Do you like drinking your coffee BLACK?

Do you like drinking your coffee BLACK? - Photo of an assortment of different kinds of coffee.
Singapore
May 28, 2008 9:36am CST
I think we have quite a lot of coffee lovers around. I, for one, love coffee. When I was still in school, I drank coffee both because I loved it and because I hoped it can help me keep awake (it did... for the first 5 min of the lecture). After completing school, my affair with coffee became an on and off thing. Right now, I am back to drinking coffee slightly more frequently than occasionally. I normally just go for the 3-in-1 kinda coffee lately. But when I am outside, I sometimes choose to drink it BLACK. I think it's kinda cool to be able to enjoy a cup of bitterness. How about you? How do you drink your coffee? With sugar? With milk? With creamer? The 3 in 1 kind? Or do you like drinking your coffee BLACK?
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
14 Aug 08
its so funny how peopel have this erroneous bellieve that coffe keeps them awake as for me love to drink my coffee all black,and hot too i love to savour the natural smell of the coffee while sipping ity and i hate anything to mix with the aroma,besides that i have never found myself staying awake after taking my coffee,its funny because i sleep as sson as i decide its time to sleep and stay awake when i choose to.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
14 Aug 08
You are lucky to be able to sleep and keep awake whenever you please.
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• Singapore
14 Aug 08
Well, caffeine in coffee is supposed to help...
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
14 Aug 08
thanks
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@newtondak (3946)
• United States
29 May 08
When I drink coffee (which isn't very often), I drink it black. I'm particular what kind of coffee I drink - don't care for the regular Folgers and that kind of stuff. I usually like a Breakfast Blend.
• Singapore
29 May 08
Wow. But why are you so particular if you only drink it occasionally?
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
29 May 08
I prefer tea or soda.
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@jillbeth (2705)
• United States
28 May 08
I usually drink it with a little sugar, but my daughter has me hooked on Hershey's Chocolate Caramel creamer. It is so yummy, like drinking a warm, melty candy bar!
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• Singapore
28 May 08
Just sugar? I like it with a bit milk too.
@Erratic (723)
• Australia
30 May 08
Man that sounds yummy. Never seen Hershey's Chocolate Caramel creamer here though.
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
29 May 08
I like my coffee very, very milky if I drink any at all. I used to think it needed lots of sugar to take the edge off the bitterness but eventualy I realized that wasn't really helping. So now on the rare occassions i get a "real cup of coffe, I add lots of milk and nothing else. My "coffee" of choice is more along the lines of the instant French Vanilla kind or the French Vanilla Cappucinos...all very rich and very milky.
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• Singapore
29 May 08
Maybe it is the kind of coffee...
@mummymo (23706)
28 May 08
I drink coffee any way it comes black, white, steamed, frothy, sugar, no sugar, weak or strong - I even like iced coffee! lol I have however cut back to only 2 or 3 cups a day as I have enough trouble sleeping without overloading on the caffeine! xxxxxx
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• Singapore
29 May 08
Lol, you like everything.
@mummymo (23706)
29 May 08
Well I do when it comes to coffee! lol Actually no I have just realised - I don't like Douwe Egberts coffe any way! xxx
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• Australia
26 Jun 08
Back in the days when I struggled to make ends meet, I did drink my coffee black, and without sugar. Now days, I prefer espresso coffees, even have my own espresso machine, and my fave is a cappuccino. My hubby is very good at making them, so I am very lucky! lol. I drink more tea than anything these days though. Coffee tends to make me sleepy, as do all highly caffeinated drinks, so I do limit my intake. Today, I've not had any coffee, only tea, but who knows about tomorrow? it will be a new day, so might have at least 1 coffee.
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• Singapore
28 Jun 08
Same here, coffee sometimes makes me sleepy.
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@gberlin (3836)
29 May 08
I drink coffee on and off. When I do I like it with flavored creamer. Or, with sugar and milk. I don't like black coffee, too bitter.
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• Singapore
29 May 08
That's why it is cool. :P
• Philippines
29 May 08
I like to drink coffee with sugar, with creamer and I am also a fan of 3 in 1 coffee mixes. I love coffee, I am a coffee addict and it really keeps you awake. Nutritionist advice people to drink coffee every morning not in the night.
• Singapore
29 May 08
3 in 1 is just for the convenience... though some taste quite nice. :)
@asahibza (388)
• Canada
28 May 08
I also love coffee but with milk. I enjoy it most when I get up in the morning. If I can get a good cup of coffee, it energizes me. I like home made coffee. I hate to go to Tim Hortons for this. I don't like their coffee. I like my own. There are many flavors and varieties of coffee in the market. If you get the right one, you fee the taste of it. For best results it is godd to experiment. I have found that a mix of two or three varieties of coffee produces a much tasty coffee. So begin experimenting till you get the coffee of your taste. Best of luck.
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• Singapore
29 May 08
Make sure you don't get addicted to caffeine.
@4mymak (1793)
• Malaysia
29 May 08
my mother is a 'coffee-addict'... and i think i have 'coffee in my blood' as well... i normally like my coffee a bit 'bitter'.. so.. if i make my own.. i use very little sugar, plus milk.. ( i dont like using coffee-creamer )... but i drink outside.. i just drink with a little sugar.. but without any milk or creamer.. i used to be a secretary in a japanese company.. and used to make coffee for the japanese bosses, and almost most of the japanese bosses drink their coffee - very, very black... (which makes easier for me.. just add hot water + coffee... )
• Singapore
29 May 08
In the genes, eh? So, Japaneses drink coffee.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
28 May 08
I can drink my coffee black or with a bit of creamer, but never sugar.uggh. In fact a lot of times I do prefer it black as it depends on how really good the coffee is. really great coffee I like it black but the one thing I never do is add sugar as Ido not like the taste of sweetened coffee. this has' always been my habit even before I became a diabetic.
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• Singapore
29 May 08
I think some say sugar goes better with tea while milk goes better with coffee.
• Indonesia
29 May 08
no i don't like drinking a coffe black bcause igridients more cafein... i hve better drink cup of tea every day..
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• Singapore
29 May 08
Oh...
29 May 08
black
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• Singapore
29 May 08
Cool.
• Singapore
30 May 08
Oh yea, HOT. :)
30 May 08
no...no...HOT...lolz
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
26 Jun 08
When I first started drinking coffee, I had to have cream in mine.But, over the years, I decided to start drinking it black.If I were to have a cup of coffee today, I would take it black. But, I haven't had a cup in one year.I quit because it started bothering me. I never had sugar in mine and I don't like creamer.
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
28 May 08
I drink my coffee black, and have for years. I am not familiar with the three in one kind. I used to drink milk and sugar, but I do not need the calories, and it also seemed to upset my stomach more.
• Singapore
28 May 08
They come in convenient sachets. They have creamer + sugar + coffee powder. Just dump them all in and stir with hot water.
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@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
28 May 08
Oh, that is kind of like some instant mixes I make.
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• Singapore
28 May 08
It is the commercialized version lol. :P
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
28 May 08
I am an odd specimen as far as coffee drinker. At home and only at home I use Coffee Mates French Vanilla Vream in my coffee. Out to eat at restaraunts etc I will add sugar, cream, and a few ice cubes to cool it down also. Now at the Casino's and at my A.A. club I drink it stone black with ice cubes for cooling it as well. I have not nor will go to anyplace that sells just coffe. I just want regualr coffee nothing fancy here for me. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
28 May 08
Thanks and that is ohhh so true. especially for me. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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• Singapore
28 May 08
*wink*
• Singapore
28 May 08
Hi Grandpa Bob, at least coffee is better than you-know-what. :)
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@kalav56 (11464)
• India
14 Aug 08
I am a South Indian and I belong to a community who specialize in filter coffe. But this has milk and sugar in it. It is never black, but has the right mix of coffee, chicory and milk and sugar. I was a coffe lover earlier but I had to take homeopathy medicine a few yrs back when I had to switch ove rto tea. Ever since my regular beverage is a cup of tea but I have coffee now and then , though not [everyday 4 times ]as before.
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• Singapore
14 Aug 08
Wow, everyday 4 times sounds quite a bit. Enjoy tea now then.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
14 Aug 08
i drink coffee as often as i can but i realise that one also need to take in as much water as possible to avoid dehydration from the coffee so i drink my coffee and take a lot of water too at the same time
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
22 Jul 08
I don't drink coffee now, but when I used to I preferred it black. If I was going to drink it I didn't like to mellow the taste with milk or cream. Ok I would use some sugar here and there :) but that was about it. The funny thing is that now I don't like the taste of coffee even in small quantities, like in a cake or icing.
• Singapore
25 Jul 08
Wow, like it neat!
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
25 Jul 08
that's me LOL
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
29 May 08
Ok lord...I've for hours refrained from responding to your "coffee" discussion becuz I thought it to silly. after seeing it in "hot topics" for two days straight...ok maybe I'm wrong. I started out on black coffee at the wee age of ll. why? because my gram made some silly statement about her boobs being big becuz of coffee. She was complaining but me...I was 70 pounds and really desperate to develope. I had never had coffee...I just snuck as much as I could get....Yup black. long story short.....boobs never got bigger...I did figure what an idiot i was...I was a coffee addict by the age of 11. Now I do add a touch of cream....just a touch. 40 yrs later , I stand in line at dunkin donuts for a large iced with a touch of cream.
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• Omagh, Northern Ireland
29 May 08
unfortunately!
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• Singapore
29 May 08
Hello sid, You like serious topics? There are tons around. And if you dig back into my archive of serious topics, you will see quite a number too. But simply, most people are not here for serious topic. I do post them anyway from time to time but they are not popular lol. And geez, coffee and boobs have no connection!
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
30 May 08
No, I like fun discussions too. I guess I worded that wrong. I was just in a serious type of mood at that time. Your topics are always interesting lord. I should have known that this one would be no different and it isn't.
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• United States
28 May 08
If I absolutely have to, I will drink it black, but I prefer not to. 2% milk and 3 packs of splenda is my basic cup, but I do love flavored creamers and iced coffee with lots of cream and sugar too.
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• Singapore
28 May 08
3 packs? So much? :P
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• Singapore
28 May 08
geez!
• United States
28 May 08
Or more....it depends how many I grab when I reach into the box...no more than 5 though. Iced coffee is of course an entirely different story....then I like it to crunch!
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