23 Sweet Alternatives: Discover the Best Sugar Substitutes for Your Coffee

23 Sweet Alternatives: Discover the Best Sugar Substitutes for Your Coffee

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Millions of us enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning. It helps us wake up and get going -- just like the Ethiopian abbott (according to legend) who is credited with creating the drink in the 9th century. Fast forward to 16th century coffee brewers in the Middle East, who started adding sugar to their favorite beverage, as did Franz George Kolschitzky, who opened the first-ever coffee house in Vienna, where it was served with milk, cream, and sugar. Sugar helped to make cheaper coffee taste better but it also tapped into a deep-rooted love of sweets. Scientists know sugary foods were a source of nutrition for our ancient forebears, but the refined sugar we find everywhere today is a health hazard. What's a coffee lover to do? Well, you could try the many alternatives. Here are 23 of the best sugar substitutes to use in your coffee. Allulose Johns Hopkins Medicine describes allulose, stevia, tagatose, and monk …