I'm a new coffee drinker. Advice, please?

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Originally Posted by millerman61

Easily. They taste nothing alike to me.

Do you drink it black? Because, I read, if you mix in sugar and cream it's harder to tell the difference.

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Originally Posted by ChewChewTrain

Actually, Cuts Off Prius, ALL sugar is REALLY bad for one's health. When I finish off my expensive agave sweetener, I'm switching to Xylitol, which not only sweetens but some research suggests it may have positive health effects, too.

This will open your eyes about the health effects of sugar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

The issue in the US is that corn receives subsidies, which makes corn syrup cheap, and thus it ends up in everything.

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Originally Posted by trollbait

The issue in the US is that corn receives subsidies, which makes corn syrup cheap, and thus it ends up in everything.

And, when you say "everything" that's EVERYTHING, including the ethanol in our gas.

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Subsidies and regulations for fuel ethanol are more focused on non-corn sources. Not saying corn isn't the major source, but it is no longer the dandy.