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I used to drink IMMENSE amounts of caffeine until I went to a vegetarian/vegan gathering and pounded down huge amounts of good food for a weekend. Now, as long as I eat well, I have to stop at maybe a cup of coffee in the morning and one in the afternoon, otherwise I feel queasy. Evidently much of my coffee craving was caused by vitamin or nutrient deficiency.
And when I say IMMENSE amounts of caffeine, I mean IMMENSE. I've managed several coffee shops and worked in a roastery. I used to drink caffeine all day long, probably in the range of a couple pots of joe, a couple sodas, and at least one cappuccino per-day.
Morning! Actually I'm working at home today, so I'm listening to the drip machine bubble away in the kitchen. The beans are ground by hand with a bright red wooden grinder with a little drawer in the bottom. We also have a Brown Betty and some overpriced Typhoo from the international grocery; but I thought today was a coffee morning.
dammit Taz, you're the only one who can make the concept of wine sound really really tempting to me. You did that in another thread yesterday too. Can I come over and hang out?
*massively bed headed noggin pokes out from pile of comforters and pillows*
Morning, sunshine! *ssstrrrreeeeeetttcccchhh* Hoo boy, it's my Saturday, so take your time, but an extra spicy chai, easy sugar from Phil's would be grand.
You guys are gonna get me hooked again with all this talk of espresso and French roast. You may as well be talking about single-malt and vintage port at an AA meeting...
I hate the phrase, "regular coffee," which, at least at delis in my part of Queens, means milk and sugar. But elsewhere, it's a size, or a reference to house blend rather than coffee-of-the-day, or one of many other meanings for "regular." It's a needlessly confusing word that should be removed from the deli dictionary.
I used to drink my coffee black, but I started putting sugar into it a few months ago to buffer the caffeine. I find I drink fewer cups this way (I think I have a lower threshold for sugar than for caffeine). Only one cup today (I slept like a babe last night).
Plenty of coffee - early and often. Two cups in the morning at home, one on the ride to the office, and a few more throughout the morning. Occasionally a mid afternoon cup or two and usually a post dinner cup or two. Other than my other vices, coffee is my only vice.
I get my caffeine from pop.
"Pop" instead of "soda"? Another Midwesterner? My out of town friends love making fun of me for calling it "pop". They also ask me to say "sausage" or call somebody a "complete jag".
When I was in my mid-20's I was drinking eight or nine cups-worth, smoking two packs, and drinking about ten beers/vodka drinks a day. Then I cut my foot and was put on codeine 24/7. My heart kept me up at night.
Of course, I lay the blame solely at the coffee's feet.
Coffee is a bronchodilator (like ephedrine, which also has a stimulant-effect.) Also a mild antidepressent, stimulating dopamine production. It also makes sperm swim faster. It is a slight antioxident, though best when double-filtered, and still not as good as tea. And it is said to improve muscle-tone.
I make 2/3 of a pot every morning and drink somewhere between half and all of it. Black, please.
By the way, anyone ever tried to order "black" (i.e., straight out of the pot with nothing in it) coffee in Boston? It's impossible. I think it took me six months to finally get a cup of coffee with no additives, and I've forgotten the magic phrase you must utter.
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