Are You a Serious Black Coffee Drinker? I need advice.

TRMite

adding to others... try French press, self grinding. I recommend buying a quality coffee (I get different brands but always look for Fair Trade symbol). once I switched it only took a week before I preferred it. good job switching. also, I've always found Starbucks coffee too strong for an empty stomach. I order Americano instead if I have to go there for my morning cuppa.

Itsallkungfu

Probably the right call...I love it, though...The jolt!:drinker:

jmuhnie

I never drank black coffee until I spent a summer with a couple of coffee fiends. Every other day they were grinding some sort of different blend. We went through pound after pound of coffee. Ever since then I haven't put anything in my coffee. I recommend buying small amounts of different coffee until you find the one that fits. Changing it up every once in awhile will give you a way to find the unique attributes to each of the different styles. As others have said...buy small amounts, get your own grinder, buy fresh.

lisakyle_11

i enjoy my coffee with a splash or 2% milk or almond milk. i will also, at times, but a few stevia drops in it. yum!

CoffeeNBooze

Well I did not read all the previous replies, but this is my two cents. I am a SERIOUS black coffee drinker, love the stuff. I put Splenda or some kind of artificial sweetener in it and that's it. It's really not bitter and horrible if you buy quality coffee...usually anything in one of the bags and the store (as opposed to the cans, like folgers) are good choices, and trader joes coffee is fantastic. If it's still too bitter to you, it may be a taste you'll acquire over time...and it sounds like you're off to a great start! And if you have to have creamer, which I understand sometimes.... non-dairy powdered creamer is a good choice! Only 10 calories per teaspoon and does the job.

Aprilpooch

I got the sugar free Hazlenut flavored Coffeemate and it is only 15 calories per tablespoon. I have two cups of coffee a day and use about 3-4 tablespoons so that is 60 calories... max!

ahersh00

OMG! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE COFFEE! Glad to be able to help you with this as I feel very guilty about the York Peppermint Patty creamer in my fridge currently because I am a black coffee drinker....always have been due to not wanting the extra calories, but every once in awhile I give myself a treat.... I buy probably one bottle of creamer a year! LOL! Enough about me.... Here's a list of my favorite flavored coffees that you should try...they are so good there is no need for creamer!

Folgers Flavors Chocolate Silk
Folgers Flavors Hazelnut
Folgers Gourmet Selections Vanilla Biscotti
Folgers Gourmet Selections Caramel Drizzle
Seattle's Best Cinnamon flavored coffee
Green Mountain Coffee-Golden French Toast
Gloria Jeans Butter Toffee Coffee

Enjoy!

Misiaxcore

I just started drinking mine black out of no where. Never looked back.

beckylawrence70

what about drinking ur coffee with half cream and sugar amts? That's what I do, hate it black and hate artificial sweetners......

bjsquires

I love coffee without creamer...I usually buy the Hazelnut or Pumpkin flavored coffee. I have to use sweetener..either sugar, sweet-n-low, stevia, etc... I hope one day I can lose the sweetener and just drink the coffee.

Itsallkungfu

Really doesn't sound bad....::

Itsallkungfu

I tried and always....slide back to "as much as I want""!!

TheBakerGirl

Unless you are really hardcore, I think in order to drink coffee black, it absolutely must be great coffee. I stopped drinking drip coffee when I moved to NYC, and it's even easier now that I live in Europe because it basically doesn't exist here. I don't think the brand of coffee matters as much as how it's brewed. What you need is a good quality espresso machine (and I'm not talking those instant, drop a plastic container into a slot ones), and your days of needing to add crap to your coffee will be over.