Morning Coffee

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My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee on any given morning
(French roast, breakfast blend, dark roast, espresso roast etc.)
And when I get tired of drinking it hot, I cool it down, shake it in a
martini shaker with tons of ice and drink it out of a tea glass.

I'd say i'm addicted.. .yeah, addicted.. that's it... addicted...
addicted and bouncing off the walls... yeah, off the walls...
bouncing... addicted..... me... addicted

Kev

kevnbro said:

Quoted message said:

My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee on any given morning
(French roast, breakfast blend, dark roast, espresso roast etc.)
And when I get tired of drinking it hot, I cool it down, shake it in a
martini shaker with tons of ice and drink it out of a tea glass.

I'd say i'm addicted.. .yeah, addicted.. that's it... addicted...
addicted and bouncing off the walls... yeah, off the walls...
bouncing... addicted..... me... addicted

Kev

just...don't...call...it...a...martini!

I have a little tea station that I set up in my office. I have one of thoe
plug-in water boiler pots, loose leaf earl grey tea, a loose cocoa/maté,
teabags with everything from chamomile to green to maté to chai. People come
see me for tea. I should keep some cookies around too, but the security guards
wuld just eat them at night.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

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just...don't...call...it...a...martini!

HAHA!! I walked away with half a butt-cheek after my "pineapple
martini" scalding.
I'm sittin' sideways over here. Kev

The Bubbo said:

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My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

If you ever try to get off that caffeine, your head will feel like it
is going to split in half from the pain. I suffered with a nagging
headache for about 2 days, some folks have to take to their beds
they're so sick. Now I just drink one 16 ounce mug per day and that's
more than enough for me.

Don't ask me how, but caffeine makes the body retain water. That's why
so many diet plans tell you to drink decaf coffee, caffeine-free colas,
etc.

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kevnbro said:

Quoted message said:

My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee on any given morning
(French roast, breakfast blend, dark roast, espresso roast etc.)
And when I get tired of drinking it hot, I cool it down, shake it in a
martini shaker with tons of ice and drink it out of a tea glass.

I'd say i'm addicted.. .yeah, addicted.. that's it... addicted...
addicted and bouncing off the walls... yeah, off the walls...
bouncing... addicted..... me... addicted

Kev

just...don't...call...it...a...martini!

I have a little tea station that I set up in my office. I have one of thoe
plug-in water boiler pots, loose leaf earl grey tea, a loose cocoa/maté,
teabags with everything from chamomile to green to maté to chai. People
come
see me for tea. I should keep some cookies around too, but the security
guards
wuld just eat them at night.

--
.:Heather:

Hi Heather,

About a month ago I bought one of those plug in water pots. The whistling
kettle on the stove was driving me INSANE! My husband would put the pot on
and go take a shower. This electric pot is great. It heats up a full pot
of water in less than 6 minutes and then shuts itself off. Hubby gets hot
water, I get sleep. Yeah!

Coffee... I make myself a Latte' every day. Just one, but I've got to have
that one or I'm craving it all day. So, I guess I'd have to say it's an
addiction.

Lynne

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kevnbro said:

>My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee

....I imagine your blood pression is OK! 😄DDDD
Pan

King's Crown said:

Hi Heather,

About a month ago I bought one of those plug in water pots. The whistling
kettle on the stove was driving me INSANE! My husband would put the pot on
and go take a shower. This electric pot is great. It heats up a full pot
of water in less than 6 minutes and then shuts itself off. Hubby gets hot
water, I get sleep. Yeah!

Coffee... I make myself a Latte' every day. Just one, but I've got to have
that one or I'm craving it all day. So, I guess I'd have to say it's an
addiction.

Lynne

David NEEDS the whistling teapot! this is a guy who put eggs on to boil and
then went to watch his movie and forgot. I got home from the dog park to this
AWFUL stench and a guy with a sheepish look on his face (not to mention a
permanently stained pan).

I think it's funny to watch my coffee drinking evolution, starting in college
with regular coffee then mocha's then lattes, lattes with extra shots,
americanos, americanos with an extra shot and now just mostly espresso with a
bit of water to fill the cup.

I don't just crave the coffee, I get wicked bad headaches without it. If I
don't get it by about 10 or 11am I'm screwed. I'm sure it's psychological and
a matter of habit, but I hate those headaches so much I'm not willing to mess
with them.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

kevnbro said:

Quoted message said:

just...don't...call...it...a...martini!

HAHA!! I walked away with half a butt-cheek after my "pineapple
martini" scalding.
I'm sittin' sideways over here. Kev

hmm sounds like a solid weight loss program, perhaps I will post the
ginger-martini recipe I have...

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

itsjoannotjoann said:

The Bubbo said:

Quoted message said:

>My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

If you ever try to get off that caffeine, your head will feel like it
is going to split in half from the pain. I suffered with a nagging
headache for about 2 days, some folks have to take to their beds
they're so sick. Now I just drink one 16 ounce mug per day and that's
more than enough for me.

Don't ask me how, but caffeine makes the body retain water. That's why
so many diet plans tell you to drink decaf coffee, caffeine-free colas,
etc.

oh, believe me, I am well acquainted with this headache. Last winter I kept
getting pneumonia every time I got sick, and I got sick probably 4 or 5 times.
I didn't care about food or water or anything, i just wanted my coffee! I
begged my dad to come over one day to make it for me since I was too
weak/blurry eyed/ cough-ee to do it myself.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

The Bubbo said:

David NEEDS the whistling teapot! this is a guy who put eggs on to boil and
then went to watch his movie and forgot. I got home from the dog park to this
AWFUL stench and a guy with a sheepish look on his face (not to mention a
permanently stained pan).

Is there a comparable gizmo for frying pans. My wife is notorious for cooking
everything on high heat, some sometimes goes off to do something else. Last week
when her sister was visiting she headed off upstairs to look for something in the
middle of cooking scrambled eggs.... on High.

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My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee

this morning I made 5 shots instead of the usual 4. It's almost to the
point
where there's no room to add the water for the americano.

Then i drink tea most of the day.

anyone else addicted?
--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

Hi, my name is Kimberly, and I am a coffeeholic.
Lately, it's hot coffee, being sick and all. But I do drink it every day,
and am not ashamed to say so. ;-)

kimberly

The Bubbo said:

I don't just crave the coffee, I get wicked bad headaches without it. If I
don't get it by about 10 or 11am I'm screwed. I'm sure it's psychological

and

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a matter of habit, but I hate those headaches so much I'm not willing to

mess

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with them.

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

Those killer headaches ain't just psychological, babe! Caffeine is a
big-time vaso-constrictor, so it follows that attempts to go "on the wagon"
often result in withdrawal headaches, particularly for us heavy consumers.
In the days when I tried to wean myself off coffee, tea, etc., I used to
"cheat" and take Excedrin for the pain; original Excedrin contains caffeine,
a mighty good dose of it.

And whatdya know, it worked!

Spitz
--
"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"

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kevnbro said:

Quoted message said:

My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee on any given morning
(French roast, breakfast blend, dark roast, espresso roast etc.)
And when I get tired of drinking it hot, I cool it down, shake it in a
martini shaker with tons of ice and drink it out of a tea glass.

I'd say i'm addicted.. .yeah, addicted.. that's it... addicted...
addicted and bouncing off the walls... yeah, off the walls...
bouncing... addicted..... me... addicted

Kev

just...don't...call...it...a...martini!

I have a little tea station that I set up in my office. I have one of thoe
plug-in water boiler pots, loose leaf earl grey tea, a loose cocoa/maté,
teabags with everything from chamomile to green to maté to chai. People
come
see me for tea. I should keep some cookies around too, but the security
guards
wuld just eat them at night.

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

Tea too, me too.
I have a vast collection of teapots and my daughter and I pick on each
evening and make a pot of tea to share. It's a lovely tradition and we plan
to stick with it.
Have you tried Harney & Sons teas? They're awesome. They have the best Earl
Grey (The Earl Grey Supreme) that I've ever had, and I've tried them all
<g>. The Hot Cinnamon Sunset is my current favorite, though my daughter
prefers Citrus Blend. They have a terrific array of Oolong and green teas,
and a great selection of blends. White teas too.

kimberly

Spitzmaus said:

The Bubbo said:

I don't just crave the coffee, I get wicked bad headaches without it. If I
don't get it by about 10 or 11am I'm screwed. I'm sure it's psychological

and

Quoted message said:

a matter of habit, but I hate those headaches so much I'm not willing to

mess

Quoted message said:

with them.

--
.:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

Those killer headaches ain't just psychological, babe! Caffeine is a
big-time vaso-constrictor, so it follows that attempts to go "on the wagon"
often result in withdrawal headaches, particularly for us heavy consumers.
In the days when I tried to wean myself off coffee, tea, etc., I used to
"cheat" and take Excedrin for the pain; original Excedrin contains caffeine,
a mighty good dose of it.

And whatdya know, it worked!

Spitz

David's always trying to get me to eat/live healthier. He's on a campaign to
get the caffeine and nicotine out of my life. Poor guy, has no idea how
stubborn I can be, but I assured him if I ever got the caffeine withdrawal
headach because of him I'd break his fingers for fun.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:32:51 GMT, The Bubbo <[email hidden]>

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oh, believe me, I am well acquainted with this headache. Last winter I kept
getting pneumonia every time I got sick, and I got sick probably 4 or 5 times.
I didn't care about food or water or anything, i just wanted my coffee! I
begged my dad to come over one day to make it for me since I was too
weak/blurry eyed/ cough-ee to do it myself.

I was a coffee addict in college. I drank it to the point I'd often
get sick from all the caffine... if's very flulike in nature. The
only way I could wean myself from coffee was to gradually add
decafinated coffee until I was drinking only decaf. It took years of
decaf to not have that nagging feeling something essential is missing
if you forget to make coffee in the morning.

Now, I just have one large travel mug of coffee on the way to work and
if I don't drink coffee on the weekend, I don't miss it.

kevnbro said:

Quoted message said:

My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee on any given morning
(French roast, breakfast blend, dark roast, espresso roast etc.)
And when I get tired of drinking it hot, I cool it down, shake it in a
martini shaker with tons of ice and drink it out of a tea glass.

Now if you drank it out of a martini glass you could call it
a coffee martini, shaken, not stirred.

(Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)

gloria p

sf said:

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:32:51 GMT, The Bubbo <[email hidden]>

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oh, believe me, I am well acquainted with this headache. Last winter I kept
getting pneumonia every time I got sick, and I got sick probably 4 or 5

times.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I didn't care about food or water or anything, i just wanted my coffee! I
begged my dad to come over one day to make it for me since I was too
weak/blurry eyed/ cough-ee to do it myself.

I was a coffee addict in college. I drank it to the point I'd often
get sick from all the caffine... if's very flulike in nature. The
only way I could wean myself from coffee was to gradually add
decafinated coffee until I was drinking only decaf. It took years of
decaf to not have that nagging feeling something essential is missing
if you forget to make coffee in the morning.

Now, I just have one large travel mug of coffee on the way to work and
if I don't drink coffee on the weekend, I don't miss it.

I am so much like a junkie, I know I could quit if I tried but I honestly just
don't want to. At this point in my life I have given up almost all of my vices
or reduced them down to "socially". I just don't want to give up my coffee and
cigarettes.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:30:35 GMT, Puester <[email hidden]>

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kevnbro said:

Quoted message said:

My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee on any given morning
(French roast, breakfast blend, dark roast, espresso roast etc.)
And when I get tired of drinking it hot, I cool it down, shake it in a
martini shaker with tons of ice and drink it out of a tea glass.

Now if you drank it out of a martini glass you could call it
a coffee martini, shaken, not stirred.

(Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)

gloria p

Or you could stir in some cream and then have your coffee martini
stirred but not shaken.

jim

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:30:35 GMT, Puester <[email hidden]>

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kevnbro said:

Quoted message said:

My caffeine addiction....oh how I love thee... anyone else addicted?

I drink probably six cups of Gevalia coffee on any given morning
(French roast, breakfast blend, dark roast, espresso roast etc.)
And when I get tired of drinking it hot, I cool it down, shake it in a
martini shaker with tons of ice and drink it out of a tea glass.

Now if you drank it out of a martini glass you could call it
a coffee martini, shaken, not stirred.

(Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)

gloria p

Or you could stir in some cream and then have your coffee martini
stirred but not shaken.

jim