Forget The Flowers, Poems And Chocolate: A Recent Survey Conducted For Seattle's Best Coffee Revealed That The Way To Your Honey's Heart Is Through Their Coffee Mug. (Photo: Business Wire)

Don’t underestimate the power of a delicious cup of coffee in the morning. A recent survey conducted by Wakefield Research for Seattle’s Best Coffee, part of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX), revealed nearly a third (32%) of coffee drinkers recommend morning coffee with a significant other as the best way to have a healthy relationship. The morning treat even beat out buying flowers (9%), going to the nicest restaurant in town (6%), and making grand gestures like buying jewelry (2%) as the top tip to have a healthy, happy relationship.

Create Your Deliciousness to Win Coffee: Birthday cake, peanut butter puffs and cotton candy are among mix-ins awaiting coffee drinkers on the Seattle's Best Coffee Facebook page. 100 customers a day who make a drink will win a 12 oz. bag of Seattle's Best Coffee. (Photo: Business Wire)

This little gesture may even be one of the first signs that love is in the air for new couples. For over a quarter of coffee-drinking Americans, staying for “morning after” coffee (28%) is the very first sign a relationship is getting serious, more so even than keeping a spare toothbrush at your sweetheart’s place (20%) or updating your relationship status on Facebook (14%).

Skipping quality coffee time with your significant other could even have dire consequences. Nearly a third (31%) of Americans not very satisfied in their relationship would rather give up their significant other than their other love – coffee.

“We’ve always known how much people love their coffee, and what an important part of their day it is,” said Chris Bruzzo, chief marketing officer of Seattle’s Best Coffee. “What surprised us was that most consumers are really thinking outside of the mug when it comes to what they are coupling with their coffee to make it delicious. More than 80% of those surveyed have gone to interesting lengths playing barista themselves, adding items like cayenne pepper, balsamic vinegar, grape soda and even gummy bears to their coffee.”