Coffee growers picking coffee cherries

The sacrilege of adding sugar to coffee

Voulez-vous un peu de sucre ? - Don't even think about it!

Okay, let's pause here because there's something we need to discuss seriously: Sugar in your coffee? Really? Come on, we need to talk. Here it is - in a tongue-in-cheek way and with a hint of sarcasm.

Double Espresso at Simona Coffee Club
Latte Art, two cups of flat white with oat milk

Adding sugar to coffee is a bit like telling Leonardo da Vinci that his Mona Lisa needs a little more paint. It's like going to Paris and ordering pizza instead of croissants. Come on, specialty coffee is a work of art, and adding sugar to it is covering up all the effort it took to make you that drink.

Why is there not a little respect for the meticulous process carried out by the coffee grower, the roaster, and the barista?

Adding sugar is not a guilty pleasure, it's just guilty. The complex flavors, the fruit and chocolate notes, the subtle floral hints... all disappear under a mountain of sweetness.

So, do you like to add sugar to your coffee?

Well, you should also enjoy topping a Wagyu steak with ketchup. Right, right? I don't think so. Then please savor your coffee as it should be.

Life is too short to spoil a perfect cup of coffee!