Coffee Addiction

[TinCow]

I'm addicted. Need it every morning. Who else and how much?

[discovery1]

None. I drink tea instead.

[Ser Clegane]

None. I drink tea instead.

dto here - I only occasionally drink a cup of coffee during the weekend or when I meet somebody over lunch.

I used to drink 4-5 large cups during my first year in my current job - the coffee we ahd here tasted like **** and by afternoon I usually was a a bit fidgety due to too much caffeine. So at some point I decided that it might be a good idea to switch to tea...

[Hosakawa Tito]

I'm just not human till I have 3-4 cups of coffee in the morning. When they bury me, my wife has promised to slip my coffee machine and mug into the coffin. Right next to my salt shaker. Everyone should be so blessed to have such a dutiful woman.~;)

[pyhhricvictory]

just a tea man. I am on my 2nd cup today though

[BDC]

I got addicted to coke over the summer... That ruined the old teeth.

But not coffee. Mochas maybe, but I'm not man enough for proper coffee. ~;)

[SwordsMaster]

I usually drink 3-4 cups a day, but it dosent affect me..... I only drink it for the warmth after these cold wet irish mornings... ~:cheers:

[Papewaio]

Used to average 9 or more cups per day. Four by 10 am.

[LittleGrizzly]

0 a day, i have coke instead.

[solypsist]

i've been making an effort to drop my intake down to one small cup in the morning - and i've been largely successful. my previous habit wasn't that bad, maybe 3 cups until lunch. still, i need some daily.

[Hosakawa Tito]

I usually drink 3-4 cups a day, but it dosent affect me..... I only drink it for the warmth after these cold wet irish mornings... ~:cheers:

Ahh, the insiduous caffeine monster slowly creeps into position to claim another soul. "I can quit anytime I want", he says. ~;)

[Spetulhu]

I drink less than I used to, but no cups. Great big coffee mugs, usually three a day. ~;)

[ah_dut]

I am scary, 2 large mugs a day at 13, i'm gonna die of heart diseaese... ohh welll

[Quietus]

None. Enlightenment is cool though, so I drink that ~;)

[Beirut]

Wake up - one giant tea.
On the way to work - one big coffee.
Lunch - one or two big coffees
After work - one small coffee
Nightime - two to four cups of tea.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Coffee? Occassionally. I love tea --when made well! Have a couple glasses daily at least; usually ten or so.

I like weed teas too.
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[Sasaki Kojiro]

No caffeine at all...I wake up very quickly.

[solypsist]

I've actually read that an apple in the morning is more condusive to pepping up than coffee.


No caffeine at all...I wake up very quickly.

[A.Saturnus]

No coffee. Coffeine has no effect on me and I don´t like the taste. I occasionally drink tea. Most of the time I´m drinking mineral water.

[Sigurd]

No coffee, tea or coke (coca cola?).
Milk (1.5% fats) all the way. (They say milk is not good for you??) *flexing LARGE biceps*

[Medieval Assassin]

Tim Hortons...Ice Caps...Need one, NOW!!!

[Beirut]

Yeah Tim Hortons!

Go Canada!

(Except that 18% cream they use a bit too much.)

[Teutonic Knight]

I LOVE coffee and tea, both with LOTS of sugar... I mean shameful, embarassing amounts of sugar.... :embarassed:

I drink gallons of water a day though...

[HawaiianHobbit]

I drink tea, 2 cups in the morning and 1 or 2 before i go to bed.

[JAG]

I am a tea and coke man really. Drink 2 cups of tea a day and around 3 500ml bottles of coke a day, though sometimes I have the occasional coffee, in fact I have one sitting right next to me as I speak.

[Papewaio]

Started drinking coffee at 7.

Most coffees in one day was 24. After that my face had a numb feeling like going to the dentist for a day. Was all in a exam lead up... so I decided to have no coffee for a six week period before study week at uni from then on... to maximise any alertness from coffee.

I gave up coffee for an entire year when I was 24 ... ironically this happened when I was working in gold exploration and was working in Sumatran mountains (exploring in and around coffee plantations).

[Hosakawa Tito]

I can't imagine the horror of trying to rein in a 7 year old boy after he slugs down a cup o' joe. I bet the term rambunctious was an understatement.

My personal record for coffee consumption in a day (16 hours) was 30 cups, three 10 cup pots worth. We were on lock down at the jail for 6 days straight to search for contraband and weapons after an officer was beaten and stabbed to death by an inmate gang. I was wired enough from the situation alone, that I didn't sleep much for those 6 days, the amount of coffee I consumed guaranteed it.

[Lemur]

I gave the beans up when my wife was pregnant. She couldn't drink, so I didn't either. After a very brief withdrawal, I found I slept better, so I haven't gone back.

They make some really great decafs these days, so if you like the taste and the warmth and the whole ritual of the thing, there's plenty of goodness out there.

[Thoros of Myr]

I only have coffee once a month or less.
Usually 1-3 soda's each day, 1-3 cups of milk and 4-6 16oz bottles of water.
Coffee in the morning makes me real queasy...I can only drink it after lunch.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Most of the time I´m drinking mineral water.
Good choice. I have at least one bottle (200 mg) daily. :yes:
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[Kaiser of Arabia]

none, the only coffee I can even drink without throwing up is straight expresso. The rest tastes am awefully lot like batter acid to me.

[rasoforos]

I do drink coffe but i have a strange coffee drinking pattern. I m not a person who will drink everyday but i used to consume tons of coffee during exam periods or when sleep was not a priority. So more or less long periods of no coffee of very little coffee and short periods of major caffeine overdose (and 3-4 hours of sleep per day)

What i consider coffee is a poison. First of all i always have black coffee. I add about 4 spoons of coffee,so in a small cup coffe makes up about 30% of the volume or more, instead of one or two. During my university years and particularly my 3rd year exams I reached the extreme of eating coffee ~D or just dissolve it in half a cup of water untill it becomes a thick liquid. Believe it or not i ve grown a taste for the bitter hell in a cup. I didnt do it in my Masters Degree year though (caffeine is not worth its side-effects i think) and i dont think i ll do it again, i go on drinking ultra strong coffee though.

[Xiahou]

Thought I'd dredge this up instead of a new thread....

Does anyone regularly drink anything other than coffee from the regular "drip" coffee maker? I started out with that after college, but about 2yrs ago I moved on to the french press, 6 months ago I got an espresso maker and finally, just today, I picked up a small 'ibrik' and had my first dose of "turkish" coffee- thought I'd give it a go since I finally got a grinder good enough to make it. So, am I alone here or there other coffee nut wannabees? ~:cool:

[MoROmeTe]

There's no such thing as coffe addiction. I've been drinking at least a good big cup a day, with plenty of sugar and milk, for the last 6 years of my life, and I've got no addiction whatsoever. Addiction!? Gimme a break...

[makkyo]

I've been migrating over to Red Bulls and Soda. Tastes a lot better, plus it has more chemical junk in it.

[TheSilverKnight]

I drink coffee and tea...but...I will admit I do have an addiction to coffee. It's just so bloody good...

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I don't need caffeine, give me 7 hours of sleep or so and I will be up til dawn!

I love the night.....

[Hosakawa Tito]

When I am finally laid to rest my cup, coffee maker & grinder + 1 lb. of Sumatra coffee beans will be going with me. My wife promises to put them right next to my salt shaker. ~D

I have never tried Turkish coffee, but I wonder if it is similar to Spanish coffee? An inmate at the prison I worked turned me on to Spanish coffee a while back. He took finely ground coffee, he used a mortar & pestle to get it as fine as talcum powder, and placed it in a sock. He added the sock and lots of sugar (several ounces at least) to a hotpot of boiling water and poured off the foam & liquid into small cups just as it was about to boil over. Quite delicious, but don't drink the sediment in the bottom of the cup. Good coffee is nectar of the Gods. The above mentioned Sumatra with it's earthy bold flavor is one of my favorites. :rtwyes:

[Xiahou]

Well, Turkish coffee (at least as I know it) is made by putting a few teaspoons of sugar in the ibrik, filling it most of the way with water and adding copious amounts of finely ground coffee (think powder) so that it floats in a thick layer on top of the water. You heat the concoction until the foam reaches the top and then remove from heat and stir it down- repeat 2 more times, except no stirring the 3rd time. I like it, but its probably going to be too much work/mess to have regularly...

Read some proper directions here. (http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/turkishcoffee/) ~;)

I had some sumatra mandheling before, but it didn't really do much for me- although I have reason to believe it may have been past its prime. Tough to find fresh coffee around here...

[Shadow]

I am not a person who need coffee everyday but I have one mug every morning cause my mum always make extra. ~:)

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Ahh, Turkish cofee. ~:) I'll leave it to mom's expertise. Yummm! ~;)
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[Hetman_Koronny]

Mmm, turkish coffee good - from time to time though ~;)

I usually have somewhere from 3 to 6 a cups a day and I drink instant coffee with milk no sugar.

I love espresso - it's the best thing I can ask for after a solid lunch on warm Sunday afternoon :bow:

[The_Emperor]

I am admittedly addicted to Coffee when at work... yet surprisingly I rarely drink any at home.

Guess it just comes with the Job of being an IT Admin. (and that Coffe maker sitting in the corner of our small office, just calls to me). :help: