My parents drink coffee all day long, so us kids used to drink coffee with them too. After I left home I kept drinking it all day, and I worked as a coffee tester/roaster so coffee was my life. My favourite was Indonesian Sumatra, it was a rich, natural chocolate taste.
I stopped two years ago when it started making me feel awful. Now I've switched to super strong tea. I like the gradual caffeinated lift but without the jittery, bowel jolting crash, or the bad coffee breath. Also, I read an interesting study that argued that caffeine makes you feel more alert not because caffeine makes you perky, but because it's addictive, so you feel blah without your coffee because of withdrawal. Interesting idea, eh?
Hmm, I still think it's the way caffeine affects your nervous system that makes you alert. I've been a caffeine junkie for as long as I can remember, but I've never been addicted. There's been times where I've stopped drinking anything caffeinated for a few days at a time, and I never experienced any negative side effects.
Some people definitely feel blah without their caffeine because they ARE addicted though, so it could be both.
I never drank tea until coffee started making me feel awful. I had to get my caffeine fix somehow and now I'm very hooked on tea. I feel a bit blah without it, but it might be psychosomatic, since the way we react to drugs is strongly dependent on our expectations. I expect my morning tea to make me feel good, so if I don't have my tea, I don't feel good.
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My parents drink coffee all day long, so us kids used to drink coffee with them too. After I left home I kept drinking it all day, and I worked as a coffee tester/roaster so coffee was my life. My favourite was Indonesian Sumatra, it was a rich, natural chocolate taste.
I stopped two years ago when it started making me feel awful. Now I've switched to super strong tea. I like the gradual caffeinated lift but without the jittery, bowel jolting crash, or the bad coffee breath. Also, I read an interesting study that argued that caffeine makes you feel more alert not because caffeine makes you perky, but because it's addictive, so you feel blah without your coffee because of withdrawal. Interesting idea, eh?
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Hmm, I still think it's the way caffeine affects your nervous system that makes you alert. I've been a caffeine junkie for as long as I can remember, but I've never been addicted. There's been times where I've stopped drinking anything caffeinated for a few days at a time, and I never experienced any negative side effects.
Some people definitely feel blah without their caffeine because they ARE addicted though, so it could be both.
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I never drank tea until coffee started making me feel awful. I had to get my caffeine fix somehow and now I'm very hooked on tea. I feel a bit blah without it, but it might be psychosomatic, since the way we react to drugs is strongly dependent on our expectations. I expect my morning tea to make me feel good, so if I don't have my tea, I don't feel good.