I love coffee! Let me rephrase that, I ADORE coffee. And more than that, I NEED coffee. Seriously. About a month ago I went on a 1 week vegan cleanse. I was also supposed to cut out coffee and all caffeine. I tried. And I got the WORST headache ever! It would not go away. So, the second day, because I needed to be productive, I let myself have half a cup of straight black coffee. That kept the headaches at bay and I got through the week.
Anyhoo, so, yeah, I love coffee and I have to drink at least one cup everyday before 2 pm or the demons take over my head.
But, I'm trying to be healthier. I'm trying to drink less dairy because I feel like my body functions better on slightly less dairy. That means trying to cut out milk in things that don't really need it. Or using soy milk. I love soy milk in my cereal but not so much in my coffee. It separates and looks gross and doesn't quite taste right. So, I recently purchased a soy milk hazelnut flavored coffee creamer. I figured that it wouldn't taste like normal creamer or even like some common non dairy creamer brands. But, I expected it to taste pretty good. At the very least reminiscent of my favorite International Delight Hazelnut coffee creamer. It did not. Not even a little bit. Is it drinkable? Sure. It didn't make me gag. But it didn't make me smile and sigh happy little sighs of contented yumminess either. So, try it at your own risk.
I also tried another soy based creamer that was plain and not flavored. That was fine as well. Good enough I suppose. I think I prefer the unflavored over the flavored when it comes to soy milk creamers.
You may be asking why I don't just buy the International Delights creamer since it is non dairy? Good question. Because International Delights only seems to come in jumbo size bottles. They take up too much room and the lid gets an icky build up of dried creamer around it and it's just gross. I do like coffeemate non dairy creamers too and they come in smaller sizes, but they have partially hydrogenated oils in them. Those big boys are a bad scene, really, really bad for you, so, now I don't drink them.
I am wondering if Costco or Smart & Final or one of those places might sell those boxes of little individual sized International Delights creamers that you see at 7-11 and in offices and such? If I could get my hands on THOSE I'd be a happy lady! They're the perfect amount of creamer and they don't have to stay in the fridge.
Otherwise, I may have to stick to plain milk in my coffee. There are worse things in life. I suppose I'll survive.
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