How Much Coffee and Tea Do You Drink?
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No! those things are unhealthy [emoji1]
Damn Yankee
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No coffee or tea, Some water and maybe 4 or 5 beers a week.
For me, it's a large cup of coffee in the morning followed by an 18 oz. travel mug at work (both home-brewed), or a large iced from Dunkin c/o the missus. On weekends, I usually drink a cup or two of English Breakfast tea. (Yorkshire Gold for the win!)
Wife says I'm a caffeine addict. Considering I can't properly "start" my day without it, she may have a point.
Wife says I'm a caffeine addict. Considering I can't properly "start" my day without it, she may have a point.
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I used to be a heavy coffee and tea drinker. Also needed caffeine fixes throughout my workday, usually furnished by high-caffeine soft drinks like Mountain Dew.
My sugar intake was also high...soft drinks, junk food, lots of sugar in coffee (a double whammy there).
No more. In early 2012, I found out I had high blood pressure and an accelerated at-rest heart rate. Not awfully high, but enough to ring the warning bells. So I went caffeine-free. I no longer deliberately ingest caffeine from any source. I'm sure some slips by me, so we'll put the intake at maybe 1%.
Also found out my triglycerides were way too high. So I cut out all soft drinks and all unecessary sugar intake. Within 2-3 months my triglycerides dropped from (gasp!) 340 to 140.
It took me a long time to realize that the brief energy bursts I got from caffeine and the little pleasures I got from eating sugary junk food simply were not worth my health and well being. I realized that a lot of the stuff I ate was just sort of a combination of chemicals and preservatives...just garbage food.
I have not regretted cutting out all that stuff.
My sugar intake was also high...soft drinks, junk food, lots of sugar in coffee (a double whammy there).
No more. In early 2012, I found out I had high blood pressure and an accelerated at-rest heart rate. Not awfully high, but enough to ring the warning bells. So I went caffeine-free. I no longer deliberately ingest caffeine from any source. I'm sure some slips by me, so we'll put the intake at maybe 1%.
Also found out my triglycerides were way too high. So I cut out all soft drinks and all unecessary sugar intake. Within 2-3 months my triglycerides dropped from (gasp!) 340 to 140.
It took me a long time to realize that the brief energy bursts I got from caffeine and the little pleasures I got from eating sugary junk food simply were not worth my health and well being. I realized that a lot of the stuff I ate was just sort of a combination of chemicals and preservatives...just garbage food.
I have not regretted cutting out all that stuff.
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No preaching from me, but you really should stop smoking.
I finally got scared enough to stop cold turkey after at least thirty-five years of smoking, perhaps longer. Nothing bad had happened to me, I just realized I'd probably shortened my life by at least ten years. That was almost four years ago, and I haven't picked one up since. Frankly, I hope I stopped in time.
Oh, and I've saved probably an average of at least $2,000 a year. That'd buy you a really nice Smith & Wesson. Or a totally cool reloading setup. Or a whole lot of ammo. Or a...well, you get the idea, don't you?
This link might help you.
labworm
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Being from Colorado I didn't dare ask what he was smokin.
Coldshooter
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Use moderation, drink till your hands shake then have only one more cup
shouldazagged
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Not preaching here either, but a lot of you know my brother just died of lung cancer and congestive heart failure. I quit 22 years ago and still have COPD and bronchiectasis.
Just facts. What you do is your call.
captorquewrench
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I drink a 12 oz cup of black, unsweetened coffee before I leave the house.
I drink a 24 oz big cup on the way to school.
At school I drink approximately half a gallon.
I often make or grab another for the ride home.
I typically rewind with another cup, two, or three at the close of the day.
So all in all probably a gallon or so strong black coffee every day.
Tea? Not so much. But sometimes I like a lady grey or earl grey. I do brew some herbal concoctions for other things, but they are not tea from a tea plant.
Brewing herbs on the stove while black cat hangs in the hutch and watches sends a strong message. I have an image to keep up
I drink a 24 oz big cup on the way to school.
At school I drink approximately half a gallon.
I often make or grab another for the ride home.
I typically rewind with another cup, two, or three at the close of the day.
So all in all probably a gallon or so strong black coffee every day.
Tea? Not so much. But sometimes I like a lady grey or earl grey. I do brew some herbal concoctions for other things, but they are not tea from a tea plant.
Brewing herbs on the stove while black cat hangs in the hutch and watches sends a strong message. I have an image to keep up
shouldazagged
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Brewing herbs on the stove while black cat hangs in the hutch and watches sends a strong message. I have an image to keep up
Do you really want to reinforce the opinions of your students, Cap?
With that much coffee on board I'll wager you could play the Minute Waltz in eighteen seconds flat.
captorquewrench
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Do you really want to reinforce the opinions of your students, Cap?
With that much coffee on board I'll wager you could play the Minute Waltz in eighteen seconds flat.
Yes, I do want to reinforce their opinions. That way I don't have to do it myself with office referral forms.
I can't play it at all. It's a piano thing. Keyboard is my nemesis.
shouldazagged
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mac2
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2 cups of caffeine anything is about my limit, OK - 3 if several hours apart otherwise I go down with a cold or something in addition to feeling horrible and not being able to sleep. Think it might be because I used to drink gallons of the stuff when I was a kid, so developed a sensitivity to it maybe.
My grandson gave me a ceramic mug for Christmas. It's really very pretty and from a good potter. I love it and use it every day. It holds one quart; I make tea in it in the morning, usually Twining's Lady Grey,and sometimes I'll make another mug. If I have anything after that, it interferes with my sleep,no matter how much brandy I drink before I go to bed.
Naw, I don't drink either. I'm wound up normally without it.
But years ago when I was "playing cowboy," the other guys on the crew drank so much that I was seriously considering buying stock in the stuff.
We'd start the day at 0-dark thirty and sometimes wouldn't call it a day until late in the evening.
I remember the story of a very prim and proper San Francisco matron who was visiting a branding crew once and happened to ask one of the boys, "Young man, how much coffee do you drink in a day?"
The cowboy thought a moment and said, "Hmmm...I dunno...may 22 or 23 cups in a day."
"What??!!!" the lady exclaimed. "Doesn't that keep you awake???"
"No ma'am," the puncher replied. "But it helps."
But years ago when I was "playing cowboy," the other guys on the crew drank so much that I was seriously considering buying stock in the stuff.
We'd start the day at 0-dark thirty and sometimes wouldn't call it a day until late in the evening.
I remember the story of a very prim and proper San Francisco matron who was visiting a branding crew once and happened to ask one of the boys, "Young man, how much coffee do you drink in a day?"
The cowboy thought a moment and said, "Hmmm...I dunno...may 22 or 23 cups in a day."
"What??!!!" the lady exclaimed. "Doesn't that keep you awake???"
"No ma'am," the puncher replied. "But it helps."
carpriver
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I drink 8-10 12 oz. mugs of fresh roast, fresh ground coffee a day. I don't drink coffee any place but home. when I travel I carry a small coffee pot, grinder and bag of fresh roast coffee and water filter pitcher. When on the road I will make coffee bags like tea bags. I will stop and get a cup of hot water and soak the coffee bag. I am serious about my coffee.
I don't drink either. Never liked the taste of them. I drink milk with all my meals. I must have been very lucky or have very strong bones because in my 72 year of life, I have never broken a bone. With all of the falls, tumbles, spills, accidents, etc. I have encountered in my life time, I would have expected at least several broke bones! The Dr. says my bones are in excellent condition.
