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Reporter: Rachel Pierce
Email Address: rachel.pierce@wowt.com

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Coffee. Hot or cold. Some people can't imagine a day without it.
Well, that might be a stretch! But more companies from well-known Starbucks to lesser known Bolthouse Farms are offering canned and bottled coffee drinks.

Consumer Reports' Leslie Ware says these drinks pack a lot more than caffeine.

"Coffee drinks can have lots of calories and sugar. The ones we tester per serving had 100 to 180 calories." said Ware

And they had 17 to 31 grams of sugar.

Consumer Reports, which has been testing coffee for decades, had sensory panelists taste test ready-to-drink coffees. While all the coffees did very well, only Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso & Cream rated excellent.

"Starbucks Doubleshot had a nice balance of sweet coffee and rich dairy flavors. But it had the most fat of any of the products we tested." said Ware

So you can enjoy these drinks but be careful not to enjoy them TOO often. And if you want to cut down on fat and calories, there's always the old-fashioned brewed cup of coffee.

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