I remember that I asked someone, at the beginning of my adventure with Russian, if I can say "Мне нравится пицца" and I was totally surprised that I can - it meant that this isn't identical to "podoba mi się", just similar.

"podobać się" is mostly for finding something aesthetically pleasing - whether it's a person, a piece of furniture, a piece of clothing... obviously, a lot of stuff. Also you can use it about a person when you mean you like their character, but without enough context (like saying "Podobasz mi się" right after someone makes a really funny joke) it will probably be understood that you find them attractive.

You can say "podoba mi się" about a book, about a movie, an album, that you find interesting, that you find good.

But it's hard to imagine saying that about food, or drink or things like that.

Moreover, I'd only use "Lubię tę kawę" to imply that I like this brand of coffee, or maybe that I like how my grandma makes coffee for me - "lubić" coffee that I drink for the first time doesn't make much sense, just like "lubić" a movie that I saw only once doesn't make sense, at least for me, either.

• Lubię tę kawę (I like Nescafe coffee, I usually choose this brand)

• Smakuje mi ta kawa (Maybe I drank such coffee a lot of times, maybe it's the first time, but anyway, it is tasty)

• Podoba mi się ten film. (I'm watching it for the first time right now and it is good - okay, doesn't have to be the first time, but if it is, it's the only option IMO.)

• Lubię ten film (The movie is so good that I saw it at least two times and now I'd say it's among my favourite movies, I'd probably watch it again.)