Coffee

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by jekylljuice

Oh man, I make no exaggeration when I say that coffee (and occasionally Lucozade) is my lifeblood. On an average day I can drink six to seven cups of coffee, and don't get me started on the continuous flow I have going whenever I have any instensive work periods on (I've just come out of one right now, and I'm still feeling the side-effects). It must be very bad for me somehow, but then I don't smoke or drink alcohol, so I hope that compensates. I can agree with you on that one Ditchy, since I'm one of about two tee-totalling students I've ever encountered in my lifetime.

Alcohol = the nector of the nitwit (sorry, PM )

I'm the only true-blue caffeine junkie amongst my social circle - most of my friends have converted to the cult of the tea leaf, and they think they're so superior for it. That said, I AM actually trying to cut down on my coffee intake and have a few herbal teas now and then, though nothing too elaborate. Twinnings do some palatable herbal teas, but most of the stuff my friends are into always leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.

The only thing I hate about coffee is that it goes cold very quickly. And then it's far from good.

I'm with you on this one! I HAVE to have at LEAST four cups of black coffee per day-no wimpy cream and fizzy stuff in MY coffee, thank you-and if it's hot weather, I'll substitute coffee for a can of sugar-free Sobe No Fear or some other energy drink. Just like I can feel when my blood sugar is getting low, I can literally feel when the caffeine in my system is running down, and it's time for a fix. Believe me, caffeine is every bit as addictive as alchohol, if not more so! It just has the opposite effect. Me, I am SO not a morning person, yet I have a job that forces me to get up at 5 o'clock am. If it weren't for coffee, I could not survive. I can sometimes drink a hot cup of English tea, but here in the South, THE thing is iced tea, which I do not care for. Tea, however, does not give me the "lift" that coffee does; it's like putting on a Band-Aid when sutures are really what's needed-a stop-gap measure at best. I cannot stand those herbal or green teas. I also can't stand coffee that is not close to the boiling point; to me, coffee is not meant to be chug-a-lugged, but is supposed to be sipped and savored, preferably while reading or watching tv or surfing the 'net. Once it starts to approximate room temperature, it's time to pour it down the drain or stick it in the microwave! Oddly enough, I often drink a cup of strong black coffee right before bedtime, while on the internet, yet I have no problems getting to sleep. I guess I've just built up a tolerance of it to that point. When I was a kid, and I mean a LITTLE kid, like first grade, my father used to prepare breakfast for us before we left for school, and he'd make "coffee milk", as he called it, which was basically a hot latte'. As I got older, he increased the ratio of coffee per milk in the cup, so that by the time I was in high school, I was drinking strong coffee with just a touch of milk. Once I started teaching, the milk had to go.

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