How do you take your coffee?

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  • Fitnessmom82
    Fitnessmom82 Posts: 376 Member
    Ok, so every morning I usually grab coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts. I used to order it light & sweet until I saw the calorie count. I then ordered it with skim milk and 4 Splenda. Apparently I’m allergic to Splenda or something because every time I drank it, my mouth and tongue would go numb. How does everyone drink their coffee if they order it? Almond milk? Cream? I like a coffee a bit sweet

    Ice coffee with Stevia and a splash of almond milk
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    an0nemus wrote: »
    I like my coffee like I like my women....cold and bitter.

    Well hello there, have we met?
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    Black at home with 4 sweetners
    Skinny latte and 4 sweeteners on the rare occasion I get one from a coffee shop
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    I had eggnog coffee yesterday, today is salted caramel., then white chocolate peppermint, then butter rum. all the festive ones right now. and heck yeah, add the richest creamer you got. and no, I do like any sugar., baileys or irish cream, yum!, bottoms up!
  • mlinci
    mlinci Posts: 402 Member
    Mostly unsweetened, sometimes with a shot of sugar free syrup, or with a sachet of brown sugar.
    If I can I add semi skimmed milk; when ordering a coffee in a cafe I'll ask for milk on the side.

    When I'm visiting the States I suffer and moan because I hate the typical powdered coffee creamer you get in hotels.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Cappucino--dense froth that is creamy, and no sweetner.
  • kristen8000
    kristen8000 Posts: 747 Member
    Black. In a cup. But I started where you are and slowly weened myself off. And now, if I go back to something sweet and creamy, I want to gag.

    I truly believe coffee is to be enjoyed in it's barest form.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    Not often anymore, but tall, black and sweet.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Weird. I get the mouth tingles Stevia, but not from Splenda. I prefer the drops to the powder. And a tiny splash of unsweet vanilla almond milk.

    PS - most the sugar free syrups DO have Sucralose (Splenda) in them.
  • Greater_Gains
    Greater_Gains Posts: 32 Member
    with a dash of milk and no sugar if you making :) ---- Strong black as a pre workout
  • lewisfoyFL
    lewisfoyFL Posts: 5 Member
    I always make my coffee at home. I just add a couple tsps. of sweet creamer and that's all. If I go out for a coffee its on a cheat day and I get a big *kitten* special with all the bells and whistles and topped with cream. I figure if I'm going to treat myself (which is nearly never) I'm going to really enjoy it.
  • TheHawk007
    TheHawk007 Posts: 270 Member
    Fat Free Coffeemate and Stevia.............................sigh :/
  • duskyjewel
    duskyjewel Posts: 286 Member
    I cannot drink black coffee. It tears my stomach up and the one time I did it, I regretted it for days.

    I have a 12 oz mug of coffee every morning. I put 4 tablespoons of flavored coffee mate in then fill the mug. Yes it's 140 calories but I accepted long ago that this is one thing I'm not going to change. I tried the sugar free and fat free versions, and they literally make me ill. I tried stevia and it's awful. So I track it every day and accept that I'm dropping that many calories down a hole. ;)
  • J_NY_Z
    J_NY_Z Posts: 2,540 Member
    I can drink coffee in any incarnation except too much sugar.
  • WhereIsPJSoles
    WhereIsPJSoles Posts: 622 Member
    Irish
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    Hot and often.
  • JeepHair77
    JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
    4 Splendas??? That's a lot of Splenda.

    I like my coffee progressively darker and less sweet. I mix my first cup with 1/4 cup of 2% milk and about half a Splenda, so it's medium creamy and just a touch of sweetness. When the cup is about half empty, or if it starts to get cool, I add more coffee, but I never add more milk or splenda. This may go on for a while. By the time I finally dump it or finish it or leave for work or whatever, my cup is pretty dark and pretty bitter, but it's delicious. If I'm working at home or it's a weekend, I probably brew multiple pots over the course of the morning, and I end up with basically black coffee.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Well, normally black but the boss told me to go buy a bottle of Baileys so I had to make sure it was good.

    It was.
  • dfein001
    dfein001 Posts: 133 Member
    Black- don't water it down!
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Cream and - depending on the size - 2 or 3 Splendas.

    Have you tried with Sweet-n-Low or Equal? They may not have that effect on you like Splenda does.
  • jenna_nicolo
    jenna_nicolo Posts: 62 Member
    A cold brew with a splash of skim milk and a Splenda. The best part of waking up...
  • cqbkaju
    cqbkaju Posts: 1,011 Member
    edited December 2017
    "I like my coffee like I like my women: covered in Bees!" -- Eddie Izzard
  • buffalojoe29
    buffalojoe29 Posts: 2 Member
    Black as hell
  • barbp7
    barbp7 Posts: 22 Member
    12oz whole milk, 2tsp raw sugar, Tbsp of high quality instant. Love it, not worth compromising. But trying to drink it less often or smaller cups since it is over 200 cal.
  • griffinca2
    griffinca2 Posts: 672 Member
    Went cold turkey a long time ago w/the sugar; now only use regular 1/2 & 1/2 (tried, but don't really care for it black). Was using non-dairy creamer and finally decided it wasn't healthy so went to 1/2 & 1/2. Was going to use low-fat version (there isn't any) and checked out the non-fat version---it had added sugar so, decided just to use "real" food and went for the reg. 1/2 & 1/2.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited December 2017
    Sugar and half and half. A teaspoon of sugar is 15 calories and a tablespoon of half and half is 20, so I’m good with that. At work we have little creamer cups so I use that instead of half and half.
  • Mslmesq
    Mslmesq Posts: 1,000 Member
    No sugar. A little milk.

    My husband goes straight black now.

    Sugar in coffee is gross to me know. And the chemicals in coffee creamer gross me out. A little milk is all I want. Or a lot in a latte. Lol.
  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
    Used to drink mine black. I’m on a temporary hiatus from coffee after a near/slight overdose a few weeks ago. The terrible withdrawals afterward were enough to keep me off of caffeine so far.
    Mslmesq wrote: »
    Sugar in coffee is gross to me know. And the chemicals in coffee creamer gross me out. A little milk is all I want. Or a lot in a latte. Lol.

    But the chemicals in the coffee itself don’t?

  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,281 Member
    Normally with 2TBS half and half, but lately there's extra cream in the fridge. I don't need as much, but mercy, is it good!!!
  • TylerJessilynn
    TylerJessilynn Posts: 13 Member
    Light Roast Coffee from a K-Cup, Unsweetened Almond milk, then I add some stevia drops, in all is like 15 calories for a rather large cup.