I like my coffee black. Nothing added. Just love the taste of a good hot cup of coffee.

I add some fat free half & half in the morning, the rest of the just black. Never any flavors!

I don't like flavored coffees or flavored cream either. Just plain old cream and sugar. Sometimes we use evaporated milk if I have some left over from a recipe.

My monthly Carmel Macchiato doesn't count since it's more like a liquid candy bar. It was a twice a year treat until Starbucks moved in to my local grocery store.

I wish I liked coffee...I could use the caffeine boost, but I have never drank a cup of coffee in my life. My mother liked hers with cream and sugar but she made it very, very strong. My husband likes just cream. I think my daughter drinks hers black. She loves coffee.

I like mine plain, too. DS and DDIL always have a flavored coffee, and it's kind of a shock first thing in the morning. It's not powerful, but hazelnut, I think, and not bad later on in the day!

I'm with maryann. Black...and give it to me quick! :-)
When ours is ready in the morning, I put an ice cube in my first cup only so that I can drink it quickly and get my buzz.
DH, however, nukes his in the microwave--he likes it steaming hot.
Go figure.

Nothing sweet added but I must have milk - 1%, 2% or whole. Skim is better than nothing but just barely (unless it's the 'fortified' type of skim). Cream, half-and-half, etc, is too rich but it'll do in a pinch. If I was very desperate I would use plain powdered creamer but that would be rare since due to pregnancy and even before that, blood pressure issues, I only drink two small cups a day so they'd better be what I want.

I like the flavored coffees but will not drink them because they so often contain hydrogenated, or partially hydrogenated, oils. My coffee is half soy milk and half coffee with 1 tsp Equal. The coffee itself is half caffeine and half decaf.

I don't like the flavored coffees or creamers either. When I do drink coffee it is decaf and then it is watered down to where most coffee drinkers wouldn't like it. I don't drink the decaf because of the caffeine; I drink it because it is much milder tasting. I add half and half to mine when I have it and Coffee Mate when I don't. I enjoy a cup of the mild flavored decaf about three to four times a week.

Linda

Add my name to maryann's post.

Yep, I'm lining up behind MaryAnn and the rest of the "just black please" people.

Decaf - a bit of a flavored creamer and one Sweet'N Low

I sure am!! I like a strong black coffee. I hate weak coffee and won't drink it.
Judy

I like my decaf with a packet of Stevia, once in a great while I will add some heavy cream. I don't like the flavorings either, but my DH does.

I am a purest too. Don't like flavored coffees or flavored cream either. Usually just have it with 2% milk, though I do love 1/2 & 1/2 but don't need the calories.
Clare

I don't drink coffee but I am a tea purist. No sweetener,no flavor,no lemon. I like it brewed medium strong with lots of ice. Same for hot tea but without ice.

When I'm with someone putting "cream" and sugar in their coffee I can't resist asking why they don't just order hot chocolate! Semper frigus necnon café consenesco! (Always cold and weak coffee!)

Coffee - black, hot, fairly strong for a full but non-bitter taste and it must be good tasting. If it's terrible, then you can add your cream and sugar. But why drink something bad? I'm a bit fussy. A few brands I really like so I buy them on sale. Maxwell House Lite is my favorite. And if you have bad water you have bad coffee, so start right with the basics.

Ice tea - Lots of lemon and NO sugar. I want tea, not Kool-Aid.

Although I'll admit I do like the flavored hot teas. Blackberry is a favorite.

I use Folgers Whole Bean Hazelnut, and grind it fresh every other day. I drink it black and no sugar. It's not sweet, just a nutty coffee flavor.
Leslie

I don't like flavored coffees. All smell, no taste. I fill a cup three quarters with hot coffee,then stir in two teaspoons if sugar, then top with half-n-half.

I guess I'm not a purest. I can enjoy coffee any way, any temp, and any flavor (as long as I can still taste the coffee. One thing I don't like is artifical sweetners --OH, 2 things - I also don't like McDonalds special coffees.

Well, the only coffee we buy is from Maui Coffee Roasters in, you guessed it, Maui, Hawaii. Hawaii is the only State in the US that grows coffee. :-)

Regular and black...nothing added but some ice to cool it down a bit. I don't like flavored coffee either.

Yup! Grind my own French Roasted beans every day and drink it black...nothing added. It's the first thing I have in the morning...and the last thing I have at night. As a matter of fact...I make a fresh pot at night and transfer it into a thermal karafe so it's fresh/hot in the morning...and I don't have to wait.

Anne

dh roasts his green beans that come from Hawaii...then grinds them...then makes his coffee...one cup every morning...so yeah he's a major coffee snob! The only way I'll drink coffee is first I've got to be freezing which is very rare...i've got to be REALLY sleepy and then it's gotta have a ton of hazelnut coffee creamer in it with a load of sweet n low...so you can tell...I'm not much of a coffee drinker...

I was an un-purest for a very long time. I became un-pure, by drinking nasty coffee from truck stops. That is when I started adding a couple of spoonfuls of General Foods International Coffee, French Vanilla flavor, to my cup of coffee. It would cover the taste of even the worst coffee.

I had always used Folgers...up until just recently. Then I discovered Dunkin Donuts coffee, which I absolutely love. I make it a little stronger than I normally would and I now drink it straight up black. I think this is better for me, than using all that GFIC. I have been buying ground coffee, but I think I will now go back to grinding it. I actually enjoy my coffee now.

So yes, NOW I am a coffee purest. :) LOL To me, there is absolutely nothing better in the world than a steaming hot (and yes, it has to be hot if it's supposed to be hot) cup of coffee first thing in the morning. That is what I enjoy with my "me time". On occasion, I do enjoy an iced coffee...but not often.

I like strong Pete's coffee but with a little hazelnut creamer in it. Yumm Anything else is too sweet.

Black coffee tastes too stong to me. Maybe, I have not aquired a taste for coffee. The oils in coffee taste bitter to me. However, I do want my coffee in the morning. I have one cup with breakfast, and then no more for the rest of the day.

A number of years ago, I found out the hard way that coffee can be addictive. I'd sip several cups a day at my desk job, and then on weekends I had none. Sometimes, my Saturday would be ruined with a sick headache. It took me along time to realize that the headache was withdrawal symptoms from caffine. After I began limiting my caffine intake with none in the afternoon, the headaches went away.

I'm not fussy about coffee. I want something quick and easy in the morning, so you will find me tossing instant coffee into my cup followed with hot water. I use a little creamer and "Equal" for sweetner. Sometimes, I'll have it black. Lately, I have been experimenting with a dash of ground cinnamon. It gives an interesting flavor. But wait! Wasn't cinnamon for tea? LOL.

Jannie, I had to wonder what you mean by not liking the flavored coffee. You said it was all smell, and not taste. Then you fill a cup 3/4 full of hot coffee, and add sugar and half n half. How do you get any coffee 'flavor' in that? I guess I've always drank it black, with no sugar either, so I get the coffee taste.
Jemdandy, I've found (when drinking coffee in a restaurant) if it's bitter, I use just 1 tiny dash of salt in it, and it takes the bitterness out. Try it sometime.
Leslie

Stong, bold with a little half and half or real cream if I have it! My daughter has worked for Old Crown Coffee Roasters for years and they have wonderful coffee!

Plaino Black!

Gayle

Another one who likes it black. I don't care for the flavored ones, particularly in the morning, although once in a great while I'll drink one after dinner. I'm a purist with other things, such as burgers. Just meat and bun (and maybe cheese), no fixings at all.

Freshly ground beans, none of that canned stuff they call coffee, oh, and make that black, please.