[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]DJS wrote:
I love coffee but I think i am sensitive to caffeine. The opposite to DB Cooper. Too much causes me unwanted anxiety. So when my consumption starts to ramp up I have learned its time to take a break or force myself to scale it back. [/quote]
I think I’m one of these weird fuckers that caffeine has an opposite effect on as opposed to most people. The only reasons I really drink it now are a) it’s become a habit b) without it I get massive headaches in the afternoon so I drink it to feel normal c) I drank alcohol and did drugs every day for years. I quit everything, including smoking and Copenhagen and this is all I have left d) I like the taste.
I never really felt like I was the type, even when I started drinking it at 17 when I was working at Starbucks in high school, that got a “caffeine jolt”. When they train you there, you have to make every fucking drink they have so you know what to put in them. Over the course of three days (a total of 12 scheduled hours) I had finished a small size of every single drink on the menu. They didn’t have all the different shit they do now back then, but I had about a dozen frappuccinos, every type of mocha, latte, cappuccino, iced coffee, iced tea and coffee there. People were fucking shocked that I wasn’t bouncing all over the place. That’s when the store record for shots of espresso in 30 min. was brought up.
Just recently I tried those Red Lines for the first time ever. My friend said you aren’t supposed to drink more than half at a time. I laughed and slammed 3 to my face in 5 minutes. Half an hour later I was taking a nap on the couch. And I routinely drink coffee at night and fall asleep at a normal time.
I never really fucked with barbituates back in the day, but something tells me that I probably would have zero tolerance for that stuff, as some sort of countermeasure for my high tolerance of caffeine.[/quote]
Maybe you’re lacking an enzyme that causes caffeine to do its thing. I’ve read about it before.
Just did a quick google search but couldn’t find it.[/quote]
I am almost the same way. I remember when caffeine would affect me (back when I was drinking 2-3 Rockstars 3-5 days a week early years of college) but now I can still pass out. Sometimes, I stay up if I drink caffeine late, but I’m NOT wired, just feel irritable.
It is an enzyme. I have to find the article. And I think Berardi once wrote about it, too.
On coffee…
I like different coffee drinks for different occasions. I love Viet iced coffee with condensed milk during the day and after a meal. I love Turkish coffee (made in an ibrik!) with a touch of cardamon and a slice of good baklava if I’m chilling with a friend and sitting outside. Also good after a meal.
For just straight coffee, I love it black, and I’ve had Kona once but don’t remember whether I liked it. I recently had Ethiopian Harrar from Coffee Fool (awesome web site, fresh beans ground anyway you want) and it was amazing.
The best coffee I’ve had, period, was Mehmet Efendi Turkish coffee. It smells divine. A friend brought some back from a business trip to Istanbul and I could love the package in the kitchen for 30 minutes and smell it anywhere on the first floor. Unbelievable stuff.
Always lie to customs and tell them the beans are roasted. Otherwise, they either throw it away or tear it open and expose the beans to air. Motherfuckers.
