Tea &/or coffee ?

[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

Hi, all ~

I have been "off" coffee for 5-years, now. Love it, love to smell it ... however (!!), it was causing me "intestinal distress"
(if you know what I mean).
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Now drink hot tea. Herbal, green, organic, etc. Am enjoying it, as much as, or even, more-so than coffee. No more 'intestinal distress".
I used to drink tea many years ago. Mainly, in the afternoon and evenings.


I am ready to throw the tea in the harbor. Anyone, else?
(subliminal metaphor, here, Y'all ...)
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[kehaulani]

I have two cups of dark coffee in the morning. Doesn't seem to have a negative effect. In fact, and it's kind'a funny - beer is supposed to make you drowsy and coffee alert. But when I was doing a lot of late-night arranging, I found that I could drink a six pac of beer while I was writing and it helped keep me going while, one cup of coffee and I would drift off into never-never land,
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[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

Wine makes me drowsy. Beer makes my pee stink.
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[Crazy Finn]

I mostly cut out caffeine over a decade ago when I mostly quit drinking soda. I drank coffee from time to time, but it wasn't a regular thing. It tended not to "wake" me up in the morning (not a morning person regardless) but just made me jittery.

For soda, I gave up the yellow sweet stuff and when I rarely had one, it was a clear, maybe citrus thing with bubbles. But, even that was quite rare.

It was mostly water, some juice in the morning, and some beer, whiskey, or wine. I occasionally had too much of the alcohol, but it was very occasional, maybe once every couple of years. Usually a nice craft beer either at the local brewery or at Saturday get together.

When the virus struck and we were all isolated at home, I, over time, discovered I'm almost entirely a social drinker. I vaguely miss having a tasty German style beer, a nice Rioja, or a well made Old Fashioned, Mint Julep, or Redbreast 12 neat. But, not enough to actually bother to get one and I don't miss most of the effects. Accidently haven't had a drink for several years, so I guess I didn't have a problem - not that I really thought I did.

I keep thinking about getting into tea. I used to occasionally have a herbal tea, but I enjoyed the actual tea as well. But, whatever I'm doing or not doing has been feeling very good physically, so I think I'll just keep on keeping on for the time being.
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[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

Whatever your preferences ... be sure to drink/quaf ample Good 'ole WATER !

It has been my beverage of choice for decades.
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[huntman10]

After years spent at power plants, I got to liking the bitter black swill that was brewed in the control rooms that were on duty 24/7/365. Having left the power industry some 17 years ago, I am down to one 36 ounce cup a day before noon. My favorite is a blend called "Tacti-Squatch" from Black Rifle Coffee company. I suspect they chose that name because I believe their blend will likely serve to turn forged aluminum gun parts a deep flat Parkerized black! No sugar, no cream, no foam!

Then at noon, decaf unsweetened iced tea made with de-ionized water (the water quality we used in the power plant lab)! Haven't had a beer in 3 years, and that was just the 1. Just never did enjoy beer or wine. I have a Bloody Mary for New Year's, and 1 "good" Scotch with my brother in law sometime in the summer. I may drink 1 or 2 soft drinks a month, if I am away from home and can't get trustworthy tea, but no artificial sweeteners!

Keeps me feeling better than I deserve!
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[david johnson]

For me, it's black coffee or lightly sweet tea.

[Jerry]

Around the start of the pandemic I saw several news articles quoting a reputable longitudinal study claiming that adults who drank 3 - 5 cups of coffee per day lived longer than those who didn't. (I couldn't find how many ounces 3 - 5 cups totaled. I actually didn't look very hard.) Decaf had a detrimental effect.

So I started drinking about 4 "cups" every day. My wife, always a coffee drinker, started to make sure she got at least 3 "cups" in. We both drink it black.

The trouble is, my wife likes very dark roasts, and I much prefer light roasts. So we have to be careful planning to use our one coffee maker.

[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

[WxJeff]

All right! Caffeine thread....

[RL]

Actually American coffee taste more or less the same as tea.
Years ago I received a pack with American (filter)coffee as a gift.
At home we made coffee the way we always do and it was tasting like warm water with some coffee taste. So we doubled the quantity of coffee and it still tasted like @#@#. European coffee is so much stronger in taste.

back to the topic:

2 cups of coffee in the morning on working days
Water during the day
Tea in the evening

During the weekend:
2 cups of Cappucino or coffee in the morning .
Water during te day
A good glas (or 2) Primitivo in the evening.

[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

Frank Zappa drank coffee, a LOT.
He had an ever-present Thermos of it ... whether it be at home, on a gig, in the studio, in the car. Drank coffee all hours of the day and night.

The effects could be evident (?) in his quirky, "dark humor"
Ever listen to the lyrics in his tunes ?
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[LittleRusty]

I must say that I didn’t like either cup of coffee I’ve had.

But then caffeine has never had a noticeable effect on me so I didn’t need a carrier for it.

Also my tastebuds are wired a little differently. Cilantro tastes like dish soap, so perhaps my appreciation for coffee suffers from a similar effect?

[peanuts56]

Two cups of high octane black coffee. One in the morning, around 7:30. I usually have the 2nd cup around 4 in the afternoon, usually after a short nap! I started on organic coffee some years back. Been drinking it black for over 40 years. As far as tea, I rarely drink it despite being three quarters Irish. My wife is full blooded Chinese from Honolulu. We will drink tea in our favorite Chinese restaurant.
One funny story. Starbuck's makes a really good instant coffee that comes in individual packets. My next oldest sister's best friend is from Norway. She loves strong black coffee. She carries these packets with her. If she orders coffee in a restaurant and it's too weak, she jacks it up with a packet or two.

[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

[cbtj51]

[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

[Man Of Constant Sorrow]

By-the-way, cbtj51, I agree with your choice beverage: water.

I quaff prodigious quantities of the stuff.

Just finished four (4) days of literally drinking nothing but water.
(Prep protocol for a colonoscopy )

Very good result.
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