You have to cook beans and legumes fresh and double soak the beans for them to really taste gourmet level. Depending on what you're making and how you want it to taste, you use purified water or broth or flavored blends. For black beans you can do a spring water first soak then a chicken broth second soak and they will taste fantastic. Add a clove of garlic to the soak and leave overnight if you like garlic.

It's all about the way food is prepared and the quality of the ingredients.

Beans out of a can would not even be possible for me I couldn't eat it. Over cooked Mexican bean slop is the worst. It has to be done right.