Black Coffee to get you going 😜

First cup downed but I just cannot drink mine black. Wish I could, it's another 100 calories a day I could use somewhere else.

Have a great day @sugey2002!

Don't love it black. Love it this way:



That's skim (nonfat) milk, frothed with a hand frother. Each big mug is 61 calories, has 6.2g protein, 19.5% of daily calcium, 389mg potassium, 6.5% vitamin D, 2.6% vitamin C. I usually drink 2.

For me, 122 calories for 12.4g protein, over 20% of the day's potassium needs, and the luxury of the froth: Totally worth the calories, to me. (No sweetener: I don't like sweet hot coffee.) YMMV.

I usually drink my coffee black, but just started a new job and their coffee is decidedly average. Might have to bring in a store of my own... (I note that I still have 2 cups, because I neeeeed coffee...)

Nope. 2% milk and splenda. My husband calls it "polluted" and I couldn't care less.

ReenieHJ wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Don't love it black. Love it this way:



That's skim (nonfat) milk, frothed with a hand frother. Each big mug is 61 calories, has 6.2g protein, 19.5% of daily calcium, 389mg potassium, 6.5% vitamin D, 2.6% vitamin C. I usually drink 2.

For me, 122 calories for 12.4g protein, over 20% of the day's potassium needs, and the luxury of the froth: Totally worth the calories, to me. (No sweetener: I don't like sweet hot coffee.) YMMV.

Ok, now you've got me checking into hand frothers. I love that idea and think I could do away with my morning sugar. Any recommendations?

I use the Ninja brand hand frother. @springlering62 turned me onto it in a post here.

And how much milk do you add to your coffee?

To the frother's "max fill" line. It's just about 5.5 fluid ounces. The mug's pretty big, so there's a reasonable amount of coffee.

Does the froth wither away quickly or stay through the entire drink?

If you microwave, froth, then microwave again to set the foam, it's pretty persistent. Once in a rare while, it mysteriously melts more quickly. 🤷‍♀️

Hmmm, those are probably stupid questions but as you can tell I'm quite froth illiterate.

Nope, not stupid at all. 🙂

I've hopped onto that protein coffee craze and drink my second cup of the day with unflavored collagen peptides and benefiber. First cup of the day is black. I think the 85 calories worth of protein and fiber are definitely worth making me feel satiated and awake until lunch. I factor it in as part of my breakfast calories, which are usually shy of 600. Call me weird, but I like the silky texture the collagen gives it, and it still tastes like normal black coffee, which I prefer over cream/milk/sugar.

claireychn074 wrote: »

Can’t, coffee gives me dreadful reflux. Except - I’m experimenting with iced skinny lattes and I might just be able to manage that, as I think the large amount of milk helps. Yet I can’t stand hot lattes, I hate milky coffee usually!

If you like flavorings in your coffee, you might like Teeccino, an acid-free herbal coffee substitute.

These days I'm making iced coffee with half naturally flavored coffee, half Teeccino, 8 g sugar, and 3 oz milk, specifically:

• Starbucks Mint Mocha plus Teeccino Raspberry Mocha
• Starbucks or Target hazelnut ground coffee plus Teeccino Almond Amaretto

Some Teeccino flavors I adore; others I find meh, so I highly recommend their sample packs:

https://teeccino.com/collections/samplers

@ReenieHJ
If you can do black or just frothed coffee for a week or two and then try coffee with added sugar, you will find the sugar coffee disgusting. Just MHO. (I used to drink coffee with 2 packs of sweetener at one time.)

kenziestabes wrote: »

I've hopped onto that protein coffee craze and drink my second cup of the day with unflavored collagen peptides and benefiber. First cup of the day is black. I think the 85 calories worth of protein and fiber are definitely worth making me feel satiated and awake until lunch. I factor it in as part of my breakfast calories, which are usually shy of 600. Call me weird, but I like the silky texture the collagen gives it, and it still tastes like normal black coffee, which I prefer over cream/milk/sugar.

🤔 hmmm, I’ve enjoyed my 30 oz of black (20 oz caff, 10 oz decaf) since the age of 12 but now I’m considering the protein thing….I can definitely spare the calories. What brand of collagen do you use? (I’m in the US)

fatty2begone wrote: »

@ReenieHJ
If you can do black or just frothed coffee for a week or two and then try coffee with added sugar, you will find the sugar coffee disgusting. Just MHO. (I used to drink coffee with 2 packs of sweetener at one time.)

True. I’ve been in Europe for a couple weeks, and coffees here are sweetened with sugar, so I’ve been passing. This morning I found my kaffee mit milch very enjoyable without sweetener, so I guess I’m over the hump.

I’m happy about that. I was starting to feel like I was drowning my day in artificial sweeteners, so I’m glad to be rid of one or two.