what do you sweeten your tea and coffee with?

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  • ndblades
    ndblades Posts: 233 Member
    Lemon for my tea -- doesn't sweeten it, but takes away a bit of the bitterness. I also will mix a bag of natural raspberry tea and a bag of green tea - adds a bit of flavor - -and try Mint tea - very refreshing!

    Coffeemate of other brand sugar free creamers -- 1 tbls won't hurt anything.
  • domgirl85
    domgirl85 Posts: 295 Member
    I drink tea but I don't sweeten it. I used to and it got out of hand. I was up to FOUR packs a few months ago. A friend suggested I drop by one pack a week until a hit zero. It made the process painless and I'm leaving a lot of teas taste better without sweetener. With that said, it needs to be a quality tea brand. Lipton teas are not good alone (they're free at work so i drink it when I'm out of green tea). Bigalows, Republic of Tea, and a few others are great without sweetner!

    However, I love sweet coffee so I just try to stay away from it for the most part. I could drown myself in a nice caramel machiato (sp?) and die happy :)
  • Dovekat
    Dovekat Posts: 263 Member
    Normally I don't add any sweetner but if I fancy it sweet then I add honey and only then to my coffee (1/2 to 1 tsp in a mug) not sure how it would work with tea as sweet tea never tastes right to me lol :)
  • lilyxD
    lilyxD Posts: 33
    I LOVE truvia in my tea! 2 packets(:

    Its just like stivia, but i think it tastes better! xx
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i still use sugar, although less of it.
    for coffee, the flavored creamers are good. most tisane teas i buy dont need sweetening, but most of the black and green teas i buy do need it (especially the chais and the earl greys). i'd use other stuff but it tastes weird to me

    stoic motivation: I like the bitter taste of losing fat

    :laugh:
  • TheNewDodge
    TheNewDodge Posts: 607 Member
    Splenda
  • SaraBelle0312
    SaraBelle0312 Posts: 328 Member
    I like sugar. I need sugar & coffee & creamer. I am a terrible person to live with without it. I will fully admit I am addicted, and PROUD.

    To perform as a good citizen in society, I need the white bad sugar in my coffee.

    Plain & simple

    :)
  • 416runner
    416runner Posts: 159
    In my coffee, a little bit of pure maple syrup when I'm home (the good stuff, not table syrup), a bit of sugar when I'm out. In my tea, a tiny bit of honey.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    Nothing anymore, just milk... You can get used to not having a sweetener, the milk takes the edge off the bitterness
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    Coffee: Nothing. But I must have skim or 1% milk in it.

    Tea: Two teaspoons of sugar, but I prefer to have a tea I can drink black, such as Harney & Son's Hot Cinnamon Spice tea, which is naturally sweetened by cloves and cinnamon and has no calories.
  • misao1994
    misao1994 Posts: 78
    I use honey for tea and for my coffees I'll usually use stevia like you(: but I heard a lot of people like agave as a sweetner and I know in a lot of local cafes they use agave a lot to sweeten drinks when requested.
  • Rockmyskinnyjeans
    Rockmyskinnyjeans Posts: 431 Member
    I only use creamer in my coffee. In my tea, I use Stevia in the Raw.
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    My finger! haha...

    Just kidding - if I use anything, I use organic stevia
  • Skeels
    Skeels Posts: 929 Member
    Vanilla almond milk............





    or one of the awesome ladies from MFP
  • manaism
    manaism Posts: 4
    I do miss my coffee-3-creams-three-sugars (sigh), but I don't miss the way it made me feel. Now I drink my coffee black, sweetened with either honey or agave. Same for hot tea. I really like stevia in ice tea because it dissolves quickly and distributes evenly.
  • soymilkcoffee
    soymilkcoffee Posts: 171
    I sweeten my coffee with soy milk, of course. :)
    And maybe agave.
  • beyond_beauty87
    beyond_beauty87 Posts: 48 Member
    i use lemon or honey
  • jessicakitten
    jessicakitten Posts: 1
    Truvia in my Tazo Passionfruit iced tea :) I don't like the way Stevia seems to have an aftertaste.
  • leonalynn
    leonalynn Posts: 8
    Coffee Mate, various flavors. It's worth the calories to me.
  • LindaCWy
    LindaCWy Posts: 463 Member
    Nothing anymore, just milk... You can get used to not having a sweetener, the milk takes the edge off the bitterness

    I go black... puts hair on your chest.... wait...
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    none. why ruin a good cup
  • MuffRuff
    MuffRuff Posts: 238 Member
    Honestly, I just use sugar or sometimes Silk vanilla almond milk.
  • leonalynn
    leonalynn Posts: 8
    Coffee Mate, various flavors. It's worth the calories to me.

    Totally agree!
  • TinaDay1114
    TinaDay1114 Posts: 1,328 Member
    try sugar in the raw. it hardly taste any dif

    I love Sugar in the Raw -- still has calories, but much better taste, and less processed.
    Honey is great too!

    I've also tried a natural sugar from the natural food section that's supposed to be pure cane, and it's lovely. But it's also $7 for a small bag...

    I don't like Stevia, or Splenda too much...I guess I don't really believe that they're as "close to nature" as they claim.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member

    I go black...

    And I bet you'll never go back
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    sugar free coffee mate vanilla creamer, And I prefer tea with just lemon,and no sweetener.
  • jknoell
    jknoell Posts: 254 Member
    I'm a big fan of Truvia.
  • TXPaul
    TXPaul Posts: 74 Member
    Honey in my warm tea.
    Coffe - black.
    Iced tea - unsweet.
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
    I make iced tea and add 1-2 cut up strawberries
  • ilovekc
    ilovekc Posts: 46 Member
    SPLENDA

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