Why does John Ruth dislike the coffee? [duplicate]

When John Ruth enters the cabin in The Hateful Eight he tries the coffee, he reacts, immediately spitting out the coffee and throwing it on the floor complaining about how awful it is.

I'm not sure about this scene, to my knowledge it was Minnie who made the coffee. According to four-horse Judy, Minnie's coffee is supposed to be pretty good.

For the record, I've seen: How come the coffee initially tasted awful? But I am under the impression that we know Minnie made the coffee.

Why does John Ruth dislike the coffee so much even though it's supposed to be good?

EDIT: My question is different, why does John Ruth dislike the coffee and complain about it in the beginning scenes? As one user brought up... it might be a cross-reference to another movie (not mentioned on the other thread). I'm starting to think it's possible an answer might be provided with some evidence to support this.

Best Answer

Having watched the movie a while back, I'm not fresh on the exact way the coffee was presented, so I'm going to assume that there was no additional information based on the answer in the question you linked:

There's nothing explicitly stated about the coffee in the movie.

This seems to contradict what you say here:

But I am under the impression that we know Minnie made the coffee.

What do you base that on? If it wasn't explicitly mentioned either way, there is no way to know for sure.

In universe:

However, you can look at it using occam's razor:

Why does John Ruth dislike the coffee?

Because the coffee is dislikable (bad).

That's the easiest explanation. The coffee has been introduced, we know nothing about the coffee, how it was made, not now, not later in a special revelation. All we know is that John Ruth didn't like it. It seems pretty straightforward to then conclude that the coffee is bad.

Out of universe:

As the linked answer suggests, this might be a foreshadowing that there is something amiss. Yes, Minnie's coffee should be good. Apparently it isn't... how comes?

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Who actually poisoned the coffee in the hateful eight?

While Warren, fed up by the ex-general's racists remark and disrespect, goads Smithers into attacking him and shoots him dead, Douglas poisons the coffee while no one (except Daisy) is watching.

Who is alive at the end of the hateful eight?

Ultimately, Mannix was the only character left alive (but wounded), instead of him and Warren sharing their final moments together in The Hateful Eight as Daisy hung from the rafters.

The Hateful Eight - Poisoned Coffy

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