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4d ago

coffee

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I've never drunk a single cup of coffee in my life. It's not something I'm proud of or that makes me feel special, but now I've done it for so long that I don't want to do it on principal.

I’m curious as to why.
Actual health concerns like heart palpitations, drinking a diuretic, or difficulty sleeping? Heck, just want to kick the caffeine addiction or cost?
Sure. Good idea to quit.
Quitting because of some bullshit misinformation like a colon cleanse or something? Whatever. (FTR coffee may offer some protection against colorectal cancer).
- Coffee Stain on Teeths, bad breath, but most importantly, it saves money. In college is common to see people unable to focus without coffee, and crave constantly before a study session, I do wonder if the habit of drinking coffee could be harming the ability to focus without it
  I'm sure there are a lot of studies about coffee, and I completely agree, that they improve focus, but the withdrawal could be more harmful to concentration than without it (e.g the person who doesn't drink caffeine could had better baseline focus compared to folks on withdrawal)
- Could be environmental or fair labor concerns.
  
  Valid.

Coffee is anti me
- Same. I'll admit I've never been much for coffee to begin with, but in the past, when offered, I'd have some to be polite. Today, though, coffee does unspeakable things to my insides that I try to avoid it at all costs.
  
  My understanding is that for about 1/3 people, coffee acts as a crazy flush system
  
  What do you think it is? For me it just flushes my system and gives me a good wake up jolt in the morning. 1 cup or less.

I kept trying to get into coffee but like tea I just couldn't. My mouth really dislikes both.
- Imo you acquire a taste for it if you ever have a job that starts too early and has readily free coffee available.
  
  Yeah, my mother told me she gained a taste for it in college. I just drank soda still, I never could gain the taste.
  Maybe were it free...
  
  7 AM shifts made me a coffee addict
- For me it's the anxiety and jitterines that get me, and you don't even get any euphoria to balance out the buzz. I like the taste of coffee and tea, but if I want a boost I rather just take Benzedrine or snort coke.
- me too! I hate it! The only one I like is Mate tea that my ex introduced me.too. But I do use sugar.
  
  If you like mate, you should check out guayusa and yaupon. They're in the same family and have similar levels of caffeine, but they taste different.

Anti coffee != anti caffeine
- I fucking love coffee (esp black and cold press) but I cannot drink it, it makes me feel like I’m going to die. I miss it so.
  (To anyone thinking of saying “why not decaf”
  NO, IT HITS WRONG. That’s why I don’t drink NA Beer or smoke movie cigs.)
  
  That stuff might make you live longer but what's the point if you can't enjoy it?

Caffeine is a bitch to kick, I had terrible migraines when I cut back

...Like a dog that doesn't (and shouldn't) drink coffee?

I am for tea now
- I have learned that SO MANY coffee drinkers don't understand that certain teas have to be brewed at certain temperatures. They take green, black, white, jasmine and brew all of them into boiling water!
  Anyways, I do not get this coffee vs tea feud. I drink it all, sometimes even in the same day, and I thank my ancestors for discovering leaf in hot water and bean in hot water both taste good.
  
  Hot bean juice > hot leaf juice.
  Beans.
  
  Coffee: Because the burnt out crust of society needs burnt crustiness in their water.

Coffee is love, coffee is life.

I ain't giving up coffee any time soon, it tastes too good. Also I don't really notice the addictive or increased energy effects of coffee. I don't drink it super often usually just on weekends. Am I just weird or am I expecting caffeine to act in a way that it doesn't?

I'll drink coffee til the bitter end.. of my cup.

As an espresso person, yes they will come crawling back

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