I made coffee using actual coffee beans. Don’t know which kind because someone already pre-grinded them. But it tastes like an actual drink you’d serve a human being, and not sour water with a hint of coffee flavor that is instant coffee
I’m still tired though, so the caffeine content is weak.
I had a similar epiphany when I started roasting my own beans. There's so many flavors you can create depending on how you roast the coffee!
Unfortunately they're mostly just different levels of bitter, sour, grass, sweet, and charcoal.