How much sugar do you take in a cup of coffee?

[PinkRose]

I always take two tablespoons of sugar.

In the beginning of August, you posted that you take two teaspoons of sugar in your coffee.

Now, you're saying you take two tablespoons of sugar.

There's a big difference between the two.

 

[Robertlee]

When I was a teenager I used a lot of sugar and a fair amount of cream, not milk. As I grew older and learned about the differences between good coffee and bad, arabica versus robusta, etc...I found a good cup of coffee not only does not need sugar but is in fact harmed by it. The nuances of the bean are buried in the excess of sugar. If you really wish to discover how your brew actually tastes add a 1.4 teaspoon of slat to the grind before brewing. The small amount sodium helps to enhance the coffee flavor without making it taste salty.

 

[PinkRose]

If you really wish to discover how your brew actually tastes add a 1.4 teaspoon of salt to the grind before brewing. The small amount sodium helps to enhance the coffee flavor without making it taste salty.

It that right? Do you add almost 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt to the ground coffee before brewing? How big of a pot are you brewing? That's a lot of salt.

 

[Robertlee]

Major typo. It is supposed to be a quarter teaspoon per full pot at the most. The term a pinch is a bit unclear. If you taste salt you've added too much. It enhances the good oils in coffee and retards the harsh elements, at least that what the chemists say.

 

[CoffeeMac]

Hi,
Up until two yrs ago i was taking SIX sugars (AAAAAAA......) now no sugar at all it tastes much better that way:wink:

 

[JoCo]

i've never drunk coffee with sugar! ok, at least one time but that was the last time. I don't get people who shoveling sugar into their cup, in my opinion they can't enjoy coffee properly.

 

[Trinity]

it depends on the size of my cup

 

[Mzungu]

What? Sugar? Why would you do that?

 

[lydia]

now the beginning of my coffee life, need two sugars and a little milk ...:smile:

 

[DorothyGonzalez]

Just 1 tablespoon of sugar ^_^.. I don’t like a sweeter taste of coffee. I love to sip the natural taste of it and it is much better if the taste was bitter sweet. YUMMY!!! :-D

 

[ashurjames]

Normally I only take around 2 tsb, it is great to me, sweet and warm

 

[Bacchus]

Sugar?? In coffee?? Ye gods, man, that's blasphemy.....

 

[coffeeroastersclub]

If you want to taste the bean instead of sugar and cream buy a Technivorm and drink your coffee black. Once you start there's no going back.

Len

 

[peterjschmidt]

If you want to taste the bean instead of sugar and cream buy a Technivorm and drink your coffee black. Once you start there's no going back.

Len

I'd agree with that, other than the TV part, as I'm a black coffee drinker too. But, it can be fun to add some sugar or half and half just to see what flavors they'll bring out of the coffee; it certainly does change the taste of the coffee, but coffee with a skosh of cream will present flavors you won't find when the coffee is unadulterated.

 

[ensoluna]

for well freshly (in a week) roasted (Agtron 50 to 60) good coffee (pacamara, bourbon, caturra, marago) does not need any sugar.
however, when it gets too old or over roasted, I need couple of t spoons of sugar.
sometimes, I come across really bad ones, it is called rechazo, rejected beans, from processing. floaters, fermented, broken,...etc, they sell them to local cheap coffee shops (around $2 per pound). they are extremely bad. I got to put as much sugar and cream as possible to kill the coffee taste. (i had one in Panajachel yesterday.) still could not drink more than 20% of the coffee.