How Experts Recommend You Drink Coffee
Coffee TalkOUR DWC EXPERTS WEIGHED IN ON THE BEST WAY TO DRINK YOUR COFFEE.
There is nothing more personal than how you take your coffee. Well, other than what you do when no one’s looking (yes – we saw that), but we’re not here to call you out.
The great debate between dressing your cup up with cream or keeping it simple and black is one of the most polarizing questions we face as a society. Fear not, there is technically no “wrong” way to get your caffeine fix, as long as that sweet nectar is entering your bloodstream.
Just for argument’s sake, we went straight to the experts – our Research and Development team – and got their take on how they like their coffee. Surely, they would know which way was superior and had the most health benefits, settling this lifelong debate once and for all, right?
WARNING: These results may shock you.
Black Coffee Benefits
If you’re a traditionalist, then you prefer to drink your coffee the way master roasters intended. In fact, our own master roaster, Dave, said he drinks his coffee black because “roasters put a lot of work into developing the notes in black coffee. Drinking the roast black lets this work really shine!” Drinking coffee black helps showcase the nuances of the brew, especially when it is sourced and roasted properly.
Drinking coffee the unadulterated way also has health benefits associated with it. Chugging your brews straight up may include a reduced risk of heart failure, multiple sclerosis, and various cancers. Black coffee also might be able to protect you against neurodegenerative diseases. Since coffee is a nootropic, aka a brain-enhancing substance, it can help ward off these terrible diseases. There may be research supporting the fact that if you drink your coffee black you are more likely to be a psychopath…but we can just ignore that and move right along.
Cream Coffee Benefits
There is no shame in the cream game, no matter what the coffee purists say. In fact, some of our very own experts enjoy a little extra oomph in their morning cup. Lauren, our Director of Research and Development, says “I do get a lot of crap for being a coffee professional that adds half and half to my coffee because it is seen as sacrilege in the coffee world but I say let'em hate, I loooooove my morning cup with half and half.” If Lauren can do it, you can do it too.
Not only is adding cream to your coffee a delectable option, but it can also enhance the flavor profile! The fat in the cream potentiates the flavor in the coffee, making it even more pleasurable. Along with this, cream provides ten percent of your daily vitamin A needs, and contains butyric acid which is a fatty acid known to improve your gastrointestinal health. If you’re following along this means that cream not only tastes good - but is also good FOR YOU. That’s a win-win.
Expert Results
We asked the experts, and they answered. Now it is time to reveal which side is truly superior, in their humble expert opinion.
DRUM ROLL PLEASE…
Shockingly, our Research and Development team was split 50/50 in the great ‘To Cream or Not to Cream’ debate. A bit anticlimactic, but it just goes to show how personal coffee preferences are.
In fact, this comes straight from Lauren's mouth: “Sounds crazy but coffee is such a personal beverage/moment to so many people. From the ritual of how people make it, to when they drink it and what they add to it... everyone should be entitled to make and enjoy their coffee the way that they like best.”
If you are typically a cream drinker but have been trying to convert to black coffee only, Dave has one piece of advice for you: “Get over the hump and get used to black coffee! Your taste buds will thank you, plus, black coffee has no calories!”
Both sides had ample data and logical reasoning behind the way they brew it, which just goes to show there’s no wrong way to get your daily caffeine fix. That’s not saying you shouldn’t take pride in the way you brew it, and you should absolutely be judging others if they don’t drink it the same way you do.
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