A Conversation About Coffee and Sugar [Esp/Eng]

Coffee is considered an essential source of energy to start the day or get you through a long day.

But I’m not going to be the one to give you a lecture on something you probably already know.

Now, I’d like to know if we all have a favorite coffee mug—the one that stars in so many photos. And yes, I have my own favorite coffee mug, which features a character from a cartoon I really like called “Shtich”—I hope some of you have had the chance to see it at some point.

And yes, I can’t go without my coffee, although lately I’ve been trying to drink it without sugar since I’ve been told to cut back on sugar because I need to lose weight—but that doesn’t mean I can’t keep drinking my coffee with milk, even though some of my family members say I should give it up.

Although I flatly refuse to give it up, I don’t think one should be so extreme about certain things, and I agree with the idea that too much of anything is bad for you—so I’ll just cut back on how often I drink coffee with milk.

I have to admit that starting to drink coffee without sugar has been quite a process because first I had to cut back on the amount I used to add to the water before brewing, and then there’s the fact that at home, the only person who needs to—and is actually making—this radical change is me and me alone, so it’s been a shock for my family to go pour themselves a cup and find that the coffee isn’t sweetened, although I still stand by the fact that true connoisseurs don’t add sugar to the coffee they make.

ASo, if you're trying to cut back on sugar, know that you're not alone and that we can support each other through the process. And again, what's your favorite cup to drink coffee from?

I just wanted to let you know that I took the photos shown here myself and that I wrote this post using a translation tool.