Coffee: Nectar of the Gods?? - Page 2

samclem · 09-09-2007, 07:18 PM

I drink 5 or 6 cups of instant coffee on most days, and will get a headache if I don't have at least 2. I think instant has a little more than half the caffeine of regular brewed coffee (I drink instant because it is easy and I don't like the taste of coffee that has been kept on a warming plate for more than a few minutes).

Sometimes it hurts by stomach and I cut back. Other than that, I haven't read anything that makes me think coffee is harmful to most people. So, I don't feel guilty about enjoying a few cups of the stuff over the course of the day.

jumpstart · 09-12-2007, 10:11 PM

I love coffee too and drink it throughout the day. I'm into athletics and sports, and I don't feel it really hurts that at all. The bad thing I do is adding cream and sugar.

Probably the worst thing about coffee is/can be drinking it too late such that it throws off your normal sleep cycle. Everyone needs a full nights rest for optimum performance, and if you're throwing that off with coffee, that's not good.

bright eyed · 03-25-2008, 12:52 PM

Oh dear - look what I found when I wasn't looking for it:

Williams-Sonoma | Bialetti Mukka Glass Cappuccino Maker

There's a demonstration video on that page...

It's so perty, shiny, and see-thru! Someone hide my credit card...

At least it's on back order so it's not technically an impulse purchase!

I've been using a moka pot for about 1 year - but this looks like an upgrade!

**Want2retire** · 03-25-2008, 01:41 PM

Wow!! I can definitely see why you are tempted.

I looked back on this thread and saw (to my embarrassment) that I really did intend to cut back on caffeine. I still have the decaf, but haven't actually been drinking it.

On the other hand, a cappucino maker unfortunately is not in my future. Wouldn't be prudent, since I really should be cutting back on caffeine, not adding to it...

MikeD · 03-25-2008, 01:58 PM

I love coffee. I have been drinking it for 42 years, since I was 12. My mom was always trying to cut sugar from our diets because I was a juvenile diabetic so she would substitute fats. I love freshly ground Columbian beans, made in a single cup dripper, with heavy cream. In the last 20 years I have been using half and half in an effort to cut down on delicious fat.

One extra strong cup in the morning.

Mike D.

ERD50 · 03-25-2008, 05:02 PM

pretty cool. It got decent reviews over at the coffeegeek site:

CoffeeGeek - Bialetti Mukka Stovetop Cappuccino

aluminum and cow print (?!) ones at amazon, $90 plus $9 shipping. The glass looks much nicer, IMO.

I almost always drink mine straight black, otherwise this could be tempting.

-ERD50

bright eyed · 03-25-2008, 05:47 PM

This will prevent me from peeking in the pot to see if the espresso's up - that causes some minor disasters!

Bodum has ones which were plastic - so I avoided those.

i'm too excited...and now i have to wait until May! oh the tiny pleasures...

deserat · 03-26-2008, 06:07 PM

Oh wow - that is so cool for a cappuccino maker! Thanks for sharing - oh and I love coffee - usually only drink one cup a day and it's really a half cup cuz it's half coffee half milk.

freebird5825 · 03-26-2008, 06:29 PM

decaf all the way. freebird on caffeine is not funny.

usually 3 small cups in AM. cool cafe blues decaf is my fave.

shoe · 03-26-2008, 06:29 PM

I might drink 10 cups of coffee a year. Black tea is my favored method of caffeine injection. I must say that there is no other fragrance that sets my heart a-twitter like the smell of the coffee aisle at my local grocers. Running a close second is the smell of a baby's head.

bright eyed · 03-26-2008, 07:09 PM

Ok, confession. My local shop had one in stock! Just had my first cup and it was soo cool to watch! It will be my 5 minutes of dorky happiness every morning! I even made my kids watch...hehehe

ERD50 · 03-26-2008, 07:39 PM

Once every couple months I try to brew up some Turkish Coffee. I've only had it once in a Greek restaurant, and I thought it was amazing. It's the only coffee I like with sugar added. That coffeeegeek site had a 16 page thread on it! Stir, don't stir. Add coffee to cold water or hot water. How many times to raise the froth, plain, sugar, coriander, cardamom, fennel seed, etc, etc etc.

I've got the grinder (it looks like a brass pepper grinder - you grind until you get powder - like flour), I've got the ibrik - still need to perfect the technique.

-ERD50

Arc · 03-26-2008, 08:37 PM

Also a big time coffee drinker - 4-6 cups a day on average. Highly prefer a French Vanilla cream with my coffee. I call it "candy coffee." Sooo Good.

Fireup2025 · 03-26-2008, 09:09 PM

MMMM....coffee! Was in a 4 hr meeting today - probably had 6 cups or more of java love! No cream or sugary stuff here, except the very random foofoolatamucketymuckalotta once in a while - starts off tasty, then, towards end of cup, remember why I prefer my coffee strong and black! Oh, the smell....the taste...mmmm! (thank goodness the makers have improved the taste of decafs!)

GoodSense · 03-26-2008, 09:27 PM

Usually 1-2 cups a day. I am lucky to have two coffee shops within 1 block of my office, and a coffee shop 1/2 block from my house. It's such a joy to go for coffee in the morning with friends from work. I think the trip over to the coffee shop (nice break from w*rk) is probably even more enjoyable than the coffee itself. Even though it's not LBYM, I figured it's one of the "quality of life" things that makes w*rk more tolerable, and therefore is well worth it.

virginia · 03-26-2008, 10:17 PM

I am almost embarrassed to say this because everyone else is speaking in "cups" and I have to speak in "pots.". I drink about a pot and a half a day, maybe 2. When I was deployed, I was drinking 3-4 pots a day. Probably drank about a cup every half hour or so. Makes me feel like the fat kid of coffee. I just read that coffee beans have so many more pesticides than other foods. I expect an extra eyeball to pop out of the back of my head any day now.

If it helps any, at least it's black coffee....no added sugar or milk

chinaco · 03-27-2008, 02:44 AM

I am having a cup right now.

That cappuccino maker is nice... and looks simple.

Jeb-NY · 03-27-2008, 09:01 AM

Strong and black for me. 4 mugs most days for me, 2 in the morning, 1 mid day and one after supper. Doesn't bother my sleep patterns, no matter how late I have caffein.

I do have to cut back at times if it starts bothering my stomach. I do skip a day from time to time and it doesn't have any effect on me other than I don't get the extra boost.

When I was working I did two mugs of regular and 2 mugs of decaf if I need more in the morning and a Diet Pepsi instead of coffee in the afternoon. Now I make a big pot of coffee in the morning and nuke the left overs for afternoon and evening. Not a real coffee snob, but can't stand instant or Starbucks coffee.

Jeb

FinanceDude · 04-04-2008, 09:49 AM

Decaf in the morning, usually 1-2 cups. A big mug of green tea in the afternoon (usually Tazo)...........

podey · 04-04-2008, 10:06 AM

I can't live without coffee. I drink it 7 days a week and feel "off" if I don't have it. I have cut down on the caffeine and have a big cup of "half-caf" in the morning and then decaf the rest of the day, probably 2 more cups or so...

09-09-2007, 07:18 PM	#21
samclem Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,937	I drink 5 or 6 cups of instant coffee on most days, and will get a headache if I don't have at least 2. I think instant has a little more than half the caffeine of regular brewed coffee (I drink instant because it is easy and I don't like the taste of coffee that has been kept on a warming plate for more than a few minutes). Sometimes it hurts by stomach and I cut back. Other than that, I haven't read anything that makes me think coffee is harmful to most people. So, I don't feel guilty about enjoying a few cups of the stuff over the course of the day. __________________ "Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite." - R. Heinlein

03-25-2008, 12:52 PM	#23
bright eyed Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,577	Oh dear - look what I found when I wasn't looking for it: Williams-Sonoma \| Bialetti Mukka Glass Cappuccino Maker There's a demonstration video on that page... It's so perty, shiny, and see-thru! Someone hide my credit card... At least it's on back order so it's not technically an impulse purchase! I've been using a moka pot for about 1 year - but this looks like an upgrade! __________________ If i think of something clever to say, i'll put it here...

03-25-2008, 01:41 PM	#24
Want2retire Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 6,033	Wow!! I can definitely see why you are tempted. I looked back on this thread and saw (to my embarrassment) that I really did intend to cut back on caffeine. I still have the decaf, but haven't actually been drinking it. On the other hand, a cappucino maker unfortunately is not in my future. Wouldn't be prudent, since I really should be cutting back on caffeine, not adding to it... __________________ Dreaming of retirement.... " - - my greatest skill has been to want but little - - " (Henry David Thoreau, in Walden)

03-25-2008, 05:47 PM	#27
bright eyed Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,577	This will prevent me from peeking in the pot to see if the espresso's up - that causes some minor disasters! Bodum has ones which were plastic - so I avoided those. i'm too excited...and now i have to wait until May! oh the tiny pleasures... __________________ If i think of something clever to say, i'll put it here...

03-26-2008, 06:07 PM	#28
deserat Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 423	Oh wow - that is so cool for a cappuccino maker! Thanks for sharing - oh and I love coffee - usually only drink one cup a day and it's really a half cup cuz it's half coffee half milk. __________________ Deserat aka Bridget

09-12-2007, 10:11 PM	#22
jumpstart Dryer sheet aficionado Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 26	I love coffee too and drink it throughout the day. I'm into athletics and sports, and I don't feel it really hurts that at all. The bad thing I do is adding cream and sugar. Probably the worst thing about coffee is/can be drinking it too late such that it throws off your normal sleep cycle. Everyone needs a full nights rest for optimum performance, and if you're throwing that off with coffee, that's not good.

03-25-2008, 01:58 PM	#25
MikeD Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 501	I love coffee. I have been drinking it for 42 years, since I was 12. My mom was always trying to cut sugar from our diets because I was a juvenile diabetic so she would substitute fats. I love freshly ground Columbian beans, made in a single cup dripper, with heavy cream. In the last 20 years I have been using half and half in an effort to cut down on delicious fat. One extra strong cup in the morning. Mike D.

03-25-2008, 05:02 PM	#26
ERD50 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern IL Posts: 3,654	pretty cool. It got decent reviews over at the coffeegeek site: CoffeeGeek - Bialetti Mukka Stovetop Cappuccino aluminum and cow print (?!) ones at amazon, $90 plus $9 shipping. The glass looks much nicer, IMO. I almost always drink mine straight black, otherwise this could be tempting. -ERD50

03-26-2008, 06:29 PM	#29
freebird5825 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 42N Latitude, NY Posts: 1,131	decaf all the way. freebird on caffeine is not funny. usually 3 small cups in AM. cool cafe blues decaf is my fave. __________________ *Freebird* Go placidly among the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

03-26-2008, 06:29 PM	#30
shoe Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 139	I might drink 10 cups of coffee a year. Black tea is my favored method of caffeine injection. I must say that there is no other fragrance that sets my heart a-twitter like the smell of the coffee aisle at my local grocers. Running a close second is the smell of a baby's head.

03-26-2008, 07:09 PM	#31
bright eyed Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,577	Ok, confession. My local shop had one in stock! Just had my first cup and it was soo cool to watch! It will be my 5 minutes of dorky happiness every morning! I even made my kids watch...hehehe __________________ If i think of something clever to say, i'll put it here...

03-26-2008, 07:39 PM	#32
ERD50 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern IL Posts: 3,654	Once every couple months I try to brew up some Turkish Coffee. I've only had it once in a Greek restaurant, and I thought it was amazing. It's the only coffee I like with sugar added. That coffeeegeek site had a 16 page thread on it! Stir, don't stir. Add coffee to cold water or hot water. How many times to raise the froth, plain, sugar, coriander, cardamom, fennel seed, etc, etc etc. I've got the grinder (it looks like a brass pepper grinder - you grind until you get powder - like flour), I've got the ibrik - still need to perfect the technique. -ERD50

03-26-2008, 08:37 PM	#33
Arc Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 370	Also a big time coffee drinker - 4-6 cups a day on average. Highly prefer a French Vanilla cream with my coffee. I call it "candy coffee." Sooo Good.

03-26-2008, 09:09 PM	#34
Fireup2025 Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 642	MMMM....coffee! Was in a 4 hr meeting today - probably had 6 cups or more of java love! No cream or sugary stuff here, except the very random foofoolatamucketymuckalotta once in a while - starts off tasty, then, towards end of cup, remember why I prefer my coffee strong and black! Oh, the smell....the taste...mmmm! (thank goodness the makers have improved the taste of decafs!) __________________ Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich. - A. P. Gouthey

03-26-2008, 09:27 PM	#35
GoodSense Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 345	Usually 1-2 cups a day. I am lucky to have two coffee shops within 1 block of my office, and a coffee shop 1/2 block from my house. It's such a joy to go for coffee in the morning with friends from work. I think the trip over to the coffee shop (nice break from wrk) is probably even more enjoyable than the coffee itself. Even though it's not LBYM, I figured it's one of the "quality of life" things that makes wrk more tolerable, and therefore is well worth it.

03-26-2008, 10:17 PM	#36
virginia Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 220	I am almost embarrassed to say this because everyone else is speaking in "cups" and I have to speak in "pots.". I drink about a pot and a half a day, maybe 2. When I was deployed, I was drinking 3-4 pots a day. Probably drank about a cup every half hour or so. Makes me feel like the fat kid of coffee. I just read that coffee beans have so many more pesticides than other foods. I expect an extra eyeball to pop out of the back of my head any day now. If it helps any, at least it's black coffee....no added sugar or milk

03-27-2008, 02:44 AM	#37
chinaco Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,856	I am having a cup right now. That cappuccino maker is nice... and looks simple. __________________ Disclaimer: I make no warranty or guarantee about the accuracy or completeness of this information. I am not a financial planner, my comments only represent my opinion.

03-27-2008, 09:01 AM	#38
Jeb-NY Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 223	Strong and black for me. 4 mugs most days for me, 2 in the morning, 1 mid day and one after supper. Doesn't bother my sleep patterns, no matter how late I have caffein. I do have to cut back at times if it starts bothering my stomach. I do skip a day from time to time and it doesn't have any effect on me other than I don't get the extra boost. When I was working I did two mugs of regular and 2 mugs of decaf if I need more in the morning and a Diet Pepsi instead of coffee in the afternoon. Now I make a big pot of coffee in the morning and nuke the left overs for afternoon and evening. Not a real coffee snob, but can't stand instant or Starbucks coffee. Jeb

04-04-2008, 09:49 AM	#39
FinanceDude Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,362	Decaf in the morning, usually 1-2 cups. A big mug of green tea in the afternoon (usually Tazo)........... __________________ Consult with your own advisor or representative. My thoughts should not be construed as investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results (love that one).......:) President Obama, please know that I will continue to cling to my guns and religion........:)

04-04-2008, 10:06 AM	#40
podey Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 102	I can't live without coffee. I drink it 7 days a week and feel "off" if I don't have it. I have cut down on the caffeine and have a big cup of "half-caf" in the morning and then decaf the rest of the day, probably 2 more cups or so...

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