# Recommend a substitute for cream in coffee

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-substitute-for-cream-in-coffee/481676>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** coffee\
**Created:** [January 17, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-substitute-for-cream-in-coffee/481676 "2009-01-17T00:17:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-substitute-for-cream-in-coffee/481676/41 "2009-01-19T19:32:05Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> **Mr. Moto** , 😛 That’s what my grandma did, without the profanity. Why no lip on cans of canned milk anyway?
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> I use liquid Coffeemate. I don’t know how it stacks up healthwise, but I don’t drink enough coffee to worry about it. Especially since my coffee comes with a cigarette.

I recently switched from the liquid to the powder, because my new coffeemaker doesn’t get the coffee hot enough to pour something cold into it. They are both full of calories, the liquid is sweeter so it may have more, but I’m pretty sure the cholesterol is much lower than in cream.

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