I'm used to one sugar and a lot of cream in my coffee or opt for a vanilla latte at any coffee shop, but I'm quitting the sugary, milk-filled coffee and cutting the cost by going full on black coffee only. I honestly do not even want to know how much I spend on specialty drinks at coffee shops because I know it's a lot. I also don't want to know how much sugar I consume by just the syrups in those drinks. So with that, I'm quitting the fancy stuff and going straight Java.

Coffee has a large source of vitamins and antioxidants, but when those are masked by the packets of sugar, they no longer benefit you. You are just dumping dairy and sugar into your system. I started drinking black coffee at the beginning on the year and I thought I would not be able to get used to it, but after only three days, I can handle it, and must admit I enjoy my coffee better, too. If you are one of those people that simply cannot handle black coffee, put healthy options in your coffee or ween off the sugary drinks, don't go cold turkey.

Without the different additives in the coffee, one can come to appreciate the coffee for what it is: coffee.

Black coffee, not ruined by sugars and creams, can impact your health in a positive way. It helps your liver, can boost your metabolism, fights depression, cleanses your system, and can fight many different diseases. But I cannot emphasize enough—this is coffee with nothing else added.

Not only does drinking black coffee help your health, but it helps your wallet as well. A specialty coffee is roughly five dollars anywhere you go. If you drink two coffees a day, at that price, that is $3,650 a year. Imagine how much more you could buy with that money, on something that most likely wont be half wasted. Black coffee is about two dollars any place you go and you can also buy coffee at the store in bulk which lasts longer. I'm seeing nothing but positives here.

Now you definitely don't have to do this, but with all the benefits I see from just drinking black coffee, and not five dollar drinks every day, I think it is worth considering.