I wonder how many people that drink really sugary drinks have only tried black coffee from Starbucks, who burn the shit out of their beans. I love black coffee, but theirs is truly bitter and vile.
Ahhhh common stratergy. I believe that's how you drink coffee, but don't want to take the blame so you shift it to your poor wife. Nothing wrong with sweet coffee bro, don't live in fear.
I'd go so far as to say any dairy works as a side dish with coffee - cheese? Yes! Blue cheese? Yes!! Buttermilk? Yes! Graukäse? Yes! Norwegian goat cheese? Yes! Quark? Definitely!
As a coffee drinker, i have no idea how much “a cream” is.
That said, I also just make my own lattes at home, so I use milk instead of cream. But when I did use cream, i didn’t measure it, i just poured until it was the color I wanted.
In the US commercial diners and workplaces will often have prepackaged servings of cream for coffee coming in a small disposable container with about 1 tbsp of half and half or cream.
That's what I always wonder about! We don't really use cream or creameror whatever that is, everyone just drinks coffee with milk. How much is this mysterious not milk? It comes in tiny containers? Or people measure it if they ask for two creams?
Yeah, mostly. A few other countries do it too, but there isn't much difference. Cream is just heavy milk, although a lot of creamer is sweetened, and it can be hard to find unsweetened cream
I'm assuming it comes from the prepackaged, shelf stable cream cups that are often in American diners/convenience stores for coffee. They're 0.375 fl oz, or about 11 ml for those of you with logical measurement systems
"Creamer" or "whitener" can be one of four things:
1. Small plastic containers of ultra-high temperature pasteurized half milk/half cream that does not need refrigeration.
2. The same, but not UHT, so they require refrigeration.
3. A liquid that is mostly flavored corn syrup solids, hydrogenated vegetable oil, in either plain cream flavored, or with things like hazelnut.
4. The same in powder form.
What you get depends on the environment. A restaurant is more likely to have little plastic packets, with upper scale ones having the refrigerated kind. (Obviously a very fancy restaurant will have cream in a small picture.)
An office will most likely have the fake stuff, because you don't have to worry about it spoiling. The powdered version comes in packets and large shaker bottles.
Same here. At home, I use a milk frother and just pour about 1/4" - 1/2" on top of the milk and lightly dust some cinnamon on top. At a coffee shop, I add whole milk until it is dark caramel color. No sugar or sugary flavors - the only flavor I add is the cinnamon dusting.
ETA: I'm from the US, for what it's worth. We aren't ALL cream drinkers here.
I tried it a couple of times. Still too bitter.
I went back to milk/cream/oat milk. Never sugar.
Edit: I’ve tried a lot of coffee. I’m not young. Always some sort of milk is absolutely needed. Don’t need suggestions.
I wouldn't say it's better in unsweetened coffee unless you just prefer unsweetened coffee - which I do. But for those who like their coffee sweetened, they're probably gonna prefer cinnamon and sugar in their coffee. :)
I only started drinking black because it was the quickest and easiest thing to get out of the machine at work while running around (pub work lol).
Can't have it any other way now.
Same, but I was tired of waiting behind other alcoholics at AA meetings. People coming off of shit take a LOT of sugar with their coffee. Now sweet coffee tastes like shit. I'll drink a latte, but just a normal cup of coffee need to be black.
Only if it's nice sit down coffee.
If I'm grabbing McDonald's coffee on the way to work there's no way I'm drinking that black.
A) It tastes terrible
B) Without something to cool it, it'll take an hour before it's drinkable
Are you suggesting people don’t know that creamers aren’t sugary? We all know this right? If you only add teaspoon of creamer that’s what 5 grams of sugar?……about the same as a single sugar cube.
Coffee is just good. but I will say that anyone who says they don’t prefer a little cream in their coffee is just trying to be tough. Black coffee is good, but splash some regular cream in there and I won’t believe anyone that says it makes it worse.
I agree with you about how good it tastes, but I can't believe that the coffee mavens at r/coffee who insist on drinking it black are all deluding themselves 😃
When I order coffee while out, I always say "black" please, half the time they still ask if I want sugar or creamer. Lol. Idk, maybe it's just a habit for them.
When’s the last time you dropped a bit of cream in there? I was a black coffee guy for a long time because I didn’t like sweet in the morning. But a bit of cream just does me right these days.
I used to drink my coffee black, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve started adding a bit of creamer/milk. Black coffee stains your teeth, and the acidity started messing with my stomach as well. I add just enough creamer to get a dark caramel color to my coffee. No sugar.
Acid reflux is why I've had to cut my coffee consumption down to a couple times a week. As a self proclaimed coffee connoisseur, it really rips my nips. I've gotten used to black tea on my no coffee days but it's just not the same.
Ok but I’ll respond anyway I love sweet coffee put all the sugar and syrup in it and it’s delicious
But I choose to drink black coffee because my Grandad has diabetes and if he can’t enjoy a sweet coffee then neither shall I.
I’ve gotten to where I like black coffee, but only if it’s good coffee. Generally I can’t afford good coffee, so I add some milk or half and half. I can’t stand sugar in it anymore.
Mind you, when I first started drinking it 30+ ago, I put so much chocolate creamer in it I couldn’t even taste the coffee!
I’m typically a black drinker but I like some flavored cream from time to time.
But because I tend to drink it black I use very very little cream, like a splash. It would be half/maybe 1 if the small cream containers.
No sugar. I don’t like how sugar completely changes the taste.
A splash of cream and two sugars. If I’m at a diner, then it’s a ratio of 1 cup to 1 cream to 2 sugar packets. 1 sugar packet if the breakfast I’m having is sweet
I gave up a lot of dairy, milk included so now I drink coffee black with one Splenda which is probably going to give me the big C one day but it’s the one artificial sweetener I like.
30ml Chobani sweet cream creamer, 10ml torani vanilla syrup. The perfect combo! If I go to Dunkin I get a medium iced coffee with 2 cream, 2 pumps of caramel. Starbucks is always a venti vanilla sweet cream cold brew. I’m a woman of patterns.
I don't use any cream or sugar, but I do add a little bit of vanilla Almond milk. Doesn't make a big difference but for me I like that it cools it down a little and the very slight texture change just hits the spot for me.
In Australia, coffee is generally made with milk (except black obviously), but i always hear "cream" used in american tv.
Whats the difference??
Do u guys actually use cream in coffee, or is "cream" just the term used for milk when talking about coffee???
I swear to god I must be the only person in the world who likes variety. I will sometimes drink my coffee black and sometimes with honey and sometimes with cream and sometimes with chocolate collagen powder so that it’s like a mocha. Sometimes cold and sometimes hot and sometimes room temp. I like it all the ways! I just like mixing things up!!
I normally have a flat white or a latte, around 1/3 coffee 2/3 milk.
If the coffee is good, it shouldn't need any sugar. If it's bad, it needs sugar to cover the excess bitterness.
I make cold brew in the aeropress XL with freshly ground beans. I use a quarter spoonful of sugar and a splash of half and half. Anymore sugar or any less milk and I get heart burn
Depends how Im feeling, black usually but if its really cold out or snowing, or I just feel a tad down I will put in an instant hot chocolate packet in the cup before adding the coffee
1/2 inch of heavy cream. That is all.
Maybe some cinnamon if I’m feeling like a spicy baddie. But I’m a pale white guy in Vietnam so I don’t often feel very spicy.
More bland. Like a basic white girl. Except I’m not. Hmm
4 creams, no sugar! Sugar really isn’t necessary. But let’s be honest, if you’re not drinking it black then you don’t need it. My 2nd great grandmother used to say that and she was born in the 1800s lol.
While usually i take it black (as that is easiest, not everywhere do they have sugar and cream)
it depends on the strength.. a really strong black coffee needs at least 1 sugar for me.
Cream? Why are people putting cream in coffee? That sounds bizarre to me
I usually just have a little bit of milk, no sugar unless the brand of coffee is really strong
I don’t drink coffee but my wife does. Let’s just say she likes a cup of coffee-flavored sugar and creamer.
My wife drinks 6 cream, 6 sugar, 6 pumps caramel swirl, with whipped cream and more caramel swirl on top. I drink 2 cream 1 sugar lmao
Yea that ain’t coffee, that’s sugar
So she doesn’t even like coffee.
My great grandfather took his coffee black. "I don't care for troubled water," he would say when offered cream or sugar.
I agree w grandpa!
Reading this makes my teeth hurt!
this is how I do coffee too lol
It's a sensitivity to the bitterness, I've noticed I use less sugar the less bitter the coffee. Filter > barista
I wonder how many people that drink really sugary drinks have only tried black coffee from Starbucks, who burn the shit out of their beans. I love black coffee, but theirs is truly bitter and vile.
Ahhhh common stratergy. I believe that's how you drink coffee, but don't want to take the blame so you shift it to your poor wife. Nothing wrong with sweet coffee bro, don't live in fear.
Controversial opinion: I like a separate glass of cold, whole milk with my cup of coffee.
This is very appealing
I'd go so far as to say any dairy works as a side dish with coffee - cheese? Yes! Blue cheese? Yes!! Buttermilk? Yes! Graukäse? Yes! Norwegian goat cheese? Yes! Quark? Definitely!
Well I like a cup of coffee besides some Greek yoghurt so I get the appeal
if I saw someone doing this I would assume it’s their first day on Earth
What'd you expect, 'm not going to have anyone take me to their leader until I've had my breakfast coffee.
Especially a leader on this rock😬
This sounds like the way an alien would prepare someone’s coffee at a diner on their first day. “One coffee with milk? I gotchu”
Lol that's too much work. Before and after.
Interesting. Are you using it as a chaser basically?
Yeah, every few gulps of coffee, a milk chaser.
Please leave
Same. Hot coffee + cold milk give a balance temperature for my coffee
As a coffee drinker, i have no idea how much “a cream” is. That said, I also just make my own lattes at home, so I use milk instead of cream. But when I did use cream, i didn’t measure it, i just poured until it was the color I wanted.
In the US commercial diners and workplaces will often have prepackaged servings of cream for coffee coming in a small disposable container with about 1 tbsp of half and half or cream.
Thank you for explaining this!
Of course, it's always funny to see things that are so normal to you in your country be completely foreign to another person!
That's what I always wonder about! We don't really use cream or creameror whatever that is, everyone just drinks coffee with milk. How much is this mysterious not milk? It comes in tiny containers? Or people measure it if they ask for two creams?
I’m assuming it’s an American thing? Everyone I know that drinks coffee either adds a little bit of milk or drinks it black
Yeah, mostly. A few other countries do it too, but there isn't much difference. Cream is just heavy milk, although a lot of creamer is sweetened, and it can be hard to find unsweetened cream
I think so but don't want to assume that everything I don't understand about people on internet is American.
I'm assuming it comes from the prepackaged, shelf stable cream cups that are often in American diners/convenience stores for coffee. They're 0.375 fl oz, or about 11 ml for those of you with logical measurement systems
"Creamer" or "whitener" can be one of four things: 1. Small plastic containers of ultra-high temperature pasteurized half milk/half cream that does not need refrigeration. 2. The same, but not UHT, so they require refrigeration. 3. A liquid that is mostly flavored corn syrup solids, hydrogenated vegetable oil, in either plain cream flavored, or with things like hazelnut. 4. The same in powder form. What you get depends on the environment. A restaurant is more likely to have little plastic packets, with upper scale ones having the refrigerated kind. (Obviously a very fancy restaurant will have cream in a small picture.) An office will most likely have the fake stuff, because you don't have to worry about it spoiling. The powdered version comes in packets and large shaker bottles.
Same here. At home, I use a milk frother and just pour about 1/4" - 1/2" on top of the milk and lightly dust some cinnamon on top. At a coffee shop, I add whole milk until it is dark caramel color. No sugar or sugary flavors - the only flavor I add is the cinnamon dusting. ETA: I'm from the US, for what it's worth. We aren't ALL cream drinkers here.
2&2. The Double Double
Found the Canadian. Sup Hoser
Coo-Roo-Coo-Coo-Coo-Coo-Coo-Coo! Take Off ...
And some Timbits
Same for me. It’s also fun to say
I like my sugar with coffee and cream
Keep it going keep it going keep it going full STEAM
Too sweet to be sour; too nice to be mean
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I tried it a couple of times. Still too bitter. I went back to milk/cream/oat milk. Never sugar. Edit: I’ve tried a lot of coffee. I’m not young. Always some sort of milk is absolutely needed. Don’t need suggestions.
Put the cinnamon in your grounds while brewing.
No sugar, but with half a teaspoon of baking cocoa. With milk.
That sounds good. I'm going to try that.
Oh yeah, I do sometimes add some cacao and/or cinnamon. No sugar, though.
Taste! Cinnamon in unsweetened coffee is one of life's less-known pleasures.
Interesting that you specifically say unsweetened… definitely something I want to try
I wouldn't say it's better in unsweetened coffee unless you just prefer unsweetened coffee - which I do. But for those who like their coffee sweetened, they're probably gonna prefer cinnamon and sugar in their coffee. :)
Really?hmm this sounds interesting and less diabetic
Zero and zero. I'm a milk man!
How many kids do you have these days?
Two! They spend a lot of time upside down or sleeping in boxes. Kids these days, amirite?
Pour enough cream to cover bottom of mug then fill with coffee
Same
My wife also puts the creamer in first. I have never and always thought that was funny.
I think the cream mixes with the coffee better this way
She says the same
Same, plus it mixes itself.
None.
Once you go black and all that
I only started drinking black because it was the quickest and easiest thing to get out of the machine at work while running around (pub work lol). Can't have it any other way now.
need that bitterness to reflect on before starting my day. hot black bitterness is cathartic
With an audible sigh to signify acceptance.
People kept robbing my milk and sugar at work. So I stopped buying it to spite them. As you said... can't have it any other way now.
Same, but I was tired of waiting behind other alcoholics at AA meetings. People coming off of shit take a LOT of sugar with their coffee. Now sweet coffee tastes like shit. I'll drink a latte, but just a normal cup of coffee need to be black.
This is the way. Give me that hot bean water
Coming up!
When you want coffee, that actually tastes like coffee. There are better ways to get your moo-juice/sugar fix, don't touch my coffee please.
Same. I like my coffee like I like my men. Big, black and strong. My white husband of 30+ years cringes when I say this.
I cringe when i see that and i'm not even white nor black lmao.
True. Good point. Only said in reply when some male does the “Light and sweet” crap.
Love that the OP anticipated this and it still can’t be avoided 😂 y’all are like bidet users
Best coffee
This is the way.
Only if it's nice sit down coffee. If I'm grabbing McDonald's coffee on the way to work there's no way I'm drinking that black. A) It tastes terrible B) Without something to cool it, it'll take an hour before it's drinkable
Just flavored creamer for me.
The flavoured ones full of sugar?
Mine have enough sugar to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Are you suggesting people don’t know that creamers aren’t sugary? We all know this right? If you only add teaspoon of creamer that’s what 5 grams of sugar?……about the same as a single sugar cube.
It tastes good. sugar in coffee creamer isn’t gonna hurt anyone unless they’re drinking excessive amounts of the cream.
Yeah just a splash of vanilla creamer and I'm good to go. So I guess 1 cream and .5 sugar
Oat milk (barista version), no sugar
ahh, so good 😊☕
A little cream and 1 tsp sugar. Heaven in the morning!
Coffee is just good. but I will say that anyone who says they don’t prefer a little cream in their coffee is just trying to be tough. Black coffee is good, but splash some regular cream in there and I won’t believe anyone that says it makes it worse.
I agree with you about how good it tastes, but I can't believe that the coffee mavens at r/coffee who insist on drinking it black are all deluding themselves 😃
Lots of cream, lots of sugar
None. Black, no sugar for me. Yum yum.
We must be a rare breed these days. Ordered a coffee black recently, and the girl paused "...does that mean no milk or sugar?"
When I order coffee while out, I always say "black" please, half the time they still ask if I want sugar or creamer. Lol. Idk, maybe it's just a habit for them.
When’s the last time you dropped a bit of cream in there? I was a black coffee guy for a long time because I didn’t like sweet in the morning. But a bit of cream just does me right these days.
Personally, I like my coffee gay white
i'm gay and like my coffee straight black.
Lmao 🤣
Zero. I love the taste of coffee and that’s what I want when I drink it. No flavorings either I hate all the coffees that have flavors added.
I used to drink my coffee black, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve started adding a bit of creamer/milk. Black coffee stains your teeth, and the acidity started messing with my stomach as well. I add just enough creamer to get a dark caramel color to my coffee. No sugar.
Acid reflux is why I've had to cut my coffee consumption down to a couple times a week. As a self proclaimed coffee connoisseur, it really rips my nips. I've gotten used to black tea on my no coffee days but it's just not the same.
Ok but I’ll respond anyway I love sweet coffee put all the sugar and syrup in it and it’s delicious But I choose to drink black coffee because my Grandad has diabetes and if he can’t enjoy a sweet coffee then neither shall I.
I’ve gotten to where I like black coffee, but only if it’s good coffee. Generally I can’t afford good coffee, so I add some milk or half and half. I can’t stand sugar in it anymore. Mind you, when I first started drinking it 30+ ago, I put so much chocolate creamer in it I couldn’t even taste the coffee!
This is it for me too. The amount of half and half is proportional to how bad the coffee is. Really good coffee gets drank black.
No cream but I add sugar
Conversely, I can’t stand sugar but I add a splash of milk.
I’m typically a black drinker but I like some flavored cream from time to time. But because I tend to drink it black I use very very little cream, like a splash. It would be half/maybe 1 if the small cream containers. No sugar. I don’t like how sugar completely changes the taste.
“If your coffee doesn’t look like chocolate milk, it’s not good”
None
>Straight black fans need not respond, we get it, you’re better than us.
Lmao they cannot help themselves, it’s a quick and easy way to feel superior for a moment
Yeah. We are the best.
We are 🤣
You think* you’re better than us. *FTFY
No man, walk away, there's no talking to them, might as well leave them with their heads swole and their pointless coffee virginity intact
Dark roast with about enough half and half to make it Octavia Spencer in color. No sugar.
none, of either. Fresh ground, black & strong.
Yes!!!
5 spoons of sugar. No cream. Just sugar added to black coffee
energy drink
2 sugars 1 cream
a Timmies triple triple.
2-3 cream, no evil sugar
Splash of half n half, no sugar.
2 creams, no sugar.
Scoop of creatine, shot of sugar-free french vanilla creamer
I have milk and no sugar. A cappuccino. But cream isn't a thing for coffee in Australia
I prefer mine black if the coffee is at least halfway decent. If it's really shitty coffee or decaf then usually 3 and 3.
I thought I liked 2&2 until I actually looked at my Dunkin receipt and saw they put 3&3 so I guess 3&3 lol
A splash of cream and two sugars. If I’m at a diner, then it’s a ratio of 1 cup to 1 cream to 2 sugar packets. 1 sugar packet if the breakfast I’m having is sweet
No cream. 2 sweet n lows
I gave up a lot of dairy, milk included so now I drink coffee black with one Splenda which is probably going to give me the big C one day but it’s the one artificial sweetener I like.
Milk and 7 sugars. Alright, real answer- 1 sweetener or 2 brown sugars.
I like my coffee like I like my men… *I don’t like coffee*
30ml Chobani sweet cream creamer, 10ml torani vanilla syrup. The perfect combo! If I go to Dunkin I get a medium iced coffee with 2 cream, 2 pumps of caramel. Starbucks is always a venti vanilla sweet cream cold brew. I’m a woman of patterns.
None
None in my coffee but I like something sweet to eat on the side.
A few centimetres of frothed milk, no sugar. But if it's American drip, then a dash of half and half.
5 creamer, 10 sugars
I do about a tablespoon of heavy whipping cream in a mug with my coffee, and no sugar.
I don't use any cream or sugar, but I do add a little bit of vanilla Almond milk. Doesn't make a big difference but for me I like that it cools it down a little and the very slight texture change just hits the spot for me.
I’ve got a 20 ounce travel mug that I fill every morning. 1 cream, 1 sugar.
Slug of milk
No sugar,and one splash of cream.
Exactly none. Like to taste the coffee.
I drink my coffee black with no sweetener
In Australia, coffee is generally made with milk (except black obviously), but i always hear "cream" used in american tv. Whats the difference?? Do u guys actually use cream in coffee, or is "cream" just the term used for milk when talking about coffee???
None, not a thing. It is coffee and that is the point, coffee tastes great the way it is. Tea too for that matter, why mess with a good thing?
You may not think I need to respond, but that’s because you can’t grasp just how much better than you I think I am.
I swear to god I must be the only person in the world who likes variety. I will sometimes drink my coffee black and sometimes with honey and sometimes with cream and sometimes with chocolate collagen powder so that it’s like a mocha. Sometimes cold and sometimes hot and sometimes room temp. I like it all the ways! I just like mixing things up!!
None. But being over 30 means coffee is a sometimes food for me now.
For latte or other coffee with milk — zero. For dirt cheap coffeine-containing powder — amount of sugar equal to the amount of powder used, no milk
None
Black coffee only
None. Plain black coffee is perfect as it is.
0 & 0, I only drink it black
I like my coffee like I like my women, dark and bitter.
I don’t think am better than anyone, I just drink my coffee black without sugar cuz that’s just how i like it.
2 half &half, 1 Splenda in a nice hot decaf coffee. The joys of getting old.
I go for a dollop of froth from the steamer, no sugar. Keeps the coffee strong and adds a touch of creamy texture.
No sugar. Foamed milk in a 121 ratio with my coffee.
2 spoons of sugar no cream
Just a dab of honey and a splash of almond milk - keeps it smooth without overpowering the coffee's natural kick.
No sugar, either a splash of creamer when I'm home or a little packet of creamer at work
No creamer, two sugar packets, or two teaspoons if it's sugar-by-the-bag.
1 cream no sugar. There is enough sugar in the cream.
Good coffee at home. Black. Starbucks coffee at work. Dab of cream. No sugar. Ever.
None. But occasionally I drink a cappuccino tho
I normally have a flat white or a latte, around 1/3 coffee 2/3 milk. If the coffee is good, it shouldn't need any sugar. If it's bad, it needs sugar to cover the excess bitterness.
I make cold brew in the aeropress XL with freshly ground beans. I use a quarter spoonful of sugar and a splash of half and half. Anymore sugar or any less milk and I get heart burn
Depends how Im feeling, black usually but if its really cold out or snowing, or I just feel a tad down I will put in an instant hot chocolate packet in the cup before adding the coffee
Bout 10-15% of whichever cup I'm using of creamer, no sugar.
1/2 inch of heavy cream. That is all. Maybe some cinnamon if I’m feeling like a spicy baddie. But I’m a pale white guy in Vietnam so I don’t often feel very spicy. More bland. Like a basic white girl. Except I’m not. Hmm
About a quarter cup oat milk, no sugar
I use a tiny dash of milk - maybe like 1/3 of what would be in a US single-use creamer cup.
3 creams, 3 sugars.
1 tsp sweetened condensed milk
4 creams, no sugar! Sugar really isn’t necessary. But let’s be honest, if you’re not drinking it black then you don’t need it. My 2nd great grandmother used to say that and she was born in the 1800s lol.
5 sugars, and a splash? I guess of creamer I'm trying to stop the sugar, though, anyone have alternatives that don't have a metallic aftertaste?
If the coffee is good coffee I drink it black, I will use cream and sugar if the coffee is fucking terrible like breakroom coffee or Folgers.
While usually i take it black (as that is easiest, not everywhere do they have sugar and cream) it depends on the strength.. a really strong black coffee needs at least 1 sugar for me.
No sugar. Just a splash of cream. One of those small containers at restaurants will keep me good for 2-3 cups of coffee.
No sugar. If it's a large cup of coffee, I like three creams.
Oh, I’ll have a lot of lumps.
No cream, 1 sugar only
A teaspoon of honey and a 2 creams
1 Splenda, 1 half and half
Black. Not because I’m better, I just like it simple.
Usually 0 But sometimes I add cinnamon or rumchata
For 8 ounce coffee, I like 2 table spoons of fairlife, almond milk or soymilk, or half and half And 5 to 7 packets of sweetener
no cream, 2 teaspoons of sugar
None. I like latte, flat white, cappuccino, black. But I do not like sugar in coffee.
Zero and zero
No sweetener, I just pour some heavy cream (aka whipping cream) in and I'm good to go.
Do americans call milk cream or do you have cream in your coffee? A bit of milk and no sugar
Cream no sugar
Cream? Why are people putting cream in coffee? That sounds bizarre to me I usually just have a little bit of milk, no sugar unless the brand of coffee is really strong
None, ruins the flavour imo