I dropped the dairy, use a teaspoon of coconut oil in black coffee.

A little coconut oil, a little almond milk, a little agave. YUM!!

Over time, I have learned to like my coffee black. I can even enjoy an Americano black now. I agree with hmoberly. Real sugar and real products are... Real. While I am new to the clean eating thing, I thought that part of the point was to keep it real. So, yeah. Not a lot of sugar, salt, dairy, However when I have it, I have it real.

There is a great coconut creamer. It has fat, but it is healthy fat.

Almond milk is great but I'd stick with cream if I were you. Not all fat is bad and depriving yourself of something you love just makes it a grind. And I agree with JEnDetermined - keep it real....

As for sugar, I've switched to xylitol which is a completely natural sugar alternative without any nasties in it - and it tastes just like sugar!

I quit coffee 8 months ago, switched to green tea with lemon! Delicious!!!!:happy:

One of my exceptions for my "no dairy" rule (other than very small amounts of real butter) is 2 tablespoons of real cream in a mug of coffee in the morning. I'm the same as someone else said, I've tried alternatives but nothing else tastes good to me.

Here's what I do, I keep a measuring spoon that is 1 tablespoon size beside my coffee set up specifically to measure the cream.

I make sure not to brew my coffee too strong so that the 2 tablespoons of cream gets it creamy enough to make me happy. When I'm out at hotels and such I sometimes have to dilute their coffee half with water if it's really strong so that the 2 tablespoons of cream work well enough. That's a little less than 3 of those little plastic creamer containers they put out.. I measured lol. When I'm traveling I splurge and just use the 3 little plaster container's worth.

At home I use Luzziane coffee with chicory as it seems milder on my system to me than regular coffee, but it also seems to be stronger in flavor in the sense that it takes me less of it to brew a cup that tastes strong enough. So it saves me money at the grocery store because I go through it slower than I do 8 o clock brand which I also like.

I brew my coffee using one of those reusable Melitta filter gizmos with a #2 filter and use a mug that holds a cup and a half. So my coffee never gets cooked.. just brewed straight into the cup. I use 1 and a half teaspoons of the coffee grinds per 1 and a half cups water and the 2 tablespoons cream.

Comes out perfect to my taste buds and fits into my plan. I just limit it to the one cup usually, 2 at most.. if I only have the one cup of coffee then after breakfast have a black tea.. and cut off my caffeine consumption for the day at that point. 2 cups of caffeine beverage a day is my general rule.

I'm on team black coffee. It was an acquired taste at first, but learning to love black coffee is one of the best things I've done for my health. When you love black coffee you get your boost, with all the health benefits, sans calories. Give black coffee a chance!

Don't have coffee often, but when I do I use it as an opportunity to have a glass of milk. I have 8 ounces of milk, 1/2 cup of water and 1/4 cup of my cold brew concentrate. Then I'll add 1/2 tsp of honey. Hits the spot. Tastes like a latte to me.

Occasionally half-and-half, occasionally (I hate to even admit this -- please forgive me) non-fat non-dairy creamer, but most often I just drink it black.





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So my views are largely controversial to society but here we go...

I wouldn't be concerned at all. When looking at clean eating, I wouldn't go free/reduced fat unless that's just how a product naturally comes. Places tend to replace the fat with "other" stuff which is probably NOT real. Then your body has a harder time breaking it down.

I look at dairy like beef, eaten in moderation, but anything you eat in excess is not going to be good for you, clean or not. Just keep a balance but I also believe keep it REAL if at all possible.

i so agree with this

I use So Delicious Coconut Creamer - it is pretty good. Gave up the organic half and half for the same reason, also need to try and eat as clean as possible.
http://www.sodeliciousdairyfree.com/products/coconut-milk-creamers

Ok, you'll all think I'm nuts, but I like my coffee with a tablespoon of grassfed butter, a teaspoon of coconut oil and a raw free range egg. I put it all in the blender and spin for a minute. It's even better with ice to make iced coffee!

I used to just dump internation delights creamers into mny coffee. Then I realized the serving size is just 1 tbsp lol oops. So now I'm down to just 1 tbsp. It's just enough to make the coffee palitable for me. Rather dislike black coffee :-/

I don't like the results I get when i have so much fat in my diet- coffee is my FAVORITE and I have several cups a day so I go for really low fat vegan and organic options. It's up to you in the end what you do best with, definitely go for a week or two with a low fat non-dairy creamer and just see how your body responds :smooched:

I used to rely on tons of sugary fatty creamer for my coffee, but for the past two years I've been using an organic unsweetened soymilk or almond milk (both HIGH protein LOW fat) and organic Stevia to sweeten it - I've never looked back and now my coffee habit is a good thing rather than a source of guilt and weight gain :P