Black coffee has a reputation for being something that psychopaths and caffeine addicts drink. After all, coffee is naturally quite bitter.

But I eat food for nutrition and it’s full natural taste, not masked by milk or sugar. Bitter is a natural taste, you should learn to enjoy it. It’s really bad to drink calories, it’s much better to get it from food you just chew. Chewing slows digestion, it gives your taste buds a better chance to find pleasure in what you eat.

Coffee is drunk for the caffeine which is a legal stimulus that helps get you moving in the morning. It’s a drug to move you forward. Adding milk, creamer or sugar just weakens what you are trying to do with the beverage.

When coffee is piping hot on the stove, I still will use a little skim milk in it but I really try not to go overboard. But when it’s cold and strong, I would rather drink it full strength for the maximum boost in the morning.