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Settle this here and now, once and for all! Does the cream go in the cup before the coffee or after (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 OP
It depends on how you hang your toilet paper jberryhill Jan 2020 #1
Do not get me started! 🧻 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #2
Over... pbmus Jan 2020 #31
did you put on this dress before getting coffee? lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #3
Shhhhh! ☕️🥛 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #13
For lattes and cappuccinos, BEFORE hlthe2b Jan 2020 #4
😋☕️ Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #14
Depends on how close you can get to the cow underpants Jan 2020 #5
For the win. nt Phoenix61 Jan 2020 #8
🐮 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #15
BEFORE Pantagruel Jan 2020 #6
😋☕️🥛 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #16
After Watchfoxheadexplodes Jan 2020 #7
Never SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #9
☕️🥛😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #17
Never, if it's for me. After, if I'm pouring for someone else. Glorfindel Jan 2020 #10
😋☕️ Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #18
Cream or sugar would ruin it. hunter Jan 2020 #36
Oh, FRT, and the day was off to a good start matt819 Jan 2020 #11
Mea Culpa! 😢 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #19
I do both which depends on the circumstances csziggy Jan 2020 #35
Before Cartoonist Jan 2020 #12
😋☕️🥛 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #20
It depends Midnightwalk Jan 2020 #21
Ah ha! 😋☕️ Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #22
there is no right or wrong - I prefer before yellowdogintexas Jan 2020 #23
For me, after. sakabatou Jan 2020 #24
Honestly, it does depend IcyPeas Jan 2020 #25
Why would anyone put cream in their coffee? dflprincess Jan 2020 #26
BEFORE! n/t chillfactor Jan 2020 #27
Before when possible. brokephibroke Jan 2020 #28
Neither. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #29
Yuck! Coffee should be enjoyed black and hot...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #30
Depends on brewing method happybird Jan 2020 #32
Keurig: The only machine that isn't a TARDIS, House of Roberts Jan 2020 #34
Laurel or Yanny ? rickford66 Jan 2020 #33
Before AJT Jan 2020 #37
After -- that way you don't need to use a stirrer. poli-junkie Jan 2020 #38
The cream does not come into contact with the Coffee. EVER. lastlib Jan 2020 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Jan 2020 #40
 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
6. BEFORE
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:15 PM
Jan 2020

1. Allows you to see amount used-prevents the "horror" of over whitened java!
2. Tempering issues avoided, especially if cup is pre-heated with hot water.

Glorfindel

(9,732 posts)
10. Never, if it's for me. After, if I'm pouring for someone else.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:25 PM
Jan 2020

Hot, black coffee is one of life's greatest pleasures.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
11. Oh, FRT, and the day was off to a good start
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:29 PM
Jan 2020

Once and for all, eh?

What if I do both? Am I doing that wrong? Should I choose one and stick to it? If I do that, then I might be doing it wrong. At least by doing it both ways, I'm only wrong half the time.

Thank you very much.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
35. I do both which depends on the circumstances
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 12:03 AM
Jan 2020

If dispensing coffee from a container at a store, before. That mixes the creamer or milk better than the stupid stirring sticks they give you.

If having coffee at home or in a restaurant where I have a spoon to properly stir everything together, I add stuff after they deliver my coffee.

Cartoonist

(7,319 posts)
12. Before
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:37 PM
Jan 2020

It's all about acidity and PH balance. If they were equal amounts then it wouldn't matter much, but a little cream would be overwhelmed trying to mix.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
21. It depends
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 01:39 PM
Jan 2020

Are you in the northern or southern hemisphere? I’d figure that out first, then drink it black.

yellowdogintexas

(22,267 posts)
23. there is no right or wrong - I prefer before
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 06:03 PM
Jan 2020

and I may be crazy but I think the cream blends better in the coffee and it makes it taste better. I discovered this in Spain many years ago. When a waiter pours coffee, and asks if you want 'leche', if you do the cream always goes in first, then the coffee.

So that's what I do, but I can't always do that when I am out eating.

IcyPeas

(21,894 posts)
25. Honestly, it does depend
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 10:39 PM
Jan 2020

on whether you are in the northern or southern hemisphere.

oh, and also, which direction you stir it makes a total difference too. Fact!

happybird

(4,609 posts)
32. Depends on brewing method
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 11:18 PM
Jan 2020

Coffeemaker or French press: after pouring a cup

Keurig: dump it in the cup while staring at the machine and waiting for the damn water to heat

I’ve got a love/hate thing going on with the Keurig.

lastlib

(23,253 posts)
39. The cream does not come into contact with the Coffee. EVER.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 07:46 AM
Jan 2020

Not at my house. Nor sugar. Nor any of that other fancy-dancy sh*t. There is no place in the world of Coffee for weaklings.

And we cut our Coffee into small slices and chew it with our mouths closed.


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