eli5: What is it about coffee and beer that makes people love both so much as adults but hate them as kids ?

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I am personally not a big beer lover, but I do dig some beer with good meat. However, I am an avid espresso lover. As a kid I hated both, especially coffee.

Frankly speaking, I would expect someone who first drinks either of those drinks to not really like their taste. Somehow, I still can’t do without at least 4 shots of espresso a day.

Is it a social thing ? An awareness(caffeine) thing ?

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In general kids’ sense of taste is way better, especially when it comes to things that are bitter in taste. Also coffee and beer are both things that you learn to like because our brains aren’t wired to like the taste naturally.

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