1 cup of black coffee has <5 cals according to the internet, not 0. it's basically 0 but i think it's important to be precise when it comes to diet.
So how precise do you need it to be? 0, 1, <5, or -1, -5 calories? Or is this just pedantic nitpicking?
Calorie has a pretty specific definition. What makes you feel like the scientific definition doesn't work for you?
I do in fact drink black coffee in a fasted state and if it had 5 calories (which I don't believe it does) I would choose not to ...