Calling all Coffee drinkers!

Kokalol
Kokalol Posts: 42 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
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So any neat ways you drink your coffee to keep it somewhat healthy!
I use coconut oil in place of creamer and in a blender to make it frothy! I also cut back to 2-3 8oz here and there, and switched to tea! But i still love my coffee! Its the one treat i want to keep in my meal plan!
Any other ideas to make it yummy!
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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    edited October 2017
    I often drink my coffee with stevia, frothed milk, and sugar free hot chocolate mix sprinkled on top.

    Alternatively I whizz it up with coconut butter (tastier than coconut oil, imo), stevia and hydrolyzed collagen powder.

    If I'm out, I order a skinny cappuccino made with 3/4 hot water...

    I don't consider coffee healthy or unhealthy... It's just a drink.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    I used to use sugar-free Coffeemate creamer then got sick of that, then used regular Caramel Macchiato Coffeemate creamer but used way too much, then scaled back but even then most cups of coffee came in just under 60 calories a cup and I like coffee and was sick of wasting calories on creamer, so I switched to using 2oz (1/4 cup) Fat-Free milk, 1 packet of Splenda and sometimes use Torani sugar-free coffee syrups (Vanilla or Caramel) and also I've been using just flavored coffee's and flavored k-cups which helps with taste (for me). I liked Emeril's Big Easy Bold k-cup but something about the bold coffee and I think Splenda made it taste bitter so it has to be mild light roast or flavored coffees. Each cup is less than 30 calories now. Is it my fav. way to drink coffee? Not really, but sacrifices I shall make!
  • aganey
    aganey Posts: 501 Member
    I drink my one cup of coffee each morning to eliminate caffeine headaches and because I LOVE coffee. I just put my dark roast kcup in my keurig and I put one teaspoon of sugar and two tablespoons of coffeemate Italian sweet cream creamer. I’ve been drinking it this way for years and have never gotten tired of the taste. It’s not that many calories and I tend to usually keep my breakfast pretty low cal anyways so it works out for me. Some things I will sacrifice, but not real sugar and that creamer in my coffee. It sets my mood for the whole day and if it tastes off then it’s ruined. That’s why I stick to those measurements and ingredients. It’s perfect every time!
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    I add whey isolate and chocolate milk to mine for a great preworkout protein shake.
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    Black, good quality whole coffee beans, ground with a burr grinder, and brewed with a French Press. Tons of tutorials on YouTube. I like mine iced with one Splenda.
  • BeccaLoves2lift
    BeccaLoves2lift Posts: 375 Member
    Kokalol wrote: »
    :)
    So any neat ways you drink your coffee to keep it somewhat healthy!
    I use coconut oil in place of creamer and in a blender to make it frothy! I also cut back to 2-3 8oz here and there, and switched to tea! But i still love my coffee! Its the one treat i want to keep in my meal plan!
    Any other ideas to make it yummy!

    I like plain black coffee.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    Unsweetened, black; or an unsweetened non-fat latte (if I can drink a glass of milk or pour it on my cereal, I can have it in my coffee).
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    Black coffee - hot in the AM - iced later in the day at work - Eastcoast Jim
  • Kokalol
    Kokalol Posts: 42 Member
    Thanks everyone for inputs, lots of dif ways to try it! Love it
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    MotherOfSharpei wrote: »
    I add whey isolate and chocolate milk to mine for a great preworkout protein shake.

    This sounds good - Eastcoast Jim
  • Lean59man
    Lean59man Posts: 714 Member
    I drink it black while fasting and use powdered creamer otherwise.

    When you drink coffee black you really notice if the coffee is good or not.

  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    Lean59man wrote: »
    I drink it black while fasting and use powdered creamer otherwise.

    When you drink coffee black you really notice if the coffee is good or not.

    ?? I gotta say, the vileness that is powdered creamer is what taught me to drink it black in the first place, back when my preference was a splash of liquid whole milk or half-and-half. Powdered creamer leaves that oily film on top, it's sweeter than plain milk, it clumps, and it doesn't cool the coffee down, which was the main point of adding milk or half-and-half.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i drink my coffee with the same liquid creamer ive used for years. ill use sugar and milk if i have to.

    of all the things i worry about, my coffee creamer isn't one of them. i log it and continue with my day.
  • SarahSloth342634
    SarahSloth342634 Posts: 90 Member
    Try different flavoured coffee. Have a look about, there are so many options. One of my favourites is Douwe Egberts "the flavour collective" plus I have a coffee machine where you put little capsules in it.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    I call my favorite coffee Denzel Washington Coffee. Hot & Black
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    I used to drink mine with sugar and half and half. Then I cut out the sugar and after a week or so, I found I didn't miss it. Now instead of half and half, I add a splash of skim milk. When I'm in the office, I drink it black just because I don't keep stuff in the fridge and I rarely drink it in the office.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I think it's delicious black. I do try to not overdo it, due to caffeine.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Lean59man wrote: »
    I drink it black while fasting and use powdered creamer otherwise.

    When you drink coffee black you really notice if the coffee is good or not.

    ?? I gotta say, the vileness that is powdered creamer is what taught me to drink it black in the first place, back when my preference was a splash of liquid whole milk or half-and-half. Powdered creamer leaves that oily film on top, it's sweeter than plain milk, it clumps, and it doesn't cool the coffee down, which was the main point of adding milk or half-and-half.

    This is pretty similar to me. I drank it about half milk in school, and then in my first serious job I realized I was often going to meetings where the only "dairy" option was powdered creamer, and I decided to learn to like it black.

    I also had this weird idea that real adults drank it black, but not being in the first half of my 20s anymore (or anywhere close, sigh) I'm over that!
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    ^^ Those were the same reasons I started drinking it black - powdered creamer everywhere! Ick!
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    With half and half cream, and stevia or monkfruit to sweeten. Occasionally I'll have a flat white or cappuccino at a coffee house, also sweetened with stevia or monkfruit. That's how I like it and after nearly 50 years of drinking it that way, I have no desire to force myself to like it black.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Whole milk latte, no sweetener.
  • dwilliamca
    dwilliamca Posts: 325 Member
    Usually I drink it black but for a treat I'll add cashew milk, stevia, vanilla, cinnamon, Hershey's chocolate, and a squirt of whipped cream.
  • egorock413
    egorock413 Posts: 4 Member
    MCT oil and cacao powder, you get the health benefits form the cacao and it gives the coffee a chocolate taste
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Kokalol wrote: »
    :)
    So any neat ways you drink your coffee to keep it somewhat healthy!
    I use coconut oil in place of creamer and in a blender to make it frothy! I also cut back to 2-3 8oz here and there, and switched to tea! But i still love my coffee! Its the one treat i want to keep in my meal plan!
    Any other ideas to make it yummy!

    Just curious how coconut oil is "healthier" than creamer?

    IDK...we buy high quality coffee beans and grind fresh daily and drink it black...good coffee really doesn't need anything IMO. If my wife happens to get a dark roast I usually cut it with a little milk as I prefer a medium roast...preferably Colombian bean.
  • pandsmomCheryl
    pandsmomCheryl Posts: 168 Member
    I never really put sugar in my coffee, but always used milk or half and half. It took me FOREVER to cut back until I was drinking black coffee, but now I love it. I agree with the poster above who says if you drink your coffee black you can really tell if it's a good cup or not.
  • debtay123
    debtay123 Posts: 1,327 Member
    I love coffee- it is my favorite drink- I use different flavor K cups- and enjoy with 1 tbs of half and half or with almond milk and stevia or sweetner of choice each morning.
  • jayjay12345654321
    jayjay12345654321 Posts: 653 Member
    MotherOfSharpei wrote: »
    I add whey isolate and chocolate milk to mine for a great preworkout protein shake.

    Same here. I use vanilla protein powder instead of cream & sugar.
  • catic15
    catic15 Posts: 5 Member
    One of the things I love about the ketogenic diet is being able to use real cream in my coffee without guilt, and I usually froth it in a blender along with a tablespoon each of good-quality butter and coconut oil. Stevia is my sweetener of choice, and if I'm really getting fancy I may add a tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder or a little vanilla extract.
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