For coffee-drinkers: how do you take your coffee?

[Plaid Dad]

There's a s/o here, but I was also interested to know what most people do. :) Poll in the works...

[Renthead Mommy]

Light and sweet.

[JFSinIL]

Sweet (sugar) AND milk!!!!!! And it is cafe latte made with espresso from the machine I won from Pioneer Woman. Otherwise I drink only hot tea with nothing in it but a teabag.

[TeacherZee]

Sweet (sugar) and light (lactose free) :D And I like my coffee flavoured

[Parrothead]

If I have to drink coffee, I drink it black with sugar.

[bumbledeb]

Black, and the stronger the better.

[Jen in PA]

Black and unsweetened, and in large quantities.

[springmama]

I like it sweet and light, occasionaly flavored. When I'm on a diet, I give in and use a sugar free store bought coffee creamer such as Coffeemate, but I'd really rather have sugar and half and half.

[Harriet Vane]

Most of the time I like it lightly sweetened with a little milk.

 

If I am studying or staying up late working I like it black. The bitterness seems to add teeth to the work I am doing, makes me feel Fraught With Purpose. :rolleyes:

[TN Mama]

Blonde & sweet! And for some strange reason it must be coffeemate powdered creamer. I KNOW! I KNOW! Most people think I've lost my mind, but a little sugar and some coffeemate...ahhh... perfect morning for me.

[samba]

black, unsweetened and strong

[fivetails]

I prefer flavoured stuff (and have an awful addiction to all things Starbucks lately, having moved to a town that has one - we didn't back home!)....I'll add french vanilla creamer or something to a plain coffee.....if there is nothing flavoured around, milk & sugar works. :)

[lionfamily1999]

Super strong, with half and half and a little sugar. My fav is the first cup that drips (the kind where no amount of creamer will give it a 'coffee' color).

[cathmom]

Decaf with cream if it's available, never sugar.

[Michelle in MO]

Preferably flavored coffee (i.e., chocolate velvet or hazelnut) with lots of half and half. One of my indulgences! :)

[Vida Winter]

Strong and black. :D

[SonshineLearner]

Favorite is the peppermint creamer at Christmas, then the vanilla one, and then the chocolate raspberry.

[nmoira]

Dark oily roast. Sweet. I can drink it black, but cream makes it sublime.

[Tap]

I only drink flavored, sweet coffee so I said other. I have a cupboard full of syrups, chocolate sauces, dry cocoas, frappe powders and add something every time I drink it or blend it.

 

 

I like baby coffee:D

[Krista in LA]

Flavored creamer and lots of it. My dh gives me a hard time about having a little coffee with my creamer.

[E_Edgerton]

We start with good coffee. Then I add some half and half to achieve a light khaki color. I may have another cup.;)

[hornblower]

With a splash of canned evaporated milk, no sugar.

[Kanga]

I make my own creamer using sweetened condensed milk, milk, and vanilla.

[Danestress]

I don't understand why people think it tastes better with stuff in it. I think milk makes it disgusting. But then I think about coffee ice cream, and I guess *enough* cream and sugar will make it turn the corner back into something delicious.

[Narrow Gate Academy]

with Rice milk and stevia

[happyWImom]

It's very strange, but I always drank it black, my whole life-then after I had my first baby, for some reason, I could never have it black again!:001_huh: But I still only have milk with it, not sweet. The only time I add a flavored creamer is if I have a cold and have had cough drops at night.

[Guest Lorna]

With a splash of canned evaporated milk, no sugar.

 

 

You are a true sailor!

[KAR120C]

Sugar is optional but the cream is NOT!! I can not drink coffee without some kind of dairy in it, and that dairy has to have plenty of fat. And no flavor unless it's a mocha, which is a completely different thing altogether.... :)

 

If we're out of half-and-half, I can use vanilla ice cream, but it doesn't make me happy.

[danybug]

I love black coffee. For me, adding anything just masks its wonderful flavor.

[sheryl]

When I used to drink coffee in excess I drank regular coffee. I really don't drink much coffee now, but when I do I'll drink:

 

coffee

milk 2%, whole, half/half, flavored creamer liquid

 

But my FAVORITE would be one I don't believe you offered as a poll choice and that is.................

 

FLAVORED COFFEE! New poll time.........what flavor!!!

 

Sheryl

[The Governess]

Light and sweet. I use agave nectar and half and half. Mmmmmm.

[Matryoshka]

I voted sweet (natural other than sugar) and milk, but that's not quite right, so maybe I should've voted other...?

 

I use stevia to sweeten but lately I've been using the flavored stevia syrups - peppermint and chocolate are my favorites! When I'm out I usually get flavored coffees (hazelnut or cinnamon or even better... cinnamon hazelnut!) and unflavored stevia tabs...

 

I use fat-free half and half when home, and whole milk when out.

[astrid]

Black, black, black.

 

Unless I'm driving and stop at Dunkin' Donuts. Then I have it with cream and sugar, because if I don't, it's so freaking hot that I arrive at my destination before I can even take a sip!

 

I cannot stand cream and sugar in my coffee any other time or place. Just Dunkin' Donuts. Don't ask me why.

 

astrid

[Karen sn]

Strong with cream and sometimes a touch of real brown sugar.

[Denise in Florida]

Black, except when I'm at Starbucks (my happy place) then I want a mocha latte. I will take cream but only when it is real dairy, unflavored cream (not half and half). Otherwise just black.

 

Decaf for my blood pressure. In case that was the next question. :001_smile:

[PariSarah]

I don't like creamer at all, and I don't like the half-and-half that comes with other weird ingredients (what is carageenan, anyway?).

 

I also like it with various adult additions. :001_smile:

[laylamcb]

I drink it with cream ("paper bag color" is how I describe it) or I drink cafe au lait. I can't stand sweetened coffee, unless it's Turkish. I recently discovered the Starbucks misto, which really is a delicious cafe au lait.

[datmama4]

Funny thing...I drink it black most often, but will have it with cream when at someone's house or at a restaurant. I think it has something to do with the fear of someone making really bad coffee and wanting to "tame" it in some way.

 

When I first started drinking coffee, I used to do cream & sugar, and when I wanted to cut calories I switched to a no-cal sweetener -- I hated it so much that it was easier to cut the sweetness entirely! I eventually ended up drinking it black after a camping trip where dh and I forgot any creamer.

 

I've told my kids (the ones who like the smell of coffee) that if they want to drink coffee, they have to learn to drink it black or they'll always want the high-fat, high-sugar variety. Mean mama, huh?

[RebeccaS]

Black and unsweetened, and in large quantities.

:iagree:

[profmom]

Stevia (powdered in packets) & powdered non-dairy creamer (Lite lately -- can't tell the difference, so may as well). I haven't investigated healthier alternatives for the creamer, but I'm open to suggestions.

[profmom]

I use stevia to sweeten but lately I've been using the flavored stevia syrups - peppermint and chocolate are my favorites!

 

Oooooh...I didn't know about these!

[HRAAB]

I like mine with heavy cream, half and half if nothing else. Except on Saturdays, when I want O'Mara's Irish Cream while I laze around in my pj's reading.

 

Janet

[DB in NJ]

Dunkin Donuts coffee, strong, with splenda and fat-free half-and-half.

 

Or espresso with a pinch of sugar and milk. mmmmmmm.....

[Melinda S in TX]

I don't drink coffee at all, but dh does so this is how he drinks it. He is a coffee snob and only drinks Starbucks. He buys the beans and grinds it fresh. If he's drinking hot coffee, he takes it with raw cream. If he has a lot of driving to do, he will make a travel cup of coffee with cream and put the rest of the coffee with cream in a quart jar.

 

For cold coffee, he takes hot coffee and mixes with sucanat. Then he adds cream and pours the mixture over ice.

 

His coffee must be STRONG and he will not drink coffee from a thermos.

 

Melinda

Edited January 25, 2009 by Melinda S in TX

[newbie]

Tons of Flavored Creamer.

[kzdaisy]

I take mine black I always tell everyone all I need is a cup!!

[brehon]

I almost exclusively drink coffee whilst at work as I don't generally have time to brew a cuppa (my most favoritest hot dwink in the word -- as my 4 yo would say :D). When I have coffee I like it strong AND either with sugar/cream or flavored creamer.

[dragons in the flower bed]

I voted sweet and light, but that is not an adequate description of how I like my coffee. I drink sugar milk with some coffee in it.

[CactusPair]

Fresh, black and made by anyone else but me.;)

[Twinmom]

I make a latte every morning (and afternoon, if things aren't going well at school! ;)). I take mine with skim milk and splenda.