Coffee - classic or dud?

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And does anyone else's pee go cloudy after they've been drinking it?

― Mark C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― jess, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

only a coffee-addled fool would have said that! DUD

― katie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Jess's answer is in the shape of a percolator (sort of)!

Talk about urine.

― Mark C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

does anyone know what jess thinks about coffee?

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

if you want to talk about urine mark C you should do it on another thread :):) seriously though i have given up coffee. it fucks me up too much.

― katie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

3-4 cups a day. Love it.

― Will, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud unless it's got so much caramel and vanilla that you can barely taste the coffee at all. I can't even swallow a tiny tiny cup of Turkish coffee, even though I tried really hard so that I could have my fortune told from the drips left in the cup.

― Maria, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have to give up caffeine. I drink fat coke all day and it's killing me I fear. I gave it up last year after a colleague of mine had a stroke working for [LARGE SOFT DRINKS COMPANY] but my willpower collapsed after I switched jobs.

― Tom, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I love it, but it doesn't love me. So I'm down to one cup a day, and instant at that, which makes me very very unhappy. Oh, I miss my poor departed coffeemaker, which was lost in one of the endless moves of the past year. But then I'd be a paranoid, jittery, babbling freak. Erm... wait, that's me not on coffee as well. Never mind.

Classic. Oh yes, it is classic. It tastes so yummy and makes you so happy it's hard to believe it's legal.

― kate, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lovely, wonderful. Think of nice creamy lattes or thick syrupy shots of the Turkish stuff and the smell of fresh coffee beans and the feeling of real satisfaction you get when you pop the papery foil on a new jar of instant.

― Anna, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud. Migraines are awful. Nice taste, nasty effect. However, I can drink Coke with no bad effects and it sort sme out much better than coffee does. Give me 3 cans of Coke and I'm hyper for hours. Ace! (It has to be Coca-Cola, from a can, into a glass. No other way.)

― alix, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

DUD DUD DUD DUD DUD DUDUDUDUDUDUDDUDUDUDUDDUDUDUDUDUDUDDUDUDUDUDD ad nauseum.

― james, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

classic. Especially when i can feel blood vessels in my temples twitch.

no cloudy pee.

― badger, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The druggist version of this thread: Caffeine: Classic or Dud?

I'm crap at consumption -> piss inferences. I just don't pay enough attention

― Nick, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

coffee dud cos it makes my tummy hurt. i r drinking t.

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've finally reached the point where I feel ill every day from drinking too much of it. I may have to increase my already excessive alcohol intake to compensate.

― the pinefox, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yack, it is one of the vilest substances known to humankind. It tastes horrid, & smells even worse. Some bunch of fux0rs erected a coffee stand in Newcastle Central Station, which I have to walk AND INHALE past every morning. Whne I become ev0l k-authoritarian dictator IT WILL BE BANNED ALONG WITH OTHER NAR-STY SUBSTANCES SUCH AS CUSTARD AND CABBAGE.

― Nor,an Phay, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Smell = Classic. Taste = Yeuch!

― Ally C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

In high school I lived above a small coffee shop that would have four pots brewing at once for the main rush, the smell was wonderful. That house was also super funky.

But coffee is heavenly. Its one of the only reasons I can think of to smoke, a coffee and cigarette is one of the greatest things on earth.
I gave up smoking but I still love coffee, I love it on the train into work watching the city fly bye, I love it in the computer lab waiting for crap to compile, I love it on Christmas morning with a large helping of irish cream and I just love working on my eCoffee project.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i don't drink it unless i want to stay awake.

― di, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had to give up drinking coffee because of intestinal problems. Now I drink tea instead.

No cloudy pee, just more of it.

― MarkH, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

coffee is my master

― geoff, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee makes me thirsty, what's that all about?

― chris, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud. It tastes awful.

― rosemary, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Love it, but you really need to have a recording of me saying that in my *special* voice. Much as I think coffee is classic I think my limit is about 3 cups a day at the moment. I need to harden up

― Menelaus Darcy, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

coffee makes you thirsty so as you will love more coffee....

― geoff, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's great if you like loose stool.

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 24 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Smell = v. nice. Taste = good when mixed with other things like chocolate. Desire for it/need for it/requirement for daily living with it = NONEXISTENT. Good thing too.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

Revived so that I may express my love of and gratitude for coffee. I got four hours of sleep last night, had to wake up at 7 to go to work, and woke up with a headache and a stiff neck. Felt like crap. Came into work, drank a cup of coffee, and instantly felt 400% better. Man, do I love coffee. It smells and tastes great. Sure, I get caffeine withdrawal headaches sometimes, but at least I know how to get rid of them: drink more coffee.
Flavored coffee blows though. It tastes gross. I take mine with a little bit of half and half and a lot of sugar. I drink about 2 cups of coffee a day, both in the morning at work. We used to have really weak gross coffee and everyone would go to Starbucks instead, so we decided we needed a coffee service. That was fun, because we got to taste a bunch of different coffees to find a suitable one. So now we've got a pretty decent one. Coffee is typically my breakfast.
I was reading this book, My Name is Red by Omar Pahmuk, set in 16th cent. Turkey among the artists who illuminate books. There's interesting stuff about coffee in there, the artists like it because it "sharpens the mind," but the religious fanatics are against it. It's not a major part of the book but it's an interesting subplot.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Thursday, 27 February 2003 14:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I made myself some decaf cappuccino this morning. mmm...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

i don't like coffee or tea. never understood the obsession with them...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Surely no one is obsessed with coffee or tea? It's like being obsessed with bread, or tables, or something.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

obsession in the sense od drinking them a lot...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)

<< Coffee makes me thirsty, what's that all about? >>

It's a diuretic. The caffeine dehydrates you in large doses. That said, coffee = CLASSIC. I've got it down so that although I enjoy my daily morning cup, I can go without it if I need to.

― mike a (mike a), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Mild Cappuccino is Classic, but only once a day with some vanilla on top, it is similar to drinking Perrier. Other coffees are Dud for me.

― Sheshell, Thursday, 27 February 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

god's gift to mankind

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 27 February 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

The primrose path to Satan, therefore only to be indulged sparingly. Yay fresh orange juice! (Seriously, it's my New Morning Thing, pick up a new batch of oranges every week from a really good family farm's stall at a farmer's market.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 27 February 2003 16:43 (twenty-three years ago)

A Spanish girl in the cafe near my house makes the best cappuccino, so far.

― Sheshell, Thursday, 27 February 2003 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Hm. Today = international day of coffee spack.

This morning, co-worker goes to fetch her coffee. She usually gets me some boiling water. I add coffee at desk. Today I mentioned I'd like to try her brand of coffee. She goes to get water. On her return, I add in my usual large spoonful of Nescafe.

It tastes VERY ODD.

"I really must change brands", I think.

Later on:

"How did you like my coffee?" she said.

"I didn't have any", I said.

"I put some in your mug", she said.

I *wondered* why I was feeling so manic after just one cup...

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 27 February 2003 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Stone cold classic.

Much mourned is a local coffeeshop that used to make a drink called the "Keith Richards" that consisted of 4 shots of espresso and Ibarra chocolate from Mexico. Simultaneously sacred and profane...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Thursday, 27 February 2003 17:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Ultra-unbelievable classic.

Pannakins shut down? Goddamn...

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 27 February 2003 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

a way of life

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 27 February 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

it's my life, and it's my wife

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Gives me concentration, I prefer to drink it in the afternoon.

― Sheshell (Sheshell), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:27 (twenty-three years ago)

CLASSIC, I really enjoy it and especially after a big dinner, but I've never developed a habit for it - I've sort of even tried to get into it, but I kept forgetting to make it in the morning.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, caffeine jitters are Satan, and bad coffee is Satan's piss...but a good cup of coffee (my standards: French roast with chicory, served with skim milk in proportions of about 2:1) is divine.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:42 (twenty-three years ago)

A couple Pannakin coffeshops have closed down, yep. But the chain as a whole lives on. Just not near me anymore...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't you think coffee in smoking is Dud?? Aroma is also important.

― Sheshell (Sheshell), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:56 (twenty-three years ago)

coffee = dud
coffee beans = classic (i munch 6 of them on new years eve and stay up all night, it's my coke)

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i once consumed a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans. i thought i was going to die.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:02 (twenty-three years ago)

I can no longer drink more than 1-2 cups or I feel like I'm gonna pass out. I don't know if this is just me gettin' older or if it indicates some sort of terrible health problem. Anyway it SUCKS cuz I love coffee.

― Aaron A., Friday, 28 February 2003 00:08 (twenty-three years ago)

DUD

― D Aziz (esquire1983), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Waking up to the smell of fresh ground, fresh made coffee is heavenly.

Coffee ceremonies - beans being roasted then ground in front of you (with the fresh-roasted beans being passed in front of you, waving hands above to give you that whiff of paradise) 3 cups brewed per person, with each cup a different level of intensity.

Sidewalk café’s, drive-in cafes, (REAL) macchiatos with just the right mix of sugar and milk (and this is from someone who has a zero sugar intake and ain’t that big a milk fan either)

With the first smoke of the day, then mug next to the computer – actually, thermos next to the computer - after a decadently rich dinner a cup of dark, sharp espresso

Ahem

and the caffeine is good too

(btw J.lu, how can you like chicory?!?!? Thas nasty)

― H (Heruy), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I believe Dunkin Donuts puts chicory in their coffee. It actually tastes really good.

― lyra (lyra), Friday, 28 February 2003 01:17 (twenty-three years ago)

one cup of coffee is okay with me. it tastes god awful and makes me feel a little grimy, but i can handle. anymore than that and i start to feel as tho i'm having a panic attack, which is about as much fun as something not fun at all.

― di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 28 February 2003 01:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Ummmm...coffee. I used to love it. The cheap stuff. The expensive stuff. I didn't care. I wanted it all. And then I went to this really posh dinner gathering and was served Jamaican Blue Mountain and became so instantly and completely enamoured of the fragrance and taste that I actually quit drinking coffee most of the time. Now it's pretty much Jamaican Blue Mountain or nothing.

Er, as a slight thread hijacking - Nick A.: How is the book coming along? I've had it sitting on my shelf and can't tell if I should grab it and read it soon or if it can wait for a bit. Any input would be gladly received.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 28 February 2003 01:56 (twenty-three years ago)

my piss doesn't cloud up when i drink coffee but i can definitely smell the roasted beans in it. i have replaced coffee with engineered caffeine like red bull lite, otc diet pills and a hit of green tea once in a while.

― jethro (jethro), Friday, 28 February 2003 02:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Can't deal with the chickory coffee - usual brand is Trader Joe's "East Meets West" blend and then brew it with a French press. I generally don't like coffee machine coffee and the coffee at work (nasty industrial-tasting coffee spooge) is a total dud!

Perhaps not surprisingly, the best coffee I ever had was in Italy. Commercial American coffee just can't compare (unless you make it at home). There's a French restaurant down the street that gets pretty close though.

Oh yeah, no cloudy pee here.

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Friday, 28 February 2003 02:38 (twenty-three years ago)

latte in the morning; long blacks all day; and short blacks in the evening. easily 5 cups a day.

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Friday, 28 February 2003 03:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmmm, coffee. Associate it with habit, could be a placebo effect going on but the reason I believe it works is that sometimes it produces the exact opposite effect by which I mean if I have 10 cups in a row I immediately fall asleep. But then sometimes afterward I wake up and I feel wired out beyond belief. Actually that latter bit totally fucks up my theory though, well not really a theory more like proving an axiom in the general philosophical outline of what I was getting at, relies on a dialectic. As above so below rite? Alpha/Omega, Wilson/Dylan, Berry/Lewis type polarity. How that ties in with the coffee is that if sometimes it has a quantifiable effect on metabolism that's binary/essentialist (OK now we're getting toward Confucianism here) switching consciousness/unconsciousness (literalising it as well merging con. sig (ie 'actually being awake' [factoring in external con. complexifiers ie SuperCaffeinatedCon = 'Sleep'[dis. imp. validity of perceptions[+ extrapolations from same]('sleep'=morpheus[AmazingSpiderMan#101])('eff. stim. SITUATIONAL?')'rough equiv. altering situational aspects broadcaster via affecting parameters receiver' etc etc

― dave q, Friday, 28 February 2003 11:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm Passing Open Windows - What book are you talking about? Do you perhaps have me confused with one of the 500 other Nicks on ILX? Or did we have a discussion about some book in a thread somewhere which drained out of my colander-like mind?

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 28 February 2003 13:46 (twenty-three years ago)

dave q has gone batshit insane. :-)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 13:51 (twenty-three years ago)

NIck, I think she's talking about this:
I was reading this book, My Name is Red by Omar Pahmuk, set in 16th cent. Turkey...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 28 February 2003 14:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I just started drinking it about two months ago and I'm hooked. My pee smells like coffee.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 28 February 2003 14:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, duh. I finished it a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty good, though a little repetitive. I thought the historical aspects and art vs. religion debates were the most interesting part, the characters and plot aren't that well developed, though that may be the point. I think I've talked about this book on other threads. It reminds me of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 28 February 2003 14:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I believe it works is that sometimes it produces the exact opposite effect by which I mean if I have 10 cups in a row I immediately fall asleep. But then sometimes afterward I wake up and I feel wired out beyond belief.

Caffeine is a bi-polar drug, which means that it has different effects depending on the dose. At moderate doses, it causes CNS stimulation; at heavy doses, CNS depression.

When I was in college I drank over 20 cups a day. I’m now down to 6-8 cups a day.

Here’s a couple of health benefits of coffee— People who are moderate coffee drinkers (>6 cups a day) have shown a 40% reduction in the incidence of Parkinson’s. Moderate coffee consumption is also the only known factor to reduce the possibility of developing Alzheimer’s.

― No One (SiggyBaby), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

i like coffee, but i like espresso more. when i was in florence there was a little anonymous cafe across the street. i would go in every morning and have espresso e cornetto. add a cigarette and the fact that the radio station they tuned to played nothing but synth-pop, and i was in heaven. (NB I have realized that the most bothersome aspect of the smoking ban in NYC will not be me standing outside of a bar, but rather me not being able to read the sunday times at a cafe with cigarette in hand {oh and no i have not moved up there yet})

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:47 (twenty-three years ago)

wow! 20 cups of coffee, let alone 8, would make me act like a crackhead.

I became a coffee snob for awhile after moving to the NW. However, financial concerns have forced me to curtail going out for coffee. Usually I make do with supermarket brands, brewed in the one-cup coffee maker that my spouse (who doesn't drink coffee) gave me as a present. Maybe once a week I'll get a latte from my local caffeine emporium.

― mike a (mike a), Friday, 28 February 2003 16:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Associate it with habit, could be a placebo effect going on but the reason I believe it works is that sometimes it produces the exact opposite effect by which I mean if I have 10 cups in a row I immediately fall asleep.

Two (not necessarily exclusive) possible reasons:

1) You are addicted to caffeine; when you get your fix your nervous system is happy and it relaxes.

2) For any psychoactive substance there are always some people on who the stuff has an unusual effect.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A couple of years ago, my wife and I spent the weekend at my mother’s house. My mother thought she could pass decaff off as real. By 2pm, I’m SICK— migraine, halos around everything, double vision, nausea, etc. She fessed up and promised never to do that again.

― No One (SiggyBaby), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

My mom just gave me (within the last 45 seconds) a gift.

It's a set of sticky-notes with "My blood type is COFFEE" written across the type. I've never owned anything so appropriate.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Gygax is OTM. If I drink coffee bad things happen--rather than keep me awake it sets into motion this pattern of falling dead asleep then waking up confused and annoyed then falling asleep, etc. And more often than not, brings on a headache. But the smell of coffee beans, mmm. Chocolate-covered coffee beans, even more mmm.

People who go on endlessly about how they're "addicted to coffee oh I need coffee coffee coffee coffee etc." = dud. People who do this in high school or college to seem more "adult" = double-dutch dud.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

I was in a film where my only line was “but you can never have too much coffee.”

― No One (SiggyBaby), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually I find younguns who are guilty of the latter sort of endearing now, but while I was actually in high school it was v. annoying.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:12 (twenty-three years ago)

If I drank 10 cups in a row I doubt I'd fall asleep but what does tend to happen is that one mug late in the evening makes me sleepy. Maybe it's the volume of liquid after dinner that does it? Explanation 1) above sounds plausible but worrying as I didn't think I have an addictive personality, I just like some stuff a lot!
I think that I have an inbuilt safety switch that knows when to trip (if you pardon the pun) when it comes to stimulants as I'd prefer to have a lifetime of moderate use to a decade of doing a Keith Richards...
*phew* Now I need a coffee..

― Minky Starshine (Minky Starshine), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:17 (twenty-three years ago)

People who go on endlessly about how they're "addicted to coffee oh I need coffee coffee coffee coffee etc." = dud.

Yeah, totally a hundred percent fucking DUD. This is a regular habit of one of the people I hate most in this world. Pet peeve: Every time someone would call her on some stupid flaky retarded thing she had said, her excuse would inevitably be "OH DUH I HAVEN'T HAD MY COFFEE YET!!"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:19 (twenty-three years ago)

(This is a woman who has actually used the phrase "not that there's anything wrong with that" w/r/t homosexuality. Not too sophisticated or intuitive.)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

sometimes if i drink too much of it and i fart juice comes out.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:25 (twenty-three years ago)

"Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee" = "Dude, I'm sooo wasted" for the upwardly mobile?

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Amateurist is OT mouthafuckin' M, JBR as well.
I used to work in a coffee shop in a wealthy area, and the rudeness was always justified by "oh I haven't had my coffee yet!". Our shop was laid out so that the self-serve coffee urns were on the other side of the counter from the register. the line would follow the counter, so the people at the end of the line would be pouring their coffee at the end while the people who has already poured would be paying. the problem with this arrangement is that motherfuckers would come in in the morning and yell at us when the coffee urns were empty, and they would expect us to stop ringing up the customers who had already waited in line to serve them, the new arrivals (it is always possible to pay first if the coffee urns are out and then get the coffee after payment!). additionally, motherfuckers would come in and yell at us and never bother be direct. people would simply talk amongst themselves like "ooh the coffee is empty i guess i'll be late to work" to the person in front of them or they would yell "there is no more coffee" to nobody in particular, usually facing away from us. some woman one day actually yelled "arent you listening to me" at the top of her lungs because the coffee was empty. my response "yes but i am helping another customer", but in my head, i added "you motherfucking bitch!" (and i dont use possibly sexist insults like "bitch" more than once a year so i was obviously pissed)

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Aaron, I worked in a place just like that. I feel your pain.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I think coffee anxiety is where many of the displaced worries of the middle class end up. So whenever I see someone going on and on about needing their coffee fix I wonder what in their life is bothering them at that moment that they're not talking about (or aren't able to).

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:46 (twenty-three years ago)

i have a friend who shall remain nameless who once worked at balduccis and beat up a customer who cut the line!

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:49 (twenty-three years ago)

sometimes we just want coffee.

aaron i worked in a place just like that for two years in possibly the wealthiest section of philadelphia. that did not preclude my own need to go to dunkin dounts at 5 am to get my own 32 oz. so i didnt peel the skin from their faces with my teeth.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:52 (twenty-three years ago)

oh I haven't had my coffee yet

"My coffee" -- doesn't this ooze with a sense of entitlement? I mean, if you're not talking about the actual cup of coffee that's in front of you, but rather some abstract everyday constant thing that you "need" to have (like "my massage") because of your rights as an American Adult Type Person, it's a little evil, no?

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Jess I'm not talking about simply being addicted to coffee (something I can't imagine why anyone would be proud of), just people who talk incessantly about it.

Jody is OTM. I have a feeling poor people (who after all drink coffee too) use the "my coffee" construction less frequently.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

[warning: the bassmaster general has determined that coffee is good for your health]

doug is bouncing off the walls
ray is drooling big spit balls
feeling cranky, logged all night

kids on coffee x4

where's my bonus cup?
come on man, fill me up!
i need some krappers to wash it down

kids on coffee x4

went driving down to san diego
passing by the nuclear tits
go away off my earth!

kids on coffee x4

[the amount of actual sleep is now optional]

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:08 (twenty-three years ago)

er coffee's not that expensive!

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:24 (twenty-three years ago)

"expensive" = not a fixed concept

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Jody and Amateurist are totally taking coffee-hate to a new level.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:34 (twenty-three years ago)

I love coffee. I'm drinking a cup right now.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:37 (twenty-three years ago)

i've had three so far this morning

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

coffee is an inalienable right, like the right to bear arms

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Bear arms?

http://www.pasty.com/winter2002/bear.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I have not drunk coffee in the 21st century.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

hahahahah

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:55 (twenty-three years ago)

coffee is an inalienable right, like the right to bear claws.

http://www.cloverhill.com/images/bearclawdanish.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

uh oh she's started now:)

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:59 (twenty-three years ago)

"peel skin with teeth"
jess you just described the entire foodservice industry in less than 5 words!

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:24 (twenty-three years ago)

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― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:32 (twenty-three years ago)

coffee seems to be a slightly less dangerous, liquid cigarette, no?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:37 (twenty-three years ago)

it is the nectar of the gods!

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:39 (twenty-three years ago)

So I’ve given health benefits of coffee. Here’s a big downside— for males, it’ll make our prostates grow to the size of grapefruits at age 55.

― No One (SiggyBaby), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:40 (twenty-three years ago)

More than one cup a day makes my stomach hurt.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:41 (twenty-three years ago)

this thing called cancer and not making other people stink like coffee in a bar. You dont wake up the next day coughing green shit out of your lungs from being next to someone who drank coffee all night at a bar.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:43 (twenty-three years ago)

similarities between cigs and coffee:
oral fixation satisfiers
addictive--people NEED to have it or they'll get all bitchy
give slight buzz
stain teeth
give you bad breath
gives you something to do while contemplating the boredom of daily life

― oops (Oops), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:48 (twenty-three years ago)

gives you something to do while contemplating the boredom of daily life

wrong: nullifies the boredom of daily life

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

And you forgot both help keep you regular.
If I get lung cancer you can be sure I'll sue Juan Valdez and his dammed donkey.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

breaks up the boredom of everyday life?
I find this to be the case w/friends who quit smoking. They got used to having their work day be divided up into periods between smoke breaks.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I gave it up about three years ago. Fucked with my stomach too much. That, and I couldn't stand the diuretic effect. Running along to the bathroom every hour = dud. I still love the smell and taste of a good cup of coffee but drink it very infrequently. I switched to tea in the morning and couldn't be happier. It still provides enough of a jolt to get going.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:59 (twenty-three years ago)

coffee: gives you rush makes life seem more interesting

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:00 (twenty-three years ago)

gives you enough energy to conquer the boredom

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Meeting people for coffee = cheaper then meeting for pints

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:02 (twenty-three years ago)

not drinking coffee = 4 real.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:03 (twenty-three years ago)

STRAIGHT EDGE 4EVA JEL!!!

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:05 (twenty-three years ago)

jel hates fun though!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:08 (twenty-three years ago)

no I don't! I like fun! and fun like me!

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:13 (twenty-three years ago)

too much leads you into insanity though:(

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:15 (twenty-three years ago)

(coffee, i don't know about fun)

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Yep, Sarah was right *smile*

And thanks Nick A. for the info on "My Name is Red." And I'm sorry - I should have been a bit more specific about what I was refering to *grin*

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:04 (twenty-three years ago)

http://homepage1.nifty.com/gardens/cappu1.gif

― Sheshell (Sheshell), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:37 (twenty-three years ago)

That's lovely.

How about:

TS: Hot Chocolate vs. Coffee

I know where I stand.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:38 (twenty-three years ago)

you can have both!

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Hot Chocolate!

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

mix them together for a drink to make you soar with pleasure

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Dud, at least for me. Used to drink tons of the stuff but my guts got sensitised to it. Now it only takes two cups of the good stuff is enough to produce evil shit and mental twitchiness.

People banging on about their coffee addiction is irritating, yes, but only as much as anyone going on about how addicted they are to anything in that kind of oooh, I'm a bit naughty way.

The bad breath thing is not to be underestimated as a problem OTOH. Kids, if you're necking crappy coffee to the extent that your mouth dries up GO DRINK SOME WATER before talking to me or I won't be able to concentrate on what you're saying for the foul smell coming from your gob.

― RickyT (RickyT), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:53 (twenty-three years ago)

wait, wait, wait...they make coffee in BAR form now?!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Hot chocolate is nice, it is cacao though...

― Sheshell (Sheshell), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Hot chocolate = of the gods. Equally addicting, though.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 1 March 2003 00:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Hot chocoalte and coffee - my "I'll consume this to keep from strangling someone while I'm PMS'ing" drink.

Several spoonfulls of one of those International instant coffee things (I like the Vienna one, I think) Anyway, add to that either powdered hot chocolate mix or chocolate syrup. Stir in scalded milk, stir, and luxuriate in the rush. (Can be improved with using a candycane to stir the drink and then letting the stick melt in the fluid.)

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Saturday, 1 March 2003 03:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't believe no one called Dave Q on his Spidey mistake. It's MORBIUS, not MORPHEUS, duh.

Yeah, coffee's OK, but I usually drink decaf, which is like my "smoking pens" habit - just going through the motions. I miss the shaking & headaches, though.

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 1 March 2003 07:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Next you'll be telling me the Lizard's real name isn't Curt Cobain!

― dave q, Saturday, 1 March 2003 10:21 (twenty-three years ago)

i can't believe how much coffee some of you people consume. i am loathe to think about what would happen to me if i drank more than six cups of coffeee in a day. yikes.

― di smith (lucylurex), Saturday, 1 March 2003 10:45 (twenty-three years ago)

"Our urine is brighter than your days"

― dave q, Saturday, 1 March 2003 10:46 (twenty-three years ago)

my abdominal problems over, I have returned to coffee drinking, but with more restraint (fewer, less strong cups). Of course I have also moved offices and that has seen an improvement in the quality of the coffee. No more drinking scuzzy Klix coffee out of little beige plastic cups...the company now has pantries with a ready supply of china mugs. Big ones too, the type you get in the better coffee houses, like Caffe Nero. We now have a choice of (i) filter coffee from the machine or (ii) making instant coffee ourselves by boling the kettle. Theoretically, the former should taste better that the latter, but it doesn't quite work coz the machine suffers from the same furred-up tube problem as the old Klix one. I also have an awkward colleague who insists on using this avant-garde cup w/ its own filter in it (it looks a bit like the lid of a Thermos flask) and the incredibly patient person next to him (not me) is prepared to fill up this gizmo by going to the filter coffee machine, taking the top of the coffee container off and scooping out some filter coffee for him!

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 1 March 2003 12:29 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't had *my* coffee yet today [pout]

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 1 March 2003 18:50 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Mark C is obsessed with his coffee-clouded piss.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 23 May 2003 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

ts: milk (sub-ts: whole vs. skim vs. fat-free) vs. cream vs. half & half vs. non-dairy creamer. and what of flavored cream?

right now i'm drinking iced coffee with heavy cream and, well, YUM.

― atomic horseradish (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Nondairy creamer and flavored creamer are nasty. I like half-and-half because I'm most used to the flavor, but milk will do in a pinch. I'm starting to move toward soy milk because milk and dairy products gross me out in general.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I pull it Str8 from the c-0w

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

forgot about soy milk. i'm all for it.

― atomic horseradish (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm a liar

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

it's funny how i went from "coffee=dud" and now i have like 3-4 cups of black tea a week now. black tea might be similar in strength to coffee...?

TS: black tea with -- condensed milk or soy milk?

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Black tea is weaker than coffee - unless you're talking about some very strong tea and some very weak coffee.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

my first post on this thread still holds

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

if it were not for coffee, I'd still be lying in bed
my bike wouldn't be broke I wouldn't have this wound on my head
I wouldn't be sitting here in class writing this here song
even if I was I wouldn't be able to stay awake very long...

― excerpt from Nza's 1997 opus "If It Were Not for Coffee" (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

If it were not for coffee, I would've thought clearly enough not to click "submit" just then.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:56 (twenty-two years ago)

genius.

(xpost)

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

if it weren't for the doctor telling me my blood pressure was 145/90, I would think coffee was great!

― Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I ordered some sort of cheesecake at a nice restaurant several years ago. It came with a piece of chocolate on the top of it. I thought "mmmmm chocolate" and threw it down my throat. It was not chocolate. Not at all. It was a friggin coffee bean. Who puts coffee beans on desserts?!? That was seriously the worst thing I have ever tasted.
So, DUD.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:31 (twenty-two years ago)

wuss

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:37 (twenty-two years ago)

cram it, pee boy

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

No coffee, no ILE.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:57 (twenty-two years ago)

It was a friggin coffee bean. Who puts coffee beans on desserts?!?

I do.

Coffee beans go with almost everything, especially with espresso martinis

http://www.quartzcity.net/albums/2003lasvegas/IMG_0652.sized.jpg

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Chocolate covered espresso beans= mmmmmm, yum.
Boy has me mail him some out in MI every so often, because no one on the UP sells them. Michigan retailers, wake up!

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Tell me more of this coffee martini.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Now that I have discovered soy milk, I can go back to coffee and enjoy without the searing stomach pains! Scum and filth beware!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)

there's a fruit/nut/coffee/candy store on the lower east side -- one of those stores where you scoop the amount you want from the bin and they charge you by weight. i buy my chocolate-covered espresso beans there so i can control the quantity (if i only buy like ten of them i won't feel so guilty). otherwise i'd end up burning through a huge package in one sitting. i speak from experience.

― atomic horseradish (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

espresso martini = iced espresso (granita-style? i can't remember, but it was definitely chilled really well, not just poured/shaken over ice last-minute) and vodka.

― atomic horseradish (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

both the band and the drink are ace. god knows i wouldn't have made it through today with too much coffee.

― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

lyra - are you a yooper?

― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Without coffee, there would be no life, only death. It is the Fifth Element.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Gary Oldman blowed up people real good for that thing, therefore it also brings death.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

This guy just made me a coffee:

http://www.cremamagazine.com.au/misc/Latte_Art.pdf

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, but coffee adds life. Well, it adds to my life when I'm stumbling around the house at 5am on a Monday morning and I have a days worth of lessons to plan before I head off to some tedious conference.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 13 November 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah coffee...you caffeine hataz can take away my daily brew only when you pry my cold dead fingers off the coffee cup.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 13 November 2003 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Broheems- the US Coast Guard has seen fit to turn my boy into a UPer for 2 years, so he's a temporary one. I have only visited, marveled at it all, and fled home again.

So Irish Coffees- girly drink or not? I say they aren't, but then I'm a girl & I love them, so it doesn't much help my point.

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 13 November 2003 05:52 (twenty-two years ago)

without coffee i would be indistinguishable from any inanimate object you care to name

― rgeary (rgeary), Thursday, 13 November 2003 07:18 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...

jebo vas shinter

― andrej, Thursday, 4 March 2004 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

no he vas not!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 4 March 2004 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)

okay i had to google, it's very closely translated in serbian to "Let the dog catcher screw you". the author is from macedonia, maybe explaining the slight variation.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 March 2004 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

That is quite a good insult.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

my first post here is going to be my epitaph.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)

colin ist molto shinter!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

love the smell hate the taste

― Emma williams (Emma williams), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

yay coffee

― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

classic.

― cºzen (Cozen), Sunday, 19 September 2004 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

its nice to know there are some things i stand by, three years on.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 19 September 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

classic, but i'm starting to get headaches.

― lauren (laurenp), Sunday, 19 September 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember the "drugs" thread wherein people kept referring to coffee as a drug. Even if it's technically true, I still found that strange. Classic all the way!

― Richard K (Richard K), Sunday, 19 September 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

classic, especially if you can stop drinking it for a few months, which you really must try if you enjoy it as much I do, then k-k-krank it up again.

― nick.K (nick.K), Sunday, 19 September 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Still DUD! Still Coffee SXE!

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 19 September 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never aquired a taste for coffee, which annoys me a bit. I like other grown up things, like booze, aubergines, reading the paper etc...

― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 19 September 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic, even though I can't drink it anymore. I really miss it sometimes.

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 19 September 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic except for the physical addiction part. And the psychological addiction part. Other than that, classic.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 19 September 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

ripping off whole foods for great beans needed to enjoy nice french pressed coffee? _ C

― brock (brock), Sunday, 19 September 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

whole foods is so expensive that it's almost laughable.

― lauren (laurenp), Sunday, 19 September 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

In praise of the weekend midday coffee.

― 57 7th (calstars), Sunday, 19 September 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

dumpster dive the whole foods
that and lunch off the free samples.

― brock (brock), Sunday, 19 September 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

quitting smoking makes coffee the most forlorn beverage ever

― jones (actual), Sunday, 19 September 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Espressofetish just gave me a coffee magazine with an inerview with him in the back. When they asked him, 'What is your greatest achievement', he said 'That is probably yet to come'. Good answer!

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

yay coffee!

― rainy (rainy), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I have drunk coffee obsessively since the age of 13. I will probably die with a steaming cup in my hand. Have tried to quit a few times and it is obvious that I probably never will.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i think i'm getting a lack-of-caffeine headache right now. anyone want to come over and make me coffee?

― A. Atom Gorgon (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Last night kyle and his wife TRICKED me into drinking decaf for the first time ever. I felt like a traitor.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Decaf, the quisling brew.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Sunday, 19 September 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic: especially this stuff!

― ex-jeremy (x Jeremy), Sunday, 19 September 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Coffee is my friend.

Someone once brought me instant coffee from Australia that came as a paste in tube form - looked just like toothpaste. Scary but amazing!

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 19 September 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry i was late
i just tasted 150 bowls of coffee

― espresso fetish (espresso fetish), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

you think he's joking, pulling your leg? No, he isn't. He is serious. Seriously.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't really drink hot liquids, though I feel like I'm missing out. I occasionally drink green tea though. (Very occasionally - really only if I go to Tchai Uvna in Glasgow. It's nice to have a hookah and some tea before a night out. Other than that though, dud.)

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Hookahs are grebt! Had my first Hookah 2 weeks ago.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Kevin, I was wondering if you were a mormon before I read the bit about the hookah

― rainy (rainy), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

i briefly gave up coffee for health reasons but now i'm back to having a cup every couple of days..

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha. No. Besides, Mormons can drink coffee, it's just discouraged. Kind of like some Christians groups are fairly anti-drinking.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

my taste buds just went from brazil to costa rica then to africa

after leaving your place on sat colin, I realised that I forgot to ask you for a brew?

― espresso fetish (espresso fetish), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

EF, do you know about this thread?

underground, overground, mongreling and sheepfuxoring free

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Sunday, 19 September 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

Times I had drunk coffee before 22/11/2004: 1

Times I have drunk coffee, in the last two days: 4
Times I have drunk espresso, in the last two days: 1 (I couldn't get to sleep until 7am AND IT WAS BLISS).

This is why I will never try cocaine.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

http://vildko.dk/PEEL/WP/Fry_Coffee_High_640.jpg

coffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait - 1 espresso kept you up all night? wow I wish it still did that to me. The only real coffee high Ive ever had was one afternoon drinking espressos with a friend from about 11am til 5pm with no food. I had to drink several gins to calm down!

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

DUD. for some reason sometimes it works really well and helps me pay attention to things. other times it kinda makes me panic. the effect is not directly related to the amount consumed. also it tastes pretty fucking disgusting. who decided drinking it was a good idea? yuck.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

you have to ask? It used to make me poo but I've found that drinking more and more of it has negated this. I feel no energy jump at all from it. I just like it when it's chilly.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

oh no oh no. classic!! coffee is one of my most favourite things in the entire world!! although not instant coffee, that's like liquid poo. but espresso coffee, the flavour, where you buy it, who you hang out with when you drink it, how it kinda wakes you up in the morning on your way to work. it's the whole experience really.

i lead a sad existence obviously.

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:50 (twenty-one years ago)

My wiring is VIRGIN, trayce! I don't even drink tea.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:50 (twenty-one years ago)

(Also it made me fantastically & incoherently rail at then-crush in John Wilmotty way for like three hours with fantastic results, which I then blew by Not Being Sufficiently Caffienated the next time)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes Greg, you're right. Never try blow.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Thursday, 25 November 2004 02:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm with gem, I like espresso, just because! I like the ritual of making my morning mug with my stovetop espresso pot, I like the taste, it wakes me up.

I dont like the tummyache it sometimes gives me, and I think I'm becoming a lil caffiene-sensitive, but eh.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 25 November 2004 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks for the confirmation Sam, if you're not joking, it's appreciated.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I'm not.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Thursday, 25 November 2004 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i've been trying to cut down on caffeine cuz it makes me anxious. but now i'm tired all the time. i can't win.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 25 November 2004 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it helps just to have it in the morning or to drink it with milk later in the day. I've been drinking coffee with chicory from New Orleans, which tastes really good with milk because of the sweetness.

― youn, Thursday, 25 November 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

If one starts drinking coffee, can one ever feel quite right again, without it? Even after quitting? Has anyone done this?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2004 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)

i get (very) mild headaches for a day or two if i go for a coffee detox. that's it really. i think for me it's more habit than any kind of physical dependence.

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 25 November 2004 04:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I'm fine without it. It depends on how much you have and when and how consistently. I hardly ever have coffee on the weekends, and when I'm on my own schedule I only drink at mid-day -- when I'm on a schedule where I have to be at my most alert in the morning instead of later, I have a cup in the morning to speed up the waking up process. When that's not the case, I may go months without having it in the morning at all.

It's like cigarettes or alcohol, not everyone who quits is going to be coughing up lung lining or craving Scope.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 25 November 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

One large cup daily in the a.m. That's about it. I don't think I've ever had it after about 2 p.m., except for certain evening civic types of meetings where I wanted to be kinda sharp.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 25 November 2004 04:52 (twenty-one years ago)

as a silly new years resolution for 2004, i vowed to kick caffeine. i really thought i would have given up after the nasty detox effects kicked in, but nearly a year later, i am still caffree.

pre-caffree life, i was a total coffee addict. i own a stovetop espresso maker. during the summers, i would make a bunch of coffee on it and pour it into this giganic pitcher with ice. i think that would last me a day or so. at one point i was so bad that i worked in coffeeshops just to get my fix for cheap or free.

of course, you can imagine what withdrawal was life. if you didnt know, you might have assumed i was trying to kick heroin and not coffee by how bad the symptoms were. these days, if i accidentally ingest caffinated stuff, i get really sick.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

if coffee didn't exist there would be need to invent it.

― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 25 November 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

'm pretty much resposting my much earlier post -

Waking up to the smell of fresh ground, fresh made coffee is heavenly.
Coffee ceremonies - beans being roasted then ground in front of you (with the fresh-roasted beans being passed in front of you, waving hands above to give you that whiff of paradise) 3 cups brewed per person, with each cup a different level of intensity.

Sidewalk café’s, drive-in cafes, (REAL) macchiatos with just the right mix of sugar and milk (and this is from someone who has a zero sugar intake and ain’t that big a milk fan either)

With the first smoke of the day, then mug next to the computer – actually, thermos next to the computer - after a decadently rich dinner a cup of dark, sharp espresso

Ahem

and the caffeine is good too

my usual e-mail sign off is also peace, love & coffee as without coffee the other two are either meaningless or impossible

― H (Heruy), Thursday, 25 November 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Coffee can be tasty, but it gives me the shakes and I get really grumpy and emotional if I have more than one cup a day. Now I drink tea in the morning and only have something caffeinated in the afternoon if I'm going out or otherwise feel like being a bit manic. I didn't really drink hot drinks apart from the odd cocoa until university (when ridiculous tea consumption kept me going) so I think that sensitised me.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 26 November 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

What Liz said is basically me. I love coffee but react badly to caffeine in anything other than tiny doses (even one cup of coffee mid-afternoon can have me shaking and sweating and falling over by 7pm), which is fine, as it means I don't have too much of it.

― He's allergic to lettuce (Mark C), Friday, 26 November 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

coffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

Erm - classic!

― robster (robster), Friday, 26 November 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I gave up caffeine in June for health reasons, went through about two weeks of shitty headaches, been fine ever since. I haven't really had any great cravings (I always had fruit tea first thing in the morning anyway) and it saves me a fortune (one or two lattes a day at £1.30 a go soon adds up).

Do sometimes miss the whole coffee-brewing ritual, though. I've been curious about getting decaf but somehow don't think it would be the same. Particluarly as I'm also not supposed to eat dairy. And decaf coffee + rice milk sounds like a major DUD to me.

― Mog, Friday, 26 November 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

I feel like my heart is going to take off.

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 7 March 2005 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I still say classic, although I had to do a caffeine detox earlier this year -- I had been on an assignment at a company that provided all the coffee and Diet Coke you cared to drink. Since I was working weird hours and there were frequent stretches of nothing to do, I went to get a drink a few too many times.

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

I am a ghost that has levelled up many times. This m83 song has been playing for about 70 minutes.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

I drank 20 cans of diet coke yesterday. I didn't sleep much last night. I need to get back into coffee. I never drink as much.

― kate/thank you friendly cloud (papa november), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

20! crikey. i can't even drink one can of diet coke. that's cos i don't like it though. still, no wonder you didn't sleep much kate.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

I don't usually drink that much, we don't usually buy it in cans because we always seem to drink more. I was still up knitting a scarf at 2am.

― kate/thank you friendly cloud (papa november), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

maybe you could make lots of bright red scarves and get diet coke to sponsor them.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

True. The current one is snot green though.

― kate/thank you friendly cloud (papa november), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

maybe that one could be for the lime cordial flavoured coke

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

I was about to post a pic of Fry and his coffee pot and "coffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffeecoffee"... then noticed I already did ages ago. Me so predictable.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

20!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

Coffe is the best thing in the world. Especially yummy big homemade lattes late at night on Friday.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

Kate, I wld kinda like at some stage or other to make a thread listing the champion ILXers in various objective-ish fields, people could challenge them to win a place on it or something? Just silly stuff, Ally's lack of sleep record, etc? Would you be offended if I put this diet coke consume on there? It is awesome, to me.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

god please dont' tell me i still hold the lack of sleep record here. Someone must've gone three weeks ,right?

― Allyzay Subservient 50s-Type (allyzay), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:55 (twenty years ago)

When sleep deprivation becomes great enough, the effects mimic those of psychosis. The failure of the scientific world to recognize this is due to some extent to the folklore that has grown up around the sleepless marathon of high school student Randy Gardner in 1964.

To gain an entry into the Guiness Book of World Records, he remained awake for 264 hours (11 days). Summaries of this case usually report that Gardner suffered no hallucinations, no paranoia or other negative mood changes, and that his mental, motor and sensory abilities were quite good throughout the entire episode. This conclusion is so widespread that it has now become a stock "fact" presented in virtually any psychology or psychiatry book that has a chapter on sleep.

This conclusion seems to be based on two items of information. The first was the observation that there were no obvious lasting physical or mental problems encountered by Gardner when he began to sleep again. The second was based upon observations of researcher William Dement (Dement, 1992), who interviewed Gardner on Day 10 of the experiment. He reported that he took Gardner to a restaurant and then played pinball with him, noting that Gardner played the game well and even won. Lt. Cmdr. John J. Ross of the U.S. Navy Medical Neuropsychiatric Research Unit in San Diego, who was called in by Gardner's worried parents to monitor his condition, tells a quite different story (Ross, 1965). Gardner's symptoms that Ross reported included:

* Day 2: Difficulty focusing eyes and signs of astereognosis (difficulty recognizing objects only by touch).
* Day 3: Moodiness, some signs of ataxia (inability to repeat simple tongue twisters).
* Day 4: Irritability and uncooperative attitude, memory lapses and difficulty concentrating. Gardner's first hallucination was that a street sign was a person, followed by a delusional episode in which he imagined that he was a famous black football player.
* Day 5: More hallucinations (e.g., seeing a path extending from the room in front of him down through a quiet forest). These were sometimes described as "hypnagogic reveries" since Gardner recognized, at least after a short while, that the visions were illusionary in nature.
* Day 6: Speech slowing and difficulty naming common objects.
* Day 7 and 8: Irritability, speech slurring and increased memory lapses.
* Day 9: Episodes of fragmented thinking; frequently beginning, but not finishing, his sentences.
* Day 10: Paranoia focused on a radio show host who Gardner felt was trying to make him appear foolish because he ws having difficulty remembering some details about his vigil.
* Day 11: Expressionless appearance, speech slurred and without intonation; had to be encouraged to talk to get him to respond at all. His attention span was very short and his mental abilities were diminished. In a serial sevens test, where the respondent starts with the number 100 and proceeds downward by subtracting seven each time, Gardner got back to 65 (only five subtractions) and then stopped. When asked why he had stopped he claimed that he couldn't remember what he was supposed to be doing.

In many respects Gardner's symptoms were similar to those experienced by a New York disk jockey, Peter Tripp, who endured a 200-hour sleepless marathon to raise money for the March of Dimes. During the course of his ordeal his thoughts became increasingly distorted and there were marked periods of irrationality. By the end of four days he could not successfully execute simple tests requiring focused attention. In addition, he began to have hallucinations and distorted visual perceptions. At one point Tripp became quite upset when he thought that the spots on a table were insects. He thought that there were spiders crawling around the booth and even once complained that they had spun cobwebs on his shoes.

He showed the same increasing moodiness and paranoia that Gardner did. On his last day, a neurologist was called to examine Tripp before sending him home. When Tripp looked up at this doctor in his dark, old-fashioned suit, he had the delusion that the doctor was really an undertaker who was about to bury him alive. Overtaken with fear, he let loose a scream and bolted for the door. Half-dressed, Tripp ran down the hall with doctors and psychologists in pursuit. He could no longer distinguish the difference between reality and nightmare.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 30 March 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Big dud. I like the smell of brewing coffee but once someone else has drunk it and you get a whiff of their breath - UGH! Plus it makes me hot under the collar and tetchy with people.
I will drink a little espresso with sugar after a large meal every once in a blue moon. I brush my teeth straight after though - ptoooie!

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Rain falling onto yr tongue still scratched and lit half wooden with the first cup you've had in two weeks or more, running to the library faster than you used to think.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 6 May 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

My friends used to watch that scene with Fry and the hundredth cup of coffee and then slowly turn towards me, grinning and pointing.

I took that as a cue to quit coffee for a while. That and the uncontrollable shakes.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Saturday, 7 May 2005 04:53 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

coffee

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 18 September 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

coffee is classic any way you look at it. except after 10pm.

― gear (gear), Sunday, 18 September 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

unless you need to stay awake for some reason. then it's classic again.

― gear (gear), Sunday, 18 September 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

coffee good.

― jeffrey (johnson), Sunday, 18 September 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Living near the Gypsy Den = a newfound appreciation for coffee at points, but still not a requirement for me. Thank heavens.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 18 September 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

Classic at 5 in the morning just as the wine headache is setting in.

― Laurel (Laurel), Sunday, 18 September 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

"If your aging hippie aunt opened her sitting room to strangers, it would resemble these two hangouts in Costa Mesa and Santa Ana, offbeat venues complete with early attic decor and arty habitues; the homespun soups, salads and sandwiches have a healthy bent, going way beyond the tofu-bean sprouts archetype"
Zagat's Restaurant Survey

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 18 September 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

I just got some of these

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=coffee+nips/v=2/SID=e/l=IVS/SIG=12c4tik7e/EXP=1127183288/*-http%3A//www.candydirect.com/images/web/242715-AA_prod.jpg

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 19 September 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)

It's an accurate description, s/c! But what they're leaving out are the kick-ass pastries and just how good the coffee is.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 19 September 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

i'm all about espresso these days, thanks to two cheap italian cafés on my street... SO GOOD

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 19 September 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

Love it, but I've cut way back. in France I used to drink American sized cups of black coffee except they were espresso strength. Then I started to wonder why I thought there were little bugs jumping on me all the time.

This is why I will never try cocaine.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 19 September 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

four years on, i stand by my original post

― strng hlkngtn (dubplatestyle), Monday, 19 September 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

Did you type all that up or just copy/paste? If the former, you are a hero.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 19 September 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

i love espresso and turkish coffee -- even better if served with a twist of lemon peel. man, that right there is the apex of civilization.

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 19 September 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

Classic at 5 in the morning just as the wine headache is setting in.

Ha. I forgot about that. :)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 September 2005 02:41 (twenty years ago)

I still wish coffee agreed with me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 September 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

Coffee's further powers.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:16 (twenty years ago)

I've not drunk coffee yet this year! I'm doing well.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

I've only had 2 coffees in '06 so far - not too shabby!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

how do you live?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

I've not drunk coffee yet this year!

me neither! i've had loads of tea, though, brewed quadruple strength so i'm not sure if accomplished anything.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

adam how much coffee did you drink before you gave it up? how bad was your withdrawal? has it been worthwhile? is your concentration better?

basically, i think i'm addicted to caffeine.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

tea has more caffeine than coffee, or something, some guy told me.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

thats true!

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

you were that guy!

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

story of my life.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

I have really been enjoying this as a coffee alternative:

http://www.kalyx.com/store/images/1392.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

The Starbucks near work is giving away free coffee today --- normally I'm not really into their coffee but it is FREE!

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

I've been drinking water and green/fruit teas. No alcohol either. Green teas has some caffeine in it, but a fraction of the contect that coffee has.

adam how much coffee did you drink before you gave it up? how bad was your withdrawal? has it been worthwhile? is your concentration better?

5/6 cups a day. Headaches and sweats for three days or so, then just craving. I think so, yes. Somewhat.

I needed to regain some powers of concentration and was having odd mood swings and tension. I feel much more centered, but the change is more gradual and subtle than I thought. Getting more sleep and doing yoga helps too.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

I have really been enjoying this as a coffee alternative:
[1392.jpg]

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), January 19th, 2006.

that's like enjoying enya as an 'alternative' to motley crue.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

-not coffee
-no caffeine

how is this an alternative?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

no caffeine, no credibility, etc

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

I feel much more centered

you live in san francisco.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Ned, the only problem is I'm not much into fucking female rats.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)

"Roastaroma"???

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

I would also recommend listening to some lovely smooth jazz instead of house, jungle or breakcore. In your slippers with the newspaper. Works like a charm!

you live in san francisco.

I don't exactly. I live here:
http://www.fsm-a.org/kpfa/images/kpfa-canarysign.jpg

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

i am scared to quit coffee. without it i think i'd basically be sleepy all of the time.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:47 (twenty years ago)

i love espresso and turkish coffee -- even better if served with a twist of lemon peel. man, that right there is the apex of civilization

jbr OTM. I have a double espresso in the morning and that's usually it, unless I have some kind of herbal tea in the afternoon.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

No, you would be NORMAL. After a while, that is. What age did you first drink coffee? Were you just perpetually sleepy before that?

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

yeah, I'm looking forward to drinking espressos as a treat. Especially now that I have an SFMOMA membership and am basically hanging out there every day.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

What age did you first drink coffee? Were you just perpetually sleepy before that?

11? 12? i probably went to bed around 10 or something! things change, and that's why we have coffee.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Dudes, you don't understand, the Roastaroma is DELICIOUS. I guess if you drink coffee purely for the caffeine, you'll be disappointed -- but if you're like me and can't drink coffee anymore but still miss the robust, full-bodied, slightly bitter flavor of a hot drink in the morning, then WOW it's good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:52 (twenty years ago)

go out with a coffee addict

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

i probably went to bed around 10 or something! things change, and that's why we have coffee.

Currently, I'm usually in bed by 10. I have to get up at 6! But I don't feel like I have to traipse in here each morning like a fucking zombie or stand in line at Peet's for a half-hour in order to function. That's just me.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:56 (twenty years ago)

well, i'm on six hours sleep, so please don't take away my coffee!

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

In bed by 10!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Well it's good that you're not at all smug about that decision you've made.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:58 (twenty years ago)

give me a break, ally. you're worse than alex in sf!

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Mostly it's just some green tea for me these days.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

I am only talking here about my personal situation, which was really rather bad before I starting making some changes. I apologize if my relief comes across as smug or preachy, I thought I was taking care to imply that I was only referring to myself and not others.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

In bed by 10!

Yeah! I'm working (a little bit more than) full-time, taking three classes a week and applying to grad school. I'm fucking knackered.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

I need to grow up and realize that going to bed early isn't a sign of a boring adult life. It gives me so little time to have any fun, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

You don't need to do anything. I'm not suggesting that anyone needs to do anything. I'm just talking about myself but I can probably just shut up now.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

oh I'm just teasing you, I don't even know who this Peet is.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

He is a Bay Area coffee imperialist.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

They have them all over. Maybe not on the East Coast, though?

http://img.shopping.com/cctool/PrdImg/images/pr/177X150/00/01/54/da/e4/22338276.JPG

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:06 (twenty years ago)

why don't you have a fucking cup of coffee adam and calm the fuck down?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

seriously. If I'm like this now can you imagine what I'd be like after 3 or 4 cups?

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

i could probably quit coffee if I wanted. I have cut back. Partially because the sexy Cuisinart Grind & Brew we bought last year makes the world's worst fucking coffee and it's a pain in the ass to clean.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

for some reason, i feel like if i give up coffee i'd probably have to give up pot too.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Not at all!

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

man, then i'd REALLY be tired all the time.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

depends on what you're smoking.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

pot laced with horse tranquilizer and ground up sleep-eze?

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:23 (twenty years ago)

try coffee pot

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

is that stuff called 'achso'?

x-post

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

honestly, I haven't smoked for about a month either, but I'm not a regular pot smoker. It does leave me a bit grouchy the next day though ( as drinking does) and kind of exacerbates the need for caffeine. So it maybe wouldn't be a bad thing. Obviously, I'm hoping to get to some kind of level where I can have these things (because of course they're all great) intermittently, when I feel like them rather then when I need them. But I'll probably fail.

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:30 (twenty years ago)

haha omg where's my passport!?

xpost

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:31 (twenty years ago)

i think maybe it's time to make some... changes.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:31 (twenty years ago)

The only time I smoke pot is when I need to clean the house, now, or if someone offers when I'm in my cups. Like coffee a little goes a long ways for me.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

They have them all over. Maybe not on the East Coast, though?

they're only in Boston. but some people order on the web.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

I really don't like Peets' coffee.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

their hot chocolate is great!

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

I have a bad feeling I'm going to go buy "Roastaroma" tea today. And, ohgod, soy milk to go in it.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

so classic. i like my coffee really strong. i had a weak espresso one day at a restaurant and realized i'd been brewing my coffee at home just about as strong as that.

ps, i like peets coffee, at least i've had good experience with their beans.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

Like many west coast coffee places they over roast their beans.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Let me guess - the French get it right!

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)

rrrobyn, embrace the Roastaroma!!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:00 (twenty years ago)

(I literally *just* made myself a cup.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Even better. The Italians.

Mocha java beans medium roasted. What the West Coast calls French Roast and Italian Roast, especially with already bitter columbian beans is too oily and bitter and you never get the orange-brown foam that makes real espresso such a treat. Whatever. De gustibus disputandum non est.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

I have a bad feeling I'm going to go buy "Roastaroma" tea today. And, ohgod, soy milk to go in it.

You, young lady, are a hippy!

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:07 (twenty years ago)

aagh, I know! I've been resisting, but I've just gotta give in on a few points. (haha, so, seriously, I'm going to go put on my moccasin-like boots and my fluffy multi-coloured toque (and coat, etc) and go out and get me some caffeine-free "coffee" tea.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

I'm calling it ROASTARAMA though. And I'm going to, y'know, play the stock market while I'm consuming it.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:15 (twenty years ago)

I've seen pictures of those boots somewhere, Robyn. YOU HIPPIE.

Two cups so far today, even of the crappy office stuff. I was going to switch to "roasted almond" tea but it's got anise seed and other things I don't like so perhaps not.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:17 (twenty years ago)

Coffee, I just can't seem to quit you.

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

I'm calling it ROASTARAMA though. And I'm going to, y'know, play the stock market while I'm consuming it.

Haha that's what I thought it was called for reals!

I'll let you off if you also promise to fire some employees before getting in a round of golf, while eating veal.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

haha, I just got NEW hippie boots! So they're not the red ones, but pretty freakin' close.
xpost
What's worse is that I'm not really eating red meat anymore either. Noooo! I need to go buy an SUV.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:24 (twenty years ago)

Or a handgun.

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:25 (twenty years ago)

i am FIENDING for a double espresso right now.

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:31 (twenty years ago)

It's like I tapped into a vein of angst and despair via a thread revive.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:36 (twenty years ago)

i gassed up at a station near work yesterday and they were offering free coffee with an 8gal fill up. it's green mountain, which is neither here nor there, so i took em up on the offer. i am happy about this find.

i wonder if there is chicory in that roastarama stuff.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:40 (twenty years ago)

yes, there is.

http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/product/527.php

it's probably quite good. mmm.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:41 (twenty years ago)

They didn't have ROASTARAMA at my the health food store near my house, so I got this instead: ihttp://www.healthydiet-shop.co.uk/images/products/bioforce/bambu.jpg
which is made of rye, chicory, barley, figs and acorns. Acorns! It's not coffee, but it's really good.

(ohman, haha, I should never be allowed to have a handgun. Or a car. Yeah, maybe I'm a hippy at heart, but I'm a hippy who's, albeit rarely, quick to anger, ohnoes. xpost.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 19 January 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

that looks good.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 19 January 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Ditto.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

I prefer coffee to acorn juice.

I have loved coffee since I was like 17 and to this day I indulge. I quit for a while but I often read articles in health digests about coffee's protective and curative powers so I decided to allow my indulgence to continue. I drink is strong, darkly roasted , and black. But oddly enough, probably becuase I am so addicted, it often makes me feel very sleepy and relaxed. In face, I am now drinking Cafe Caribe
http://store.cubanfoodguy.com/product_info.php?products_id=35

I bought it for the exciting package, but its actualyl rather good.

― Latham Green (hanle y 3000), Friday, 20 January 2006 06:49 (twenty years ago)

Isn't anyone ever awake from 2am to 5am! Am I the only one awake on the east coast!?

― Latham Green (hanle y 3000), Friday, 20 January 2006 09:07 (twenty years ago)

cafe caribe must work very well!

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 20 January 2006 13:43 (twenty years ago)

I've been drinking coffee since I was about 10. Last week I cut back by a third, from 3 cups/day to 2... had a three-day headache, but that's gone. My grind & brew (Melitta) is also really hard to clean, so no matter how good my beans are, the coffee is fairly gank. I got my old grinder out this morning and the star anise smell has finally faded, so I'm switching back to my french press.

― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:08 (twenty years ago)

hah, i like the smell of previous spices in the grinder intermingling with my coffee.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:04 (twenty years ago)

I have quit coffee.

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

There's a Peet's on Park Ave.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, if it was anything but star anise, I wouldn't have a problem with it. I don't even particularly like anise, but I was trying to make some pho strictly by the book.

― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:15 (twenty years ago)

oh. i wouldnt mind star anise.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

i've decided to quit starting monday! just to see! i'm drinking a coffee right now, though. god i love coffee.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

I raise my cup of coffee to you and your attempt to quit, mark p.

― ratty, Friday, 20 January 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

i'll be sure to catalogue my anger and irritability on this very thread.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

where's the Peets on Park? it's not on their website.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:15 (twenty years ago)

Wait a minute, I'm thinking of Tim's Coffees of the World.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

ever have a coffee enema? do you use cream when you do? I have never trusted high colonics of a gourmet nature

― Latham Green (mike), Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:48 (twenty years ago)

No, but I like my enemas like I like my coffee: bitter and coarse

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 21 January 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

I can have coffee again.

Well, not really actually. Breastfeeding and caffein don't mix. BAH.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 21 January 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Come now, you can get the little one hooked early, like any responsible parent.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Peet does overroast some things for my taste but not all; I think their Vienna is nice. If I had believed Tracer about Peet's for even a second I would have been disappointed. But I know better.

M. White (or anybody), have you tried Blue Bottle Coffee? They seem like they might be up to your exacting standards.

― Paul Eater (eater), Saturday, 21 January 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Lately I've been getting beans from Monkey & Son (owner Thom used to be bass player for Savage Republic) and have been digging their coffee a lot.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

my favorite new coffee place is cafe nova on court street (corner of warren). the coffee drinks are strong (and inexpensive), the food looks yummy, the decor is unfussy white/silver euromodern, lots of art mags lying around, and there's probably wifi too but i haven't looked into it. also: their hot chocolate is fucking SUPERB (they use melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder).

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 21 January 2006 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Paul Eater OTM with the Blue Bottle recommednation - Alex in SF lives right by their Hayes Valley stall and they sell in the Berkeley farmer's Market (which I was at about an hour ago!).

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Saturday, 21 January 2006 22:05 (twenty years ago)

I like making Turkish coffee on the stove, putting sugar and cardomom in before boiling.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:46 (twenty years ago)

tim, i've tried doing that a few times, but i've never been able to dissolve the grounds quite right.

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:49 (twenty years ago)

Did you get the beans ground on the finest setting? You do end up with a little grounds in your cup, but you can let it settle a little in the pot and/or after you pour it into your cup, before drinking.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:04 (twenty years ago)

I generally use about 1 1/2 heaping teaspoons of coffee per cup of water and just bring it to a boil, let it simmer a while, then let it settle a bit before drinking.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Did you get the beans ground on the finest setting?

the grinder on my coffee machine goes to 10 -- i think i had it at around 8, which is pretty fine.

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:28 (twenty years ago)

no spinal tap jokes please

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

many stores and cafes do nto realize that their grinders need to be CALIBRATED! Or else "espresso" or "turkish" grind may actually be too coarse. HAH! THE FOOLS! And don't belive their claims that if its too fine it will taste over-extracted. They are just trying to get you to buy more coffee! INCREASE THE SURFACE AREA FOR BUDEJET BUSTER!

― Mr. Latham Green (hanle y 3000), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:22 (twenty years ago)

I brew a pot at 3:30 in the morning during the work week, and I usually drink two cups before I leave for work. That usually does me just fine for the day. But a lot of the times I do get a great cup of joe from the Whold Foods Market in Sherman Oaks before noon.

― van igloo (van smack), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:32 (twenty years ago)

Sounds like you have things under kontrol van igloo. But don't you crave an after dinner blackjava!

― Mr. Latham Green (hanle y 3000), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:35 (twenty years ago)

dud. makes me psychotic, delusional.

― xavier mcshane (xave), Sunday, 22 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

I recommend Diedrich's Huehuetenango and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's Ethiopia Yirgacheffe. After I finish the coffee from the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf that I got in Los Angeles over winter break, I will try Blue Bottle.

― youn, Sunday, 22 January 2006 17:29 (twenty years ago)

Classic, despite the fact that I almost got myself into a car accident yesterday driving in the snow while overcaffeinated (I think I wound up having four or five cups with my lunch unintentionally-- I was having such a good time chatting with my lunch partner that we just sat around abusing the bottomless cup of coffee for hours).

― Chris F. (servoret), Sunday, 22 January 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

Classic.. but nearly impossible to find a decent cup of plain black coffee (like American coffee, not espresso). I have to say, despite annoying slogans and cultish employment ads, the Murky Coffee on Capitol Hill (DC) does make a pretty decent cup of coffee.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

had a turkish cofee yesterday! I must say, really nice!

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 23 January 2006 12:43 (twenty years ago)

Mmmm, Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk. Perhaps today after lunch.

― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Monday, 23 January 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

what's american coffee?

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 23 January 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

so classic right now, when I've only had 4 hours of sleep

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 23 January 2006 14:44 (twenty years ago)

...

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 23 January 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

american coffee, uh, regular drip coffee, you know? not a cafe americano.

turkish coffee is fantastic.. I should make some of that..

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Mmmm, Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk. Perhaps today after lunch.

i'd love one of these right now. there's a thai place nearby -- close enough, right?

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

I suppose I shouldn't mention Lee's Sandwiches just being right across the street.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

grrrrrrrrrrrrr

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

yeah, but does american coffee need to be made out of folgers or maxwell house? because plenty of non-franchise cafes have wonderful drip coffee.

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

American coffee is roasted tooo lightly and brewed too weakly. But it is nice to have in a diner late at night with cream and sugar while Edward Hopper paints you

― Latham Green (mike), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

yeah, but does american coffee need to be made out of folgers or maxwell house? because plenty of non-franchise cafes have wonderful drip coffee.

absolutely not! I would never drink that stuff. but honestly, I have hardly ever had a good cup of drip coffee at any cafe or coffeehouse. I'm awfully picky about it.. I make it v strong though. one of my housemates bought some super pricey fair trade coffee but she brews it so weak you may as well be drinking folgers. ugh.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

good cup of drip coffee -

http://www.eightoclock.com/images/100.gif
colombian. get the whole beans & grind them yourself. brew very strong.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

that stuff rules.

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:43 (twenty years ago)

what i really want is one of these, right in my kitchen:

http://i17.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/a1/f3/42_1_b.JPG

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:46 (twenty years ago)

Product Features

* Unique design assures extremely low evaporation loss to maintain the brew at itâ€™s flavorful peak.
* Large water tank â€“ over 20 gallons
* Draw off hot water during the brewing cycle without affecting coffee quality
* Top mounted components for ease of service
* All stainless steel construction
* Brewing capacity of 16.3 gallons per hour

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

so i plied myself with breakfast, orange juice and all kindsa energy-giving vitamins this morning and made it through to lunch relatively alright, but this post-lunch crash is killing me. a soporific energy lull followed by a splitting headache? fuck this! i want a coffee so bad.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:54 (twenty years ago)

American coffee is roasted tooo lightly and brewed too weakly.

too true.

au bon pain's french roast drip coffee is good.

― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure I agree with that. I think the problem with much American coffee is that Colombian beans are too bitter and they're ground too coarsely.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 14:52 (twenty years ago)

xxxpost

totally! on the vietnamese coffee.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:30 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

i haven't had a coffee in 23 days! i feel good!

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:52 (twenty years ago)

To return to the original question: as the story goes, the stimulant properties of coffee was discovered by an Ethiopian goatherd, after his goats ate the berries from a bush and started frisking around like kids. Given its effects on goats alone, I can say no other than classic.

And since I have managed to avoid the perils and pitfalls of caffeine addiction, through scrupulous limits on my daily intake, I will not join the negative chorus of dudsayers who struggle or have struggled with the roasted beast.

― Aimless (Aimless), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

i got teh gaggia classic espresso machine. It is a wonder of modern engineering and makes a wonderful coffee.

― jeffrey (johnson), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 22:24 (twenty years ago)

i haven't had any coffee today, but i'm drinking coke zero right now, which also has lots of caffeine.

― kanye twitty (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 22:37 (twenty years ago)

I am apalled that I do not appear to have already voiced how CLASSIC coffee is.

Also, search: chocolate covered coffee beans

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)

aimless, that is a great story! how sure are you that it is true?

otm on the chocolate covered coffee beans. i'm also a fan of turkish coffee. thick, sweet, and with the potential for family fun with fortune telling from the grounds.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 23:53 (twenty years ago)

Actual Ethiopian or Eritrean coffee = aaaah. So nice.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 23:54 (twenty years ago)

I love Ethiopian Yrgacheffe coffee but the one time I ever ordered coffee at an Ethiopian restaurant it was horrible, about twice as watery as the usual American brew. Is this the way Ethiopians like it?

Oh, and: classic.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 16 February 2006 01:38 (twenty years ago)

The chances of veracity for the story about the goats is somewhat higher than legends normally rate. This story got recorded within 100 years of when coffee first made its way to Arabia. The goatherd even has a name: Kaldi. I give it about an 85% chance of being true.

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 16 February 2006 02:04 (twenty years ago)

what is ethiopian coffee like?

― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 16 February 2006 02:40 (twenty years ago)

I find most african coffees to be somewhat sour and lemony, I prefer coffee form INdonesia

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Thursday, 16 February 2006 08:15 (twenty years ago)

Worship at the altar of my new coffee machine.

http://www.bella-italia.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/gondola/coffee/item75.html?L+gondolaGBP+chlz6463+1140100013

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 16 February 2006 10:05 (twenty years ago)

i've gotten into coffee a lot recently, black with no sugar, piping hot, in a huge bowl cup. it's livened me up a little i think.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 16 February 2006 10:12 (twenty years ago)

After a couple of days of comparing reviews & prices (at coffeegeek.com and wholelattelove.com ) and after this recommendation:

i got teh gaggia classic espresso machine. It is a wonder of modern engineering and makes a wonderful coffee.

-- jeffrey (jeffreyzo...), February 15th, 2006 11:24 PM. (johnson) (link)

I got myself one too, today. Was bloody tired of that half-assed crap that my Senseo was making (it was the same stuff it always made, but suddenly I've grown extremely tired of it and it was just, well, it was over.)

I expected a long learning curve, I tried my first espresso. It's sitting next to my keyboard as I'm typing this, and I'm completely speechless. This is... *wipes tear from eye*

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for that tip, Jeffrey. It came just at the right time for my decision. Got it at a neighborhood roaster I walked by thousands of time before here in Ghent, but had never entered. The smell in there was already knee-weakeningly fabulous, I knew immediately I was doing the right thing. (Sao Paulo(dutch language site) )

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

Five years old and still going strong! Sometimes I wish you were a little quieter, but that's not a big problem. Love you, lil gaggia classic buddy!

― StanM, Monday, 21 February 2011 07:55 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

...uh.

http://gawker.com/5954179/when-oopsies-leads-to-death-nurse-who-injected-patient-with-coffee-argues-anyone-can-get-confused

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:25 (thirteen years ago)

"anyone stupid as me could have made this error"

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:42 (thirteen years ago)

Ah yes, the old "it was an accident" defense to negligence

― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:43 (thirteen years ago)

then she gave an accidental coffee enema

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:31 (thirteen years ago)

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