# How Do You Drink Your Coffee? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692 "2009-10-05T16:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692/61 "2009-10-09T22:03:13Z")
Like **Ms. Attack** : tall, pale and bitter. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692/62 "2009-10-10T03:06:49Z")
I like coffee strong, black, and rich. Bitterness should be one component of a more complex flavor; apropos of that, it shouldn’t _need_ to be hot to be drinkable. Temperature extremes, hot or cold, deaden your sense of taste and can cover for a sub-par brew. I will, rarely, add sugar. I only add cream to bad coffee I’m using merely to get a caffeine fix. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692/63 "2009-10-10T03:23:54Z")
I add a ton of milk (about a 1:1 ratio) to get it to a temperature where I can take great big swigs as soon as possible. I usually add sweetener because otherwise it tastes a bit sour (in addition to bitter) if I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692/64 "2009-10-10T10:35:36Z")
Black as my soul, hot, and strong. But I’ll take ‘instantly available’ when low on funds or in a hurry. Mmmm, I think most of these don’t even qualify for ‘double entendre’ status. I have been known to like a latte sometimes as well. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692/65 "2009-10-10T10:57:03Z")
My option is missing: Kahlua. I don’t drink coffee, altho when I was in Sicily, I had cappucino once and espresso once. I just never learned to like the stuff. … till someone introduced me to Kahlua and cream. ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692/66 "2009-10-10T14:11:04Z")
The silly children “baristas” at the college coffee shop are shocked _shocked_ when I ask for a regular cup of coffee. They pretend they have never heard of such a thing. I have to ask twice and then they say “Well, I suppose I could take an espresso and water it down with hot water for a caffè americano”. Oh, yes, dear. I forgot that now that you have a green apron you have forgotten the ways of your entire country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-coffee/512692.md?page=3)