OT: Top 10 signs you drink too much coffee

What sort of day are you having Joan ?????

A perfect day. She described a coffee drinker beautifully. As me how I know that !!!!! lol

Slow day at work, I would say!!

Gill

My day is just fine. I don't drink the nasty stuff, although I will admit to liking the smell of coffee!

Joan

LOLOL!!!! More like I couldn't get interested in any of the mountains I have around me!

Joan

I drink some coffee (because I dislike tea and can't stand the smell of it) but not a lot because I find it rarely lives up to the smell of it brewing. A French press seems to produce the cup of coffee that most resembles the aroma, for me anyway.

"NDJoan" wrote

My day is just fine. I don't drink the nasty stuff, although I will admit to liking the smell of coffee!

And I have a little magnet that says "If I could I would inject it".

Dawne, sipping Full City Dark at 11 pm from her new coffee mug that says "somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace"

I made a T-shirt for DB that said "Instant Human, Just Add Coffee" one Christmas. He LOL and wore it til it was ratty.

Oh good. Another person who doesn't say it keeps her up. I think it keeps me breathing.

Lucille

I dare not drink coffee past about 4pm, took me awhile to realize the connection. I had a good friend who took a mug of coffee to bed with her to aid her reading, didn't affect her sleeping in the least. It's probably one ingredient that affects different people differently.

And this time of year, I have to remind myself about the caffeine in iced tea. I'd gulp iced tea all day in the hot weather. At home I make it with decaf tea (a fresh pitcher most every morning; Red Rose decaf is quite lovely iced), but at restaurants I have to remember it's probably not decaf.

Sue

Have you tried icing herbal tea? Mint is so cooling and I found this Tulsi-rose mix that is to die for good iced....

Cheryl

I always have a pitcher of iced tea in the fridge all summer long - but yes, I make sure it's unsweetened and decaf - and I can drink as much of it as I need to when it's over 100! MelissaD

I'm with you, Melissa - unsweeted, uncaffeinated, and unlimited!

I don't care for fruity herbal teas; I'm a plain black tea person, in general. I'm allergic to most roses (the fragrant ones), and actually get headaches from teas that have rose hips in them. Ditto some of the other flowers - no hibiscus tea for moi!

The exceptions are rooibos - red bark -- and occasionally an orange infusion tea. I like those.

sue

"MelissaD" wrote

Iced coffee. With milk. Over ice. Totally refreshing, needs no sugar (at least IMHO). My local Starbucks has finally caught on, and keeps enough cold coffee to supply purists like me who don't want our caffeine drizzled, whipped, or mixed with brownie bits.

Dawne

Oh sue, I have to send you a dark blend I found, if I can find it the cabinet. Orange and cinnamon and something else. If you like it, Constant Comment has a decaf that is nifty iced.

Cheryl

That is the only way to drink iced coffee - lots of milk, lots of ice....

Cheryl

A small sp;rinkle of cinammon on top is a nice addition, and it makes it smell heavenly.

ah yes, Constant Comment is my favorite regular tea for drinking :)

And in response to the iced coffee comments - try some Thai style coffee

- thick syrup with lots of milk and ice you mix yourself - yum!

MelissaD

I like Constant Comment, too. When 26-y.o. DD was an infant, I had to switch to decaf because she was so sensitive too it and got caffeine when nursing. There weren't a lot of decaf black teas at the time, but Constant Comment was my salvation. My "house tea" is McCormick - an orange pekoe. My very favorite for everyday use.

sue