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Coffee with no cream/milk but a good deal of sugar is actually pretty based???

I enjoy coffee many ways. I often drink it black, but I also have been known to have it with unsweetened soy milk and usually agave/maple syrup in addition to that. However, I noticed that using both soy and a sweetener makes it taste kinda "overwhelming." This morning, I put some agave in my coffee but I put no soy, and it tastes much better. Bottom line is that I can enjoy coffee either black or with sweetener OR milk/creamer, but I can't do both sweetener and milk/creamer. Now, that I can't get with.

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A little sugar is nice because it's just nice to drink something sweet
Imo, actually good coffee should be drank black, or with a little bit of cream(oat milk gang) for mouthfeel. But most coffee isn't good so milk and sugar makes sense.

I used to have the energy to roast my own beans and do pour-overs. It was pretty hit and miss on how well I got the roast/grind but when I hit the right mark, it was fucking amazing. But like also fresh roasted tends to lose it's luster after a few weeks and starts to taste like anything else you can just buy pre-ground at Walmart.
- I think I agree with you. Really good coffee can be great just black. But as you said, a lot of the coffee you get (at the office for example) isn’t that great, so you might as well spice it up with whatever you fancy since you’re not missing out on some amazing flavor.
I can't be doing with sugar or sweeteners in my drinks, it just always feels wrong. Oat milk rules though because it just turns my drink into flavoured porridge and that's all I ever want to consume.
My parents drank coffee like that and it always gave me the yuck. I can't have any sugar in my coffee now. I'll drink it black but the texture sorta yucks me. I'll use a splash of whole milk to reduce the acidity and slightly alter the texture.

Are there any alt milks that don't have a grainy texture/dehomoginize the second it hits the coffee?

Oat milk is grainy. Soy milks are like skim milk which I already find gross. Pistachio/almond milk separate and don't evenly mix with the coffee without a ton of stirring, and only sometimes.
- I'll use a splash of whole milk to reduce the acidity and slightly alter the texture.
  
  A good way to reduce acidity without adding anything to the coffee is to prepare it Chemex-style. The types of disposable filters it uses soak up a lot of the unpleasant oil-caused factors in coffee without affecting the flavour, especially the acidity.
  
  The inventor of the Chemex was only a modest success as a chemist, but he was quite good at marketing. He gave away free Chemex sets to famous people. A sort of "bribe the influencer" strategy. For example, the reason the the fictional James Bond is a fan of Chemex-brewed coffee is because Ian Fleming was a fan, and Ian Fleming was a fan because he was gifted a set and enjoyed it.
  
  But despite the commercial shenanigans it really is a great way to enjoy black coffee for those with sensitivities to certain oils.
  
  But it's not really environmentally friendly, is it? I'd imagine there isn't much way to do the same thing in a reusable form
  
  soak up a lot of the unpleasant oil-caused factors in coffee
  
  So I actually like oily coffee, I'm talking more the harshness. I cant really explain it because its so rare I drink it black.
  
  But also I'm not messin with fancy brew methods day-to-day. I have my moka pot and french press for treats but in the morning i take approx 30 seconds to set my drip machine up and do other things.
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- Do you figure it was actually beneficial to eat the powder or more of a placebo effect? I've always wondered if just choking down a spoonful of coffee would get me going but the risk/reward seems off to me
  
  It’ll get your stomach going at least.
  
  Just use caffeine pills if it comes to that.
  
  if I was gonna do it I'd probably pack it into my lip or under my tongue and see how that feels, since ground coffee doesn't really taste great or have a great texture. it should work fine though, chocolate covered espresso beans are a thing
  
  I have some caffeine gum with L-theanine that I like in a pinch since it helps me not get anxious or panicky when I need to wake up and focus in a hurry. I'd link it but I'm pretty sure it's long discontinued
Coffee with a bit of chocolate almond milk is my go-to when I want it sweet.
Actually I must ask

How's agave, compared to cane sugar and maple... all the same in flavor?
I used to have black coffee with honey because a cool guy in a book had it that way
once in a while yeah. It can come out kinda sickly sweet especially with table sugar but it can also be kinda good, or depending on the amount of sugar it starts to be kinda like that dalgona coffee (strong instant coffee+sugar whipped up to a foam) trend that was going around before
I used to have black coffee with honey because a cool guy in a book had it that way
once in a while yeah. It can come out kinda sickly sweet especially with table sugar but it can also be kinda good, or depending on the amount of sugar it starts to be kinda like that dalgona coffee (strong instant coffee+sugar whipped up to a foam) trend that was going around before
I used to have black coffee with honey because a cool guy in a book had it that way

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