Coffee

LunaDarkside

I am trying not to drink my "Jenn Coffee" with a ton of cream & sugar. (It's just that when a coffee is bad/poor, the cream & sugar are all that make it bearable.) I bought some Bolivian beans from Trader Joes...supposed to be mellower, less acidic. I'm drinking black coffee, as of today. So...here's the difference: 16oz of my "Jenn Coffee"=386 calories. Once in a while, I'd swing by Starbucks for a venti (20oz) Cinamon Dolce Latte...450 calories! Fresh brewed BLACK coffee (20oz)...drum roll, please...FIVE CALORIES (0 carbs, 0 fat). Yes! That much of a difference!

If you're like I am and dislike the bitterness of coffees, but like/want/need your morning coffee...try finding a coffee with a mellower taste and try it black. If it's a bad coffee (e.g. the sludge one generally finds in the typical office breakroom) you likely won't commit to black java (I've tried and within an hour I was dumping cream & sugar in it like crazy).

Good Morning!

linz1125

I totally agree! I used to add soooo much sugar to my coffee. Then the hubs introduced me to creamer. I slowly cut everything back and I can now drink it black...as long as its good! I went and got a French Press so I could make good coffee at work...it helps like you would not believe!

LunaDarkside

I went and got a French Press so I could make good coffee at work...it helps like you would not believe!

Ooooh! I hadn't thought about bringing the French Press to work! That's what I use, too. Hmm... Thanks for the idea!

iAMsmiling

You might try cold brewed coffee.
It's lower in acid and bitterness.

http://toddycafe.com/

Shock_Wave

I totally agree! I used to add soooo much sugar to my coffee. Then the hubs introduced me to creamer.

Do you live in Utah or someplace like that? How many hubs do you have that introduce you to creamer...? lol

lizziebeth1028

I love my coffee!!!!! I take mine with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar and 3 tsp of coffeemate powdered creamer for a total of about 40 calories. Since I only drink 1 or 2 cups a day it fits into my daily goal :drinker:

Melampus

French press? Is that what we know here as a cafetiere, a glass jar into which you put ground coffee and hot water with a filter on a stalk which you then push down into the beaker so it pushes the grounds to the bottom leaving you to pour off the liquor?

LunaDarkside

Indeed! A cafetiere? I haven't heard that, but like it! I've only heard of it called a French Press.

cpaman87

I love black, dark roast coffee. For me it is the only way to go.