over roasted with margarine cheap liberica or cheap arabica beans... our palate is used to kedai kopi kaw kaw with condensed milk... and so we have this expectation and bias...

good arabica beans can have varied smells and tastes... acidity or sourness is often one of it... a good coffee may be sour but should be well balanced... if overly sour means it wasn't brew properly... and of course you can have some coffee without much acidity/sourness... and roasting can adjust the flavor profile of the beans...



no such thing as best coffee in town... one man's meat another man's poison...