I was late to the coffee party. My dad drank one cup of instant black coffee every morning and my mom never touched the stuff. A few sips of my dad’s coffee as a child effectively turned me off to the stuff. But then in my late 20s something happened. I had a job where there was always a fresh pot of coffee right in front of me.
Curiosity, boredom, the chilly weather…whatever it was, I eventually decided to give coffee another shot. Nearly a 1-to-1 ratio of coffee to creamer and 4 sugar packets later I had created something I was able to drink. Within the year I was down to 2 sugars and a slightly above average amount of creamer. Fast forward half a decade and I dropped sugar altogether but have kept a healthy dose of creamer.
Now when I say creamer I don’t mean milk or half-n-half or any type of powder. I mean flavored liquid creamer. You know the kind, the kind where the ingredients on the back make you wonder if the stuff is even safe to drink cause it reads like the list from a science experiment. At this point I don’t care anymore. The caffeine’s got me and any other creamer just makes my cup of coffee taste like old motor oil.
When my kids are up before the sun and bouncing off the walls, coffee is my friend. Well, actually creamer is my friend, coffee is my requirement. Maybe I’ll write a few companies and see if they’ll just make caffeinated creamer and I can skip the coffee altogether.
I agree! I think for me the coffee is just the delivery system for the creamer! Fun post.
You are so right! I’ve said on more than one occasion that coffee is just my excuse to drink creamer.
I couldn’t agree more! Hooray for coffee and creamer!
I was so late to the coffee party, still never joined it. They almost didn’t allow this non coffee drinker to move to Seattle. But, I still get my AM jolt from a strong cuppa tea. Two per mornings usually gets the tasks completed the kid out the door to school.
I like my coffee like I like my men…. blonde and sweet. I’d be in the market for creamer with caffeine. Skip all the formality!
Ha!! Love it! 🙂
I like to think of myself as a coffee connoisseur, but in the end it does not really matter in what form my caffeine fix gets delivered. 😉
Ha, this is so true!
I struggle with coffee, but give me a cappuccino (english toffee is my FAV!) or a latte, and I’m all over it. If I have to have coffee, I, too, drown it in that wonderful creamer.
Ooohhh, I can get on board with cappuccino or lattes too. Chai Lattes are so delicious! Thanks for hosting the linkup.
I never drank coffee at all until I had children and like you it was my go to drink when my children were bouncing off walls too. The smell alone is comforting; I only enjoy good old instant coffee (Nescafe) and drink it black.
Now the children are teenagers they complain that I’m the one bouncing off walls and that’s before I’ve had my coffee!…What goes around comes around and I don’t doubt it for a moment….
I had Nescafé instant this morning because I was too lazy to run the coffee maker. But black?!? Yikes I don’t think I could that. Maybe by the time the kids are teens…
I must have coffee every morning…but I cannot drink it without the creamer. My favorite is hazelnut.
Oh, hazelnut is so good! I do really like the Almond Joy creamer too! Those are my 2 favs. Haha. Thanks for stopping by.
Being Italian I have been drinking coffee for as long as I can remember as there was always “black coffee” around (Espresso). However, I cannot drink regular coffee without a TON of creamer in it! If I had my way I would be at Starbucks three times a day for an Iced Caramel Macchiato! YUM!
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As always, thanks for hosting. An Iced Caramel Macchiato does sound really good about now!!
Thank you but it is my pleasure to be hosting the linky as I truly enjoy reading all of the different blog posts. It does sound good right about now. After I wrote that I called my Mom and asked her to take me to Starbucks on her lunch break, only because I can not drive due to the disease in my feet. lol
Coffee is my drug of choice!!
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I’m the exact opposite. I’m Cuban-American, so I was practically given cafecito shots in my bottle as a kid. I’ve actually toned it down from the daily 3-4 cafecito shots to 2 cups of coffee in the morning, because spending my day with the shakes just wasn’t working for me anymore.
Lol. Yes sometimes I overdo it too. The shakes are NOT helpful 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I like how you think. Caffeinated creamer. What a concept!
I think it’s an idea whose time has come! 🙂