The Egg, the Potato, and the Coffee Bean in Hot Water

Just heard a new twist on an old story.

Put a potato, an egg, and a coffee bean into boiling water for a time.

What happens to the first two you've probably heard before.
The egg is made hard by the experience and the potato is made soft, By the exact same experience. So there's that.

The new (to me) story continues to point out that the coffee bean adapted to the situation, not becoming hard or soft but just going with it.

I think a more interesting interpretation is that the coffee bean changed the situation: it turned the water into something different, turned it into coffee.

Interesting choices. Could be made hard by the experience, made soft by it or change the experience from a trial into something stimulating. Or maybe just something that's kind of bitter and keeps you up at nights. (I may need to work on this lesson a bit.)