Best Coffee Creamers

Coffee-mate Natural Bliss Tasting

By: J

Starting off in the morning with a nice cup of coffee can make or break a day. For now, let’s imagine it’s an Autumn Sunday. You woke up later than usual 10:30 but feel a little tired, especially after staying up late working. You rub the sleep from your eyes and go down stairs, automatically clicking brew on your keurig. The sweet hum of the machine floats through the kitchen and after a moment you hear the sound of smooth coffee raining streaming down into your cup. You stand in front of the fridge, barely conscious of what you are looking at.

This is what moment might end up defining your day. What coffee creamer you use.

Someone in your family is dairy free, so you see the almond milk. In my personal opinion, plunge your hand into the fridge right past that. I find with almond milk, the bitterness of your coffee that so much of our population craves can be overpowered by… well, almonds.

Finally, you’re looking at the good stuff. Who knows, you might have a thin mint cookie flavored creamer in there, but typically you will find three flavors.

1. Classic Vanilla

2. Carmel

3. Pumpkin Spice

My personal brand of choice is Nestle Coffee Mate, the natural bliss line. Even after trying all the main flavors, I don’t have a favorite, but here’s what I have to say about each one.

Starting with classic vanilla, there isn’t much that can go wrong. It’s plain, simple, and minimalistic. It’s good for when you wanna sweeten your coffee, but don’t want to have to pay it too much attention. It’s a little bland, but it’s as expected. Not much too it. The flavor is a little too hard to find for a relaxed Sunday morning, but when you are driving to work and people are cutting in and out of your lane, it does just the right job of keeping you sane. It’s sweet, but not overly so. It’s just enough.

I know I said I don’t have a favourite, but if I did, it’d be carmel. The caramel flavor is profound and smooth and cracking open the top of the bottle with a resounding crack lets the aromas escape, bringing a sense of comfort to you. It is easier to find in your coffee and is a minimalistic way to bring sweetness to your day.

Everything during the fall season seems to be pumpkin spice. Natural bliss’s simple take on the trendy taste is a fun way to start your day. While homemade pumpkin spice may not be as good as a Starbucks iced cold foam pumpkin spice latte, which is currently my favourite drink, it is an easy way to put you in the autumn mood.

All in all, I love how easy the upgrade from regular coffee is made with the Natural Bliss Coffee creamer. It’s my personal favourite coffee creamer, and I love the other seasonal flavors, especially their Thin Mint Girl Scout edition.