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What Your Coffee Says About You, Explained

Move over, Myers-Briggs.

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Like the Myers-Briggs test, how you take your coffee says a lot about your personality. Maybe not as definitively, but close enough. In fact, according to our very in-depth, very unscientific research, understanding these traits can be the key to unlocking your hidden power and potential—or simply a reminder of your excellent taste. Curious where you fit into the classic coffee archetypes? Read on to find out what your go-to coffee says about you.

If you like your coffee with Belle Coffee Creamer:
You make the best out of every situation—including your coffee routine. Though you haven’t personally experienced hardship, your EQ is off the charts. Most people spend years in therapy trying to let go of perceived slights and childhood conflicts, but you have been able to rise above it all, brightening everyone’s moods with your sweet but pure disposition. You have just one fatal flaw: You soften ice cream in the microwave for far too long.

If you like your coffee iced all year long:
Either you live in Florida or you live in the north and still, perversely, enjoy iced coffee even when there is snow on the ground. You are highly impractical, which can be traced back to the love-hate relationship you had with your father. Still grieving for this missed connection, there are many basic things you cannot do for yourself, including making iced coffee at home. Even when your bank account is running dangerously low, you would rather pay for one at your favorite coffee shop. To your credit, you are an excellent tipper.

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Top Comment:
“We black coffee drinkers are the same people who look on in disgust when someone puts A-1 or Worchestshire on a steak, ketchup on a hot dog, or pineapple on a pizza!!! :-)”
— DARREL J.
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If you like your coffee with soy milk:
You used to be so much fun. It’s like you took a wrong turn in the health food store and became a seitan follower. Just remember: There are always more interesting things to talk about than the benefits of isoflavones.

If you like your coffee with oat milk:
We get it, you love oat milk and you think it’s soooo much better than almond, soy, and dairy milk. But you are a little too fixated on your station in life in relation to others, a classic mindset of the middle child. Once you stop comparing your lot to everyone else’s, you will find happiness. Also: Have you actually read the ingredients on that carton?

If you like your coffee black:
Admit it: A little part of you dies inside when the person in front of you orders a mocha. Behind your judginess, though, it’s clear you are just overcompensating from debilitating self-doubt and indecision. While limiting your choices in life can provide a sense of calm and stability, we are here for a good time, not a long time. Have a little fun, won’t you?


What’s your coffee personality? Tell us below!

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Nicole Davis

Written by: Nicole Davis

Contributing Editor, Food52

15 Comments

BethT May 7, 2024
I like my coffee black. I’ve never understood peer pressure, not even back in junior high so you didn’t manage to change my mind. I love hot black coffee with a wonderful coffee cake, pumpkin bread, cinnamon roll, or any tasty sweet.
 
Lymis May 4, 2024
I drink black coffee because I prefer the taste. I don't care if other people add creamer or sugar or maple syrup or A-1 sauce to their coffee.

It's a beverage choice, not a personality flaw, for goodness sake.
 
Hilarious—but really, this is how *all* personality/astrology snapshots should be written!
 
ProfHank April 10, 2024
Iced coffee every day. And I don't know how to make it at home.
 
DARREL J. April 7, 2024
We black coffee drinkers are the same people who look on in disgust when someone puts A-1 or Worchestshire on a steak, ketchup on a hot dog, or pineapple on a pizza!!! :-)
 
Jay-Sarah April 4, 2024
This was a scary article. Almost spot on for me. To clarify, I am in all year iced coffee drinker...
 
Nicole D. April 4, 2024
Hilarious! I was just having fun! Hope it made you laugh (or smile in recognition!) and that I didn't drag up anything too dark!
 
Jay-Sarah April 4, 2024
Definitely a fun read 🙂
 
AliceK April 3, 2024
I take my coffee black, most of the time. Not because I particularly like it that way, but because I'd rather eat my calories than drink them. Black coffee and a cheese danish? Yes! I don't know if that is exactly sucking the fun out of everything. Okay, maybe a little.
 
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Touche'
 
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Touche'
 
huettemand April 3, 2024
Almost stop on. I like my coffee with creamer. I do not, however, heat up ice cream in the microwave. I mean really, what's the point of that? My husband, on the other hand, does commit said crime against ice cream. He drinks his coffee black. Yes, he sucks the fun out of ice cream in addition to being judgey.
 
Nicole D. April 4, 2024
LOL. My husband also softens the ice cream for too long. It's criminal!
 
Amy April 1, 2024
Oh my goodness... I like my coffee black; I like it with evaporated milk (adds smokiness to the coffee) and splenda. I don't like half- and-half in my coffee. I like iced coffee with creamer and sugar (or a sweet syrup), I like frappacinos with some of the sweet syrups. But, when it comes down to it...I like it black. I also love tea....WHAT does that say about me??? Don't, don't answer!! : )
 
Nicole D. April 4, 2024
I won't answer, promise!