I feel the same way about coffee. If you have to add stuff, you ain't making it right.
Unlike tea, coffee has a strong, assertive taste to it. I always add a splash of half-and-half and the coffee still comes thru loud and clear. At my local in-store Starbucks the other day, after requesting my usual hot coffee with cream, I asked the clerk what percentage of customers order plain coffee vs. their elaborate coffee-ish dessert drinks. She said maybe 10% order regular coffee. By far the diabetes-inducing concoctions are more popular. In fact, as I waited for my coffee, another customer stepped up and asked if she could please have more caramel squirted into her gigantic domed cup. The clerk was happy to oblige.