to flavor or not to flavor

Around the table one night at my parents' house, my brother-in-law (my sister's husband) asked me what the draw was to flavored coffee.  One of the comments he made indicated that he wasn't sure if the coffee would taste like coffee.  He said that, even when you add cream and sugar, it still tastes like coffee, but was it the same way with flavored coffees?  I had never really thought about this issue, so I don't know how I would have answered him before, except to say that you taste the coffee and the flavor.  However, I recently tried a flavored coffee that I did not expect to like at all, but loved and that experience helped me respond to him.  I recently tried a Green Mountain Coffees flavor called Wild Mountain Blueberry.  Now, before you react, I know that it sounds weird and in all honesty the only reason I tried it was that it came in a mixed flavored coffees box from Green Mountain that included flavors that I was pretty confident I would like (like the Caramel Vanilla Cream).  I expected to not like it, but in the spirit of my code name (Indiana Valdez) I was adventurous and tried it.  It was the most delicious thing I have ever tasted.  The sweet blueberry flavor reminded me of blueberry muffins or blueberry bread.  It actually tasted like I took a sip of coffee while I still had a bite of the most delicious blueberry muffin in my mouth.  If you like blueberry muffins and you have coffee with your breakfast. then you have probably done this before, I know I have.  Because it seemed like such a strange flavor to want to put in your coffee that I had to compare it to something that I considered a "normal" coffee experience, I ended up having the perfect answer as to why I like flavored coffees.  I asked my brother-in-law if he ever eats food while drinking his coffee and he indicated that he does.  I asked him if he sometimes takes a drink of his coffee while there is still food in his mouth, and he said yes to that as well.  I told him that this experience is what flavored coffees are like.  Your coffee still tastes like coffee, but the coffee flavor mixes with a complementary flavor.  So what is my answer to the question, to flavor or not to flavor?  Well, if you ever drink regular coffee while eating food and like how the flavor of the food mixes with the flavor of the coffee, then you might want to try flavored coffees if you never have before.  Here's a sneak peak of some flavors I've tried recently that I'll be reviewing soon, both by Green Mountain: Golden French Toast, and Island Coconut.  Stay tuned!!