Caffeine: How do you have yours?

[Loki]

I'm a daily caffeine (ab)user. When I don't have it it leads to headaches. :rolleyes:

I'm thinking of investing in a decent coffee machine that will give me Starbucks-like strong coffee with a real kick. Until then, at home I have this:

http://www.50goldenbrands.com/Assets/images/display/88-nescafe-gold-blend.jpg

The best coffee I've ever tasted in my life was at a hotel in Rome. Italians really make the best coffee imo!

[Atlas]

I'm drinking this these days :

http://media.telemarket.fr/imgnwprd/000/000132/00013200/00013200-t0.jpg

It's French for all I know.

I also like the coffee from Africa, South America, more especially the Colombian one.

And of course this :

http://www.stars-actu.com/public/nespresso001.jpg

Nespresso. What else ?

[Rachel]

I am a pepsi/ cola girl myself cold refreshing glass of soda gives me that caffeine kick i need.. i sometimes drink coffee ( if i have not slept .. and if i really need a boost Iced chai latte hmm yummy.)

[Lars]

Exclusively from coffee. I have always two different coffee products in my cubboard to vary it a little. :)
http://shimworld.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/nescafegoldwp.jpghttp://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/07/0726_globalbrands/image/24_nescafe.jpg
With either coffee cream 9% or milk.

[Rachel]

I cant function in the morning enough to actually MAKE coffee hence the reason i down two cans of soda, because i just cant make coffee in the morning without either breaking something or hurting myself neither of which sound fun.


edit : actually this discussion needs a side discussion or a poll for favorite breakfast food... i think i may go make one...

[jerney]

I don't drink coffee, ever. I've maybe tried it three times in my life. I do have a bad habit of diet pepsi/coke, though. I have to at least one glass a day or I get a headache.

[Ulf]

Coffee, usually some cheap generic brand that tastes like tar but kicks like jet fuel. At work I have to drink soda, which I hate but I need the boost...

[Loddfafner]

I inject it.


Actually, even better. I drink a full cup of espresso made in one of those Krups-made electrical steam gadgets. I trust it is the same Krups known for German military equipment.

[Sally]

I drink sugarfree cola exclusively for my fix, and my favourite is Pepsi Max. Sometimes, in the absence of Pepsi Max, I'll drink Coke Zero.

[Útrám]

Nescafé is good, but my favourite would be Icelandic Cafe mocha(chocolate coffee). I also try to limit my consumption to one cup a day since too much caffeine seems to lead to small skin irritations.

[Rachel]

I also try to limit it to my consumption to one cup a day since too much caffeine seems to lead to small skin irritations.
.... really oh boy when does that start to show up i have been drinking caffeine since i was id say 15 * in large amount that is* and if what your saying is true well i should have something by now...?

[Útrám]

.... really oh boy when does that start to show up i have been drinking caffeine since i was id say 15 * in large amount that is* and if what your saying is true well i should have something by now...?

Don't worry, it's one of the the earliest symptoms of being over-caffeinated. I have an IT job so I'm apt to such overuse :)

[Rachel]

ahh so i am not going to develop any weird skin stuff on my body any time soon good to know....

[Lyfing]

When I ain't drinking beer I make a pot ( two quarts ) of double strength tea and drink it..:thumb001:

Later,
-Lyfing

[Rachel]

black teat green tea.. what type of tea ? i personally like peach tea :)

[anonymaus]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/302480717_730d93c439.jpg?v=0http://www.rockstar69.com/uploads/products/ZC_Ingredients.jpg

16/24oz can of central nervous system rocket fuel.

[Rachel]

i only drink that stuff when i have finals and i have to pull an all night in order to study for it !

[Treffie]

I've got to have 2 cups of these in the morning so that I can operate properly at work.

http://www.condiments4campers.co.uk/ekmps/shops/chrisf/images/kencoreallysmoothsmallclinic%5Bekm%5D1181x250%5Bek m%5D.jpg

[Turkophagos]

http://fotisl.files.wordpress.com/2006/05/frappe.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_frapp%C3%A9_coffee



I have four of these every day.

[Rachel]

i think i can feel my arteries clogging ... ;)

[Phlegethon]

Pressure filling. As I work changing shifts in IT I need my 40 cups per day. No gay stuff like milk and sugar comes into my coffee, of course. 4500 milligrams per day and I don't get headaches. And I sleep like a baby after having had my last pot for the day.

http://www.tmcm.com/comics/182_CoffeeJokes.gif

[Tabiti]

http://freeconnect.de/assets/Uploads/Logos/tchibo.jpg
http://www.offex.bg/productpictures/913357thumbLarge.jpg
http://palpurina.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/coca-cola-light.jpg
http://www.productsthathurt.com/cached/_images/maintainwidth/175x300/3289d6466a2cd8483042263f956c9f7d/pepsi_max-1196.jpg

[Phlegethon]

Sorry folks, but there hardly is any caffeine in colas anymore.

[Tabiti]

According to me the same is true about most popular coffee brands as well.

[Svarog]

I'm drinking nescafe gold with no cream and a bit of sugar, having a cop even now

[Äike]

Green tea
http://blackchristiannews.com/news/green-tea.jpg

[Loki]

And I sleep like a baby after having had my last pot for the day.


Caffeine doesn't keep me awake either. In fact, I usually have a cup of coffee before I go to bed. I sleep like a baby too.

[Tabiti]

The same for me - no problem to sleep after coffee.
I've also noticed that strong coffee lowers my blood sugar levels, that's why I prefer it not black but with milk or cream.

[Loddfafner]

Actually, even better. I drink a full cup of espresso made in one of those Krups-made electrical steam gadgets. I trust it is the same Krups known for German military equipment.

After some basic googling I discovered that I had confused Krups with Krupp. This is too bad; it would have been funny if they were the same outfit.

[Tabiti]

After some basic googling I discovered that I had confused Krups with Krupp. This is too bad; it would have been funny if they were the same outfit.
I was wondering if it the same as well :D

[Phlegethon]

A company named Krupp does not exist anymore after the merger with Thyssen in 1999. It is ThyssenKrupp now and deals exclusively in the heavy industry segment.

Krups on the other hand was founded in 1846 and orginally produced scales, later also coffee grinders. Krups was bough by the French kitchen appliances manufacturer Moulinex in 1991 which went bankrupt in 2001. Krups now belongs to the French Groupe SEB (originally: Société d'Emboutissage de Bourgogne), another manufacturer of household appliances.

[Lars]

I have a question to all you coffee lovers.

Have any of you tried Bialetti's coffee pot?
http://images.surlatable.com/surlatable/images/en_US//local/products/detail/PC178754v1.jpg
I want to know:
if you can only make espresso with it?
if I buy the 3 or 4 cup version of it, is it possible to make only 1 or 2 cups with them?

[Æmeric]

I avoid caffeine. I don't drink coffee or tea & avoid caffeinated beverages. I eat chocolate a couple of times of week, that's it.

[Phlegethon]

I have a question to all you coffee lovers.

Have any of you tried Bialetti's coffee pot?


Too small.

[Rachel]

Sorry folks, but there hardly is any caffeine in colas anymore.


Dont tell me that Lies all Lies... no seriously i need what ever little caffeine is in my cola...

[Lars]

Dont tell me that Lies all Lies... no seriously i need what ever little caffeine is in my cola...

Are you sure it's not what little cocaine is in your cola?:tongue

[Phlegethon]

There's more cocaine in the Hudson river than in cola.

[Tabiti]

I have a question to all you coffee lovers.

Have any of you tried Bialetti's coffee pot?
http://images.surlatable.com/surlatable/images/en_US//local/products/detail/PC178754v1.jpg
I want to know:
if you can only make espresso with it?
if I buy the 3 or 4 cup version of it, is it possible to make only 1 or 2 cups with them?
All the houses here had such before 10-20 years, but I didn't drink coffee back then, so really don't know how it's made or its taste.

[Phlegethon]

Didn't you have real samowars in Bulgaria?

Anyway, this is my Philips arsenal:

http://images.google.de/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZY0fCw1SL.jpg&usg=AFQjCNHCkpQA1D6keF5YTKjQ4l6Ott643Q

http://images.google.de/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://bilder.tacamo.de/weiterebilder/pictures/1018710103159292.jpg&usg=AFQjCNE941ntF16JzLx4gOQdAbjr6m6ahQ

[Tabiti]

We have samowar in home brought from Russia, but was never used since it is not popular here. Drinking tea as well - coffee is prefered. I don't know how exactly it is used. :D

[Phlegethon]

My family has a few silver samowars as well, stemming back from their years working for the Romanovs in St. Petersburg. I don't think anyone ever used them. They are souvenirs.

[Tabiti]

Yes, decoration is their main purpose here as well.
BTW, this is popular for the so called Turkish coffee or coffee in sand (never tried that as well):
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AXX5lubU-dM/SWcT9_f50FI/AAAAAAAADWw/HU1jcCtSy1M/s200/djezve.JPG

At home we have that (I use it only to warm milk, since I don't like Expresso):
http://www.technomarket.bg/big_images/i_01000401.jpg
Also had that coffee machine with filters but it is broken.
http://images.homeandbeyond.com/prod-ilctcm12w-zoom.jpg

[Skandi]

I don't like coffee, so I don't drink it, If I have to drive long distance overnight I may well turn to red bull or
http://www.pussydrinks.com/images/pussy-can.gif
I do drink Coke, normally diet, I have that maybe twice a week and I don't normally have it for the caffeine but as a mixer :).

In short not much of a cafeine person, I don't really see the point.

[Phlegethon]

http://www.b-movies.gr/UserFiles/Image/witchfinder%20general/witchfinder%20general%2006.jpg

Heathen! Heretic! Burn that witch at the state!


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[Loki]

I'm giving this (http://www.quickenergy.com/) a try today.

[HawkR]

Caffeine has 0 to 5% effect on me, out of hundred of course. I don't know why actually, but I need at least 3-5 cups to feel anything at all. Annoying for the most part, as I would like to have an immidate effect when gaming into the late hours. Sugar on the other (See Coca Cola) is the power up on my hand as it strikes me well into my heart:p

[YggsVinr]

Caffeine is really not my friend. I never drink coffee at all since I find the taste to be overall disgusting. While I was in Undergrad (sounds so weird being able to say that now:p) especially the last year while working on my thesis and therefore having many sleepless night I drank energy drinks. I often drank AMP and Full Throttle. But its no good for my heart. I've had a heart murmur since I was a kid and a history of heart attacks in the family (though no one ever died from one...strangely resistant to them actually), and when I drink caffeine I feel my heart starting to skip irregularly or skipping a few beats causing some discomfort. 'Tis no good, I tells ya, no good!;)

[Sally]

I really like chocolate covered espresso beans, but they make me a little jittery... :p

http://i43.tinypic.com/2mfxi6w.jpg

[Phlegethon]

As long as you have TP you'll be fine.

[Bobby Martnen]

Diet soda and energy drinks

[Abdelnour]

I drink energy drinks and I have coffee with whipping cream. Safe to say that caffeine is my vice.

[Svipdag]

Tea or chocolate

[Bobby Martnen]

Tea or chocolate

How is chocolate caffeinated?

[Blue Fox]

Soda usually.

[Linebacker]

I don't drink caffeine.

Some mornings are harder than others but I manage better than coffee zombies by the looks of it.They appear to be having a harder time even when they have drinked coffee.

[Bobby Martnen]

I don't drink caffeine.

Some mornings are harder than others but I manage better than coffee zombies by the looks of it.They appear to be having a harder time even when they have drinked coffee.

ROFLMAO

[Loki]

bump

[gıulıoımpa]

morning : i have milk+coffee with biscuits

after lunch: i have an espresso so i can study better


i don't take it later than that because i would not sleep (more than normally ; i already have difficulties)

[Aspar]

I usually have two per day, sometimes three...
I am a coffee fanatic

[Kivan]

Everyday after I wake up and sometimes during my job.

[Teutone]

Sugar Free Engery drinks, Espresso or Late Machiato.

[amoora]

Either Starbucks iced coffee with some sort of flavoured syrup and almond milk, or tea

[The Lawspeaker]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/41/a8/1341a86c1bd9d045bbbf7baa731b420a.jpg

And black as sin !

[Kazimiera]

I drink instant coffee. :)

[Rædwald]

Usually, I grind beans and make fresh ground with a french press. However, I just broke my press washing it so now I'm drinking instant Nescafe Gold. :rolleyes:
I always take my coffee black, but sometimes I drink sugar-free energy drinks if I'm feeling especially wiped.

[Thorns]

During the winter I usually drink a cup of hot coffee in the morning. I prefer to grind the beans myself and drink it strong with no cream or sugar (black).

During the summer I like cold tea, or one of those pre-workout boosters with caffeine, beta alanine, L-arginine, creatine, etc.

They sell caffeine powder at my local store but I've never tried that route. I get a little caffeine everyday (mostly just in the morning) but I usually don't over do it.

If I may go a little off topic I also take vitamin b12 injections once or twice a month. But, the most important part of my day is not that morning cup of coffee, it's that period of if pause and silence in the morning, followed by a mental check list for the day ahead. Not quite meditation but it's just a way for me to get my mind adjusted/calibrated, without it I can be a basket case.

[Loki]

I have these machines, and I use Nespresso pods with it. The milk frother makes nice lattes for the evening.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/catalog3media/uk/article/273122/gallery/preview/lg/273122_79.jpg

https://www.nespresso.com/ecom/medias/sys_master/public/11970768076830/aero4.jpg

[Ülev]

I am traditionalist, only in cafetiere boiled on gas

https://a.uguu.se/EDrryTXZDAxH.jpg

[Loki]

But, the most important part of my day is not that morning cup of coffee, it's that period of if pause and silence in the morning, followed by a mental check list for the day ahead.

It's good to have that, if you have the discipline for it. Means your day will be organised and won't feel like you've forgotten something. Early morning is the best time of the day.

[Decius]

Lots of cream lots of sugar

http://i.imgur.com/Ij86hRB.gif