i had two cups of coffee today for the first time in ages...

[redqueen]

not because i've only had one cup per day for a long time but i haven't had coffee at all for a really long time i mean.

anyway i've been hyper all afternoon and just thought i'd share that with you. it's amazing. i can't believe how hyper i am. been like this all afternoon. sumatran is reeeeeally good coffee you know. kenyan is also good but i didn't buy any of that. i wouldn't even have had any coffee if i hadn't switched to a coffee service that rents out these machines that make one cup at a time. now i can buy all different kinds of coffees and the kinds i like are sumatran and kenyan (oh wait i like mochas too but that's not really coffee is it? it's more like a coffee type beverage, but anyway) so because i have this kind of brewer now i can order the kind i like so today i have had two cups since 1:00 and i finished them by 2:00 actually but i'm still feeling pretty hyper.

i need one of these for at home!

what kind of coffee do you like? how much do you drink every day? i think tomorrow i'll drink one in the morning and one in the afternoon instead of drinking them really fast because i can't concentrate now. but they're so delicious... i couldn't resist. i really didn't buy them for me i thought i could resist because caffeine isn't good for you. but i decided to try one and well there i went. we have tea, too.

[progmom]

1. i think i got a caffeine high just from reading your post!

:rofl:

[redqueen]

3. hahahahahah

it's crazy!

i got my shipping done early for the first time ever!

so... do you like coffee? what kind? is 2 cups per day healthy like my co-worker says? i wish 4 cups per day was healthy... this stuff is soooooo gooooooood!

[progmom]

6. i like dark roasts

I try to buy fair trade.

I usually drink two 20 oz coffees in the morning and then a cappuccino with 4 shots in the afternoon.

[redqueen]

7. holy cow!

two 20 oz? i only had two 10 oz cups and daaaaaaaamn... which makes me think, again, that i wonder how many servings they really meant when (if?) they said two cups were healthy... do they mean two 8 oz cups? cause who drinks that much? servings should only reflect reality-based serving sizes, dammit.

[dolo amber]

2. Good grief, I drink about a 2 litre of coffee a day

:D

I was drinking some at 9:30 last night, fell asleep a couple hours later no problem. I have issues. :\

;) :hi:

[redqueen]

4. wow! geez i would be up all night... probably moving furniture!

my brain is BUZZIN! thank goodness this gets less effective over time because this stuff is so tasty and i don't think i'm going to be able to resist it. i shouldn't have ordered my favorite kind. i'm so gonna wanna drink more and more of it. i just thought someone else might like it because to me it's the best. that and kenyan. and mochas.

[supernova]

5. Hee Hee. Sumatran is my fav also

Just a really great, rich coffee flavor. :9

FYI - For future reference, Sumatran does come in Decaf. :crazy:

[redqueen]

8. yeah i know but like i said i was ordering for the office

i really did (stupidly) think i wasn't gonna drink any. i haven't had coffee in yeeaaars... only a mocha like 2x per year, when shopping (cause i tend to wanna leave before the shopping is done, during school clothes buying time and christmas shopping)...

besides, where's the fun in that? ;)

i wonder ... does it taste as good? cause like you said it's reeeeeally good!

[ThomCat]

9. Not coffee, but chocolate!

I'm a sucker for really good quality chocolate. :9

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[redqueen]

12. oh hell yeah!

i don't have it often, though. i could eat so much of it... other people might get sick of it but not me... the richer the better, baby!

[jpgray]

10. Lavazza's super crema espresso blend and a stovetop machine

+

Best coffee ever. But the stovetop thingie needs a burr grinder and requires careful timing.

[redqueen]

13. i used to drink LOTS of espresso...

my sister and i went to this all night coffee house in deep ellum and they had a bottomless cup (not the espresso but regular coffee) anyway we'd sit there and talk all night and had so much fun. i really miss that place. can't remember the name though which bugs me no end as it reminds me of my age... i used to get espressos now and then even though they cost more cause they're so strong and delicious.

i don't want one for at home though notnow... i'd never sleep again.

did anyone else see the machinist? that was pretty good... that reminded me of it... the not sleeping thing.

[jpgray]

16. I have one three shot machine and one six

But three is pleeeenty for just me.

[redqueen]

17. this thing is better

every cup is piping hot and freshly brewed! MMMMM MMMMM!

i wonder what burr grinding is... i wonder if i said that right... i will have to look that up.

[sarge43]

11. redqueen, as long as you're up for it, how's about

cleaning out the garage, dusting the leaves of all the trees in the neighborhood, balancing my checkbook, adjusting the GNP for the rising inflation rate, solving Fermat's Theorem and doing your Perry Como imitation. And have another cup of coffee; you're fun to watch. :headbang:

[redqueen]

14. that's exactly what i feel like!

except it's just shipping and billing and responding to really stupid emails i've been ignoring and posting and kicking threads which reminds me...

[sarge43]

20. Have a handful of chocolate covered coffee beans.

Make sure to file a flight plan first.

[redqueen]

21. ooooh that sounds pretty tasty...

do they sell those? i bet they're expensive... but good!

i wonder why sodas dont' affect me this way. i had a soda over the weekend. but not a whole lot at once, so maybe that's it.

[sarge43]

24. Oh yes and they should be sold only by prescription

I can knock back a pot of coffee and not feel it. Those things put me into low earth orbit. And yeah, they are tasty. You have been warned.

[redqueen]

25. wow!

okay that does it... i'm trying those!

but on the weekend! so i don't really have to be able to concentrate on anything for a while :crazy:

[sarge43]

32. You might want to tie yourself down, just to be on the safe side. n/t

[HEyHEY]

15. Now try some weed to even out

[redqueen]

18. THERE'S the polar bears!

:) :(

who's that guy? is that you? or just a guy in a pic you found? the bears are soooo cute! they make me happy and sad at the same time :) :( so that explains that smiley thing there at the beginning i did

[HEyHEY]

19. That's not me

That's some zoo guy

[redqueen]

22. he looks bald

bald is good.

[HEyHEY]

31. funny you should say that

I just finished...er...trimming

[redqueen]

33. oooh pics?

got pics? send me one? some? please? :D :D :D :D

[HEyHEY]

40. haha

SOrry, I have no pics

[Skittles]

23. I developed a serious coffee habit after I quit smoking

I'd always had my coffee but I started drinking it all the time, and since I work 12 hour shifts at night - well...:o

Anyways, it was when I started failing the iron test when I donated platelets (blood product) that I realized it was probably the caffiene inhibiting my iron intake - I'm down to one quite large cup a day.....my favorite is Harry & David's Moose Munch.

[redqueen]

26. oh no!

i've always been anemic... i guess i should get my iron levels checked... i wonder if 2 cups a day is all that bad... it's so tasty i don't wanna stop drinking it... i could always go to decaf...

i'm glad you mentioned that!

and i've always wanted to try that harry and david coffee... i might order some as my free gift when i do our corporate order this year... if they let me do it i mean... last year they did the order at the corporate office for all the locations, so i missed out on the bonus gift... waah.

i say "i mean" a lot when i'm hyper, i've noticed.

[Skittles]

27. I really hate decaf

I think two cups a day should be OK, redqueen - my habit was serious, I drank coffee half the day and all night long. :o

[redqueen]

29. yeah, i can imagine that would be easy to do, workin the night shift

and it's so tasty! well at least the good stuff is... it's like crack!

decaf tastes different, doesn't it? i don't know, i've never tried it... well if i did it was only once and a long time ago when i would still drink cheap nasty coffees :P

yeah i admit it, i'm a coffee snob

[Xithras]

28. I never drink coffee.

Probably 10 cups in my entire life. Blechhy!

Coffee screws with your natural waking rhythms and makes you dependent. Your brain has "plugs" (neural receptors) where "control chemicals" (adenosine) are supposed to connect. These chemicals control neural activity and make you tired. By blocking the "plugs", the adenosine can't make you tired and your wakefulness in increased. Sounds good right? There's a downside.

Your body compensates by increasing the amount of adenosine pumped into the system in order to overcome the caffeine. When the caffeine is removed, this results in body wide fatigue as the oversupply of adenosine is absorbed. The only way to fix the problem is to wait days for the body to normalize its adenosine production, or to consume more caffeine.

Eventually your body becomes addicted, and you can't function without the stuff. My recommendation? Quit while you still can.

[redqueen]

30. awwwww

i haven't had caffeine regularly for years... but yeah... if i drink a diet soda i want more...

i think i'll make it once a week. yeah, it's bad for me... but so is living... cause with each day i age i get a little more worn down :P

[sundog]

34. you should chase them down with a red bull

that will calm you down :thumbsup:

[redqueen]

36. hahahahahah

eeeeeevil!

:loveya:

[sundog]

38. what do you think i'm doing now?

:7

i couldn't survive my day otherwise

[NNadir]

35. My caffeine addiction has serious withdrawl symptoms.

The worst is the severe headaches.

I quit coffee once for about 5 months, but I fell off the wagon.

:hi:

[redqueen]

37. i used to be addicted to sodas... yeah...

i know the headache thing well :(

but it's so delicious... so very delicious!

:hi: :loveya:

[NNadir]

39. Yeah I despair of ever kicking the habit again.

;-)

I guess it's not the worst habit.

[yellowdogintexas]

41. I like cinnamon roast for my drip machine. Yesterday I bought

Chiapas coffee from a free trade co. and boy was it good. I ground half of it for my drip machine and the other half I ground for my espresso machine. I had a big cup of it this morning and it was just wunnerful. Very smooth