Styrofoam Cups

[srhcb]

On another eGullet Thread We were discussing an "aquired taste" of baked goods made in the new silicone backware.

I mentioned that I didn't like drinking coffee from styrofoam cups, even though it isn't logical.

Does anyone else feel this way?

SB

[Toasted]

Absolutely. It has a greasy taste to me. Totally ruins the coffee.

[Carrot Top]

The texture seems to hint of something that came from an alien space-ship when it hits my lips, and the taste is of petroleum.

[Nyleve Baar]

The following post may offend delicate sensibilities. Do not read if you don't like the word "burp". You've been warned.

When I drink coffee or tea from a styrofoam cup, I burp the taste of styrofoam for hours afterward. I find this extremely disturbing. Obviously the stuff is getting into my system somehow - and wants to get out. No more. No more styrofoam for me.

[phaelon56]

I don't have the burp phenomenon but distinctly dislike coffee or any other hot beverage from a styrofoam cup.

In order of preference my coffee intake comes from:

1) thick ceramic/porcelain cup

2) glass vessel

3) stainless steel vessel (shiny 18/10 grade beats all the other grades for this)

4) paper/cardboard

5) hard plastic

6) disposable molded plastic (maybe polystyrene? not sure what this stuff is)

7) styrofoam

In some if not most cases my preferences are probably not rational and may be based on inherent biases and subsconscious aesthetic considerations. But the aesthetic aspect is such an integral part of the experience that i can't imagine it any other way.

Then again - no matter how hectic my day has been or how much of a hurry I'm in, if I bring home carry-out food it always gets transferred to a ceramic plate or bowl and eaten with stainless flatware (or chopsticks). I detest eating from take-out containers and will eat from paper plates and drink from pastic cups only if I'm at a party or picnic where it's the only option.

[russ parsons]

they are truly the devil's invention. not only do they ruin the flavor of coffee, but as someone who participates in a beach clean-up program a couple of times a year, you would not believe how many of them i pick up.

[SuzySushi]

You are not alone. That's why I don't buy take-out coffee.

[tafkap4d]

They know me at the coffee bars I frequent...sometimes I take my own cup (be it stainless or thermosy - wow...a new word). I almost always pour my coffee into another container. I don't think it is a taste issue for me but rather a habit issue...I just like the mug experience.

[Domestic Goddess]

Yes, I can taste them. Depending on my mood or hormones, sometimes I like the alien plastic taste... sometimes I don't.