Making your own flavored coffee?

I don’t like flavored coffee but my friend puts pure vanilla extract in her grounds prior to brewing. She likes it a lot but I’ve never tasted it.

You know if you take a jar and add vanilla bean to it. You got vanilla sugar. You can also add cinnamon… Makes it taste good.

i don’t drink it regularly.. i like a bottle of water in the morning **shrug**, but when i do I like half hazelnut half creamer (tiramasu was good) and top it with some whip cream and one pink packet.

I love love love vanilla lattees, where they add hot milk, froth and vanilla syrup to a shot of coffee, but instead of making that at home, I put a little vanilla essence in my coffee. My friend bought me vanilla flavoured instant coffee for my birthday (in a hamper of goodies, so sweet!) and when I ran out I started adding vanilla essence and it tastes just the same! Add a spoonful of sugar if you need to sweeten it up.

I love @Frenchfry ‘s answer, sounds even more yummy!

I like the mocha frappachinos.. I’d drink the little bottles in the morning if they weren’t so expensive..I guess I could just put ice in my coffee :\

@ninahenry what is “vanilla essence?” Is that the same as imitation vanilla?

@Dewey420 I do the iced coffee all the time at home. That is one of the rare occasions that I will take some sort of sweetener in my coffee, actually. :)

vanilla essence/vanilla extract

That’s what I use, it’s a UK brand but you’ll find it elsewhere. You’ll probably also find more syrupy versions but I like the low-calorie option.

Ohhh, so it is the same, just a different name. Thank you!

@TheOnlyNeffie :) I don’t think it’s imitation vanilla though, but I’m also not sure how it’s made, some kind of extracting process I’d presume :P

I have just put vanilla in the cup,I’m drinking.As for stevia,a friend grows it and puts the leaves in the filter for sweetness as it brews.

I use vanilla syrup flavoring, but I put it in the bottom of the glass coffee container, not in the grounds. Sometimes I use Bailey’s® Irish cream, an alcoholic drink, which I pour directly into the cup.

We keep cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and nutmegs on the counter to grind up a little or put pieces in to soak.

I sometimes use flavoured syrups but I put them in the cup, not the coffee-maker.