Why is coffee not calling my name?

[_Quasimodo]

Go without and see what happens. There is a reason why decafe coffee became so popular in the USA years ago. The warnings were given and people responded by drinking Sanka, one of the first decafe coffees available.

The words coffee and Sanka should not be mentioned in the same sentence. The only people who are able to successfully drink Sanka are those who don't especially like coffee. I think that God gave us coffee to show us how much he loves us.*



(*With apologies to Benjamin Franklin.)

And beer (Franklin's original thought, I think). Hard to not like Benjamin Franklin.

[_Morley]

And beer (Franklin's original thought, I think). Hard to not like Benjamin Franklin.

I very much agree, Quasi, my friend.

[_Quasimodo]

Before he died I bought him 10 bags of Starbucks coffee (different flavors). A month later I spoke to him and he told me he could never go back to grocery (MJB, Folgers) coffee again. He died before the 10 bags ran out... I miss the old man.

I miss mine, too. He was a stickler on tea. Not only did it have to be the best quality of tea, but it had to be poured correctly. He said he could taste the difference (I think that may have been his English sense of humor).

Regarding tea, it's got a bad bite and needs cream (no sugar, cause sugar is evil). Remember Zee, sugar is evil from the word go. I see people dump packets in theirs in the morning. I think to myself that over 10 years that's a lot of packets of sugar and the body doesn't need it. If you get used to it, you'll have to kick later. Kinda like a Fat Tire vs. a Coors light. Fat Tire tastes better, but once you're on the junk the extra calories aren't worth it... ignorance is bliss.

I've counselled Zee on this too (I think I can see him rolling his eyes as I type). When one gives up sugary drinks (soda, sweet coffee, sweet wines, etc.), a whole new world opens up.

Once your pallet gets used to not having the sugar taste, everything tastes better.

[_Quasimodo]

Kinda like a Fat Tire vs. a Coors light. Fat Tire tastes better, but once you're on the junk the extra calories aren't worth it... ignorance is bliss.

From "Open Letter From John Cleese to America"

http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=7873

The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all, it is lager. From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer,and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. The substances formerly known as American Beer will henceforth be referred to as Near-Frozen Knat's Urine,with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as Weak Near-Frozen Knat's Urine. This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in Pilsen,Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.

You should read the rest of the letter... hilarious.

[_Hades]

Every weekend when visiting my mother! :) I quickly became Americanized when young and started drinking coffee. Every office I worked in had ample supplies of coffee... no tea (sorry, but Americans can't make proper tea, anyway).

Tea is a different story. I have milk in my tea (traditionally English) no sugar. Iced Tea never crosses my lips.

I don't know much about tea. I didn't know you could put milk in it.

I work with an Englishman who has lived in America for the past 20 years. He drinks his coffee black. I've never seen him drink tea, but he tells me fantastic tales of crumpets and spotted dick. I'll have to ask him about milk in tea and he will tell me about Oxford grads who never got their diplomas because they didn't pay their bar tabs.

The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all, it is lager. From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer,and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. The substances formerly known as American Beer will henceforth be referred to as Near-Frozen Knat's Urine,with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as Weak Near-Frozen Knat's Urine. This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in Pilsen,Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.

That is hilarious. I've drank the Czech Republic, Pilsen. It's a hell of a lot better than Budweiser.

[_zeezrom]

Yeah, I just had some more plain coffee and realized that is the way it was meant to be. God made coffee the way he did for a reason, I think.

[_Morley]

I believe that coffee calls everyone's name. Unfortunately, there are those who do not have the faith necessary to hear coffee's still, small voice. Many are called, but few will drink.

[_why me]

I believe that coffee calls everyone's name. Unfortunately, there are those who do not have the faith necessary to hear coffee's still, small voice. Many are called, but few will drink.

I haven't drank coffee since I was a little boy and that was only a sip. Not good. It leaves a strange after taste. Also, in some countries, people can drink up to seven cups a day. Much too many if one wants a good sleep and an active brain. But the morning shakes and desires for a cup when no cup can be had, creates a problem for the coffee drinker.

[_Quasimodo]

But the morning shakes and desires for a cup when no cup can be had, creates a problem for the coffee drinker.

What horrible, alternative universe exists where no cup can be had? This must truly be Hell.

[_Morley]

Also, in some countries, people can drink up to seven cups a day. Much too many if one wants a good sleep and an active brain. But the morning shakes and desires for a cup when no cup can be had, creates a problem for the coffee drinker.

Why me, is this anecdotal or research?

Edited to add-- My own anecdote: I drink six cups a day, six days a week. My brain activity is better than good. On the day of the week that I don't drink coffee, I have no desire, no shakes. And my brain activity is still great.