Please help me make my coffee tasty again!

wazette2
wazette2 Posts: 14 Member
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Hi there! Looking for ways to make my coffee tasty again!! I am pretty frugal with my calories but I am tired of my coffee not tasting like the tasty treat it once was. Please help this coffee lovin momma out!!
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  • wazette2
    wazette2 Posts: 14 Member
    MarcusGrose1 wrote: »
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    Haha...I suppose that's a start!! I'll have to try that! ;)
  • lisadreyer1963
    lisadreyer1963 Posts: 2 Member
    I love my nespresso machine so I use that every morning - I use Oatly Oat milk and a tsp of pure maple syrup. The aeroccino machine froths my milk up and makes it warm and foamy. Sometimes I mix Hersheys dark cocoa into the coffee if I want a mocha. There's no sugar in the Hersheys Cocoa.
  • CoachJen71
    CoachJen71 Posts: 1,200 Member
    edited February 2018
    Also, baking flavors like vanilla, almond, etc will work in hot coffee, but not iced unless you added it while the coffee was hot. (Otherwise all you taste is alcohol. Learned that the hard way trying to flavor my yogurts.)
  • wazette2
    wazette2 Posts: 14 Member
    I like the international delights too..my go to, but I'm looking for something a bit creamier than my 1 Tbsp gives me.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    When you made coffee before, what was in it?
  • wazette2
    wazette2 Posts: 14 Member
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    When you made coffee before, what was in it?

    I usually did international delights..but would occasionally do 2 Tbsp instead of 1..but that would put me at 70 calories and 10 carbs just got my morning coffee. I usually have coffee three times a day so that's 30 carbs just in coffee =(
  • dklibert
    dklibert Posts: 1,196 Member
    I use half/half and splenda too. Half/half is 40 cal for 2 Tbsp. I never need that much to make it creamy. I find I use less of the real stuff than fat free so the cal and carbs were less using the real deal. Sometimes I add cinnamon to the coffee grinds when I brew it. I also agree that cold brewed in the summer is great. It is so smooth and I can use less to sweeten it. This spice coffee is great too. soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2012/11/fun-with-coffee.html You can add all sorts of things to the grinds, cocoa powder is good too.
  • happygal2
    happygal2 Posts: 1 Member
    International Delight caramel machiato creamer, 35 calories per TBS its great
  • mortuseon_
    mortuseon_ Posts: 257 Member
    edited February 2018
    Aeropress or Chemex, recently roasted beans (within the last week, if you can get them), medium or light roast. Or cafetiere. Or espresso, if you have a decent machine...sadly, I do not.

    ETA: I agree with all the people here saying to grind before each brew! It makes a lot of difference. My 'starter grinder' was a Hario Skerton, which is relatively inexpensive and quite consistent. You probably want to look for something with ceramic burrs.

    More delicious than any Starbucks crap, comes in black at around 0 kcal.

    If you go to a decent coffee shop with recently roasted beans (they'll usually carry beans from local roasteries), their cappucinos/lattes/macchiatos etc are usually very tasty, and they don't need any sugar or any other flavoured nonsense. I think a 250 ml cappucino comes in at somewhere around 100 kcal, and for me, that is worth it.

    Or, I like to make black iced coffee concentrate with my Aeropress, then add maybe a teaspoon of sugar or even honey and top up with semi-skimmed milk. So tasty. Supposedly you can make cold brew which is naturally sweet, too...I haven't ever tried this, though, haven't had a good experience with cold brew in general. Japanese Flash Brew might be a great alternative, though!!

    Imo, forget all the sweeteners and flavourings. Good coffee is all about the beans.
  • sheltondq
    sheltondq Posts: 51 Member
    I’ve used vanilla protein powder in mine before. It made my coffee sweet, and gave me a protein boost.
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    Has anybody tried putting PB2 powder in coffee or tea? Just wondering how that would taste :)
  • CoachJen71
    CoachJen71 Posts: 1,200 Member
    iowalinda wrote: »
    Has anybody tried putting PB2 powder in coffee or tea? Just wondering how that would taste :)

    Have done it with hot chocolate. It didn't stay suspended, so had to keep stirring. Also, it was pretty thick, but I didn't mind that. Ultimately, though, I prefer it in my yogurt. Would rather eat than drink it.
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    Silk dark chocolate almond milk. Less calories in 1/4 cup than a TB of Coffee Mate.
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    What about the actual flavored coffees? I just had Vanilla Biscotti. It's quite good.
    I am not a fan of a lot of the other flavours but people seem to like those Keurig flavored pods.
  • DisneyVeganLove
    DisneyVeganLove Posts: 112 Member
    edited February 2018
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    Cinnamon is my go to. 15 calories per tablespoon for creamer
  • Krista00316
    Krista00316 Posts: 1 Member
    I use the unflavored NutPods (on Amazon) and it is really close to half and half.

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