Coffee addiction

another way to cut back is to change the size. anything smaller than large-perhaps go with a regular
Then switch to single cream single sugar
Then switch milk to cream to milk
then switch

SwankyTomato wrote: »

segacs wrote: »

Treat yourself to better coffee and you won't feel the need to mask the taste with so much cream and sugar.

Do tell what brands are "better". That would be helpful.

I need my morning cup of coffee and have not found anything worth a darn. Thanks!

Buy a coffee maker or french press and some good quality beans from the supermarket or coffee roaster. There are so many different brands that are good -- it comes down to personal preference -- a few local ones I like are Kicking Horse or Cafe Mystique, both available at my local Provigo, or Toi Moi & Cafe, La Vieille Europe, or Quatre Vents at Jean-Talon Market here in Montreal. Not sure where in Canada you're based, but try to find a local coffee shop that roasts beans on site for the best flavour. Buy a grinder and grind the beans yourself -- you can find a good one on Amazon for under $20. The machine and grinder will pay for themselves in the space of a few months, since you won't have to turn over a buck fifty every morning to Timmy's.

Or, if you have an office job, petition your office for some decent coffee.

Buy a coffee maker or french press and some good quality beans from the supermarket or coffee roaster. There are so many different brands that are good -- it comes down to personal preference -- a few local ones I like are Kicking Horse or Cafe Mystique, both available at my local Provigo, or Toi Moi & Cafe, La Vieille Europe, or Quatre Vents at Jean-Talon Market here in Montreal. Not sure where in Canada you're based, but try to find a local coffee shop that roasts beans on site for the best flavour. Buy a grinder and grind the beans yourself -- you can find a good one on Amazon for under $20. The machine and grinder will pay for themselves in the space of a few months, since you won't have to turn over a buck fifty every morning to Timmy's.

Or, if you have an office job, petition your office for some decent coffee.

+1 for Kicking Horse. Three Sisters, Grizzly Claw, Sumatra & Kick *kitten* are all my favourites of theirs. It is local to BC though, not Quebec.

Oh, and I forgot to mention 49th Parallel, also BC-based. I love their Epic Espresso.

I gradually weaned myself from Starbucks-type mochas to coffee with a tiny splash of soy milk and a little Splenda. I pre-portion my milk for the day, and when it is gone, I am done. You can change your tastes, it just takes time and willingness.

Coffee alone is not a bad thing. I do what another poster suggested above--I grind my own beans and use a French press. Simple but good. I love Stumptown beans--infinitely better than any other coffee that I have tasted outside of stuff bought directly from Latin American coffee farms. If you are looking for cheap beans, the whole bean coffees at Target aren't bad. I like Cafe Mosaica and Madres de Nicaragua.

You could make it into a ritual. This is what I did when my children were small, and still set aside "coffee time". I grind the beans, I boil the water, I do a pour over (like french press). Then, this whole ritual is even better than sugar. I still use cream in my coffee, but it's delicious coffee and I can afford the calories for two tablespoons of half and half in two cups of good coffee. I just don't drink crap coffee anymore unless I'm desperate.

I have a large coffee with 2.5 Tbs of cream and 4 teaspoons of sugar every morning. I cannot function without it. It is actually the first thing I log every morning and the rest gets fit in around it I'm a firm believer in eating/drinking anything you want as long as it fits in your calories. I lost 30lbs in 2013 eating ice cream, pizza, etc and drinking coffee, soda.

I personally love the coffeemate creamers. I used to love starbucks, but after a rxn (allergic) to a cup of coffee I had to give it up. I love the different flavors the creamers come in.

BinkyBonk wrote: »

Double doubles are BRUTAL for calories. It's 18% creamo! Try weaning yourself down to singles, then maybe just milk. Although TH coffee is crap without the cream at least you're not addicted to the Gretzky (nine and nine).

For our American friends, double doubles are a Canadian staple from Tim Hortons coffee (double cream, double sugar). The cream is 18% milkfat and slightly sweetened. So darn yummy

That! I loved double doubles until, one day, I checked their nutritional break sown on TH's website. I haven't touched one since. I've found that I get an equal amount of enjoyment from a coffee made in my AeroPress at home with a fraction of the cream and sugar.

Coffee or Death just saying Kx

RllyGudTweetr wrote: »

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Good beans available here

Any bean from them is likely to exceed whatever you find

with:

Aeropress

For a brewing method most find vastly more flavorful than a Mister Coffee or similar.

Thank you so much. Here in the midwest of nowhere my choices are limited.