Coffee

Spayrroe

I also drink a mild coffee because its more about the smell, sipping a warm mug and taste than caffine.

Just sharing because I like to throw out my little 'I learned while I was a Barrista' facts; the darker the roast, the less caffeine in the coffee. The caffeine is released through the roasting process, so the more mild coffees (like breakfast blends) actually have more caffeine than the darker ones (like Italian roast). Just a little piece of knowledge

jadebugs

yep they are great and i don't have to add ANY sugar.So for something like 35 cal, i can enjoy!!!!

ecahill91

Purevia is pretty good. Tastes a lot like sugar does in coffee. I am an Equal fan, however

Nharah

I used sweetened vanilla almond milk in my coffee.

eviltwinkie

I would work at weaning yourself off the sweetner - or slowly down to a lesser level. Nothing wrong with the real thing, just try to work towards less of it.

Also, look at the quality of coffee you're brewing. That may assist you in the amount of sugar you're using.

A good, smooth cup of coffee should have excellent flavor sans creamer or sweetner. I like cream in my coffee (no sugar), but I've found with a good cup, even fat free milk is fine, because the fat isn't really needed to give the cup body or to cut the acidity. Yes, I had to work my way down to FF milk, but I discovered it really does work better when it's a good cup of coffee. FF milk does little to mask the flavor compared to half and half.

That said, I usually drink lungo shots from a Nespresso machine (unless I'm making a cappuchino), so it's more like a very mild espresso shot with a good crema. I prefer them with milk, but they're smooth enough without it as well (if there's none around.)

eviltwinkie

I'm a total coffee snob. If you get freshly roasted beans (within 2 weeks), and grind just enough for what you need just before making it, avoid using a drip machine (use an Aero press, french press, real espresso machine or Melitta pour over), you really shouldn't ever need to sweeten your coffee.
People usually put sugar in their coffee because it's too bitter from over roasting, being too old or leaving it on a hot plate. Yuck! Avoid dark roasted oily coffee like Starbucks...over roasting leaves a bitter burned taste in your mouth. Coffee should be smooth and never bite!

Totally agree with this. Coffee toys for the win! My latest toyage is a french press that's double filtered. Nice and smooth. Never seen one before so I had to get it.

Once you start realizing how good coffee can really be it's hard to go back to the yucky stuff.

irridia

I also don't really like the taste of stevia, but I use it religiously. I put it in spicey teas and for coffee I add cinnamon. it really hides the bitter taste. And purvia and truvia both use alchaol sweetners as well and are sold by pepsico and coca cola respectively. Try sweet leaf, or stevia in the raw or pure via instead. milk and cream also add a crazy amount of calories, try vanilla almond milk instead only 90 cals per cup!