Initial rating of IAM slightly lower than IOM
― calstars, Thursday, 14 March 2024 14:58 (two months ago) link
Taro latte anyone?
― calstars, Saturday, 16 March 2024 16:51 (two months ago) link
its what taro milk i dont think ive had taro milk or if thats a thing i like taro tho ive had taro bubble tea i think thats just got taro flavor in it, prob not as good as regular coffee but id try it maybe nice for a treat
― lag∞n, Saturday, 16 March 2024 16:59 (two months ago) link
I misheard "the ideal copy" as "the ideal coffee" on Wire's "Ambitious" which is answered in the song with phrases like "H2O." Not that Wire would've sold out, but that could've been the basis for an awesome coffee commercial in the '80s.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 16:46 (two months ago) link
which terrible prepackaged coffee brand of the 80s would it be for, is the question
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 17:25 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9avjD9ugXc
i want a stovetop percolator now :\
― 龜, Thursday, 21 March 2024 02:00 (two months ago) link
My parents had a glass percolator, and in addition to the problems mentioned in the video, they would sometimes start a pot and forget to watch it, so it perked for 5-10 or even more minutes after it was done.
― nickn, Thursday, 21 March 2024 06:59 (two months ago) link
Such 60s/70s nostalgia on the glass and steel stovetop percs, before my time but would like to try
― calstars, Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:54 (two months ago) link
I think my mom used her steel stovetop perc well into the 90s. My grandparents definitely did; they died knowing no other coffee prep.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:31 (two months ago) link
it's after noon, time to switch from coffee to fake coffee.
― default damager (lukas), Thursday, 28 March 2024 19:51 (two months ago) link
i drank an afternoon coffee today, as a treat
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2024 19:56 (two months ago) link
fancy
― calstars, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:29 (two months ago) link
thats right
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:31 (two months ago) link
There's unfinished coffee in the cafetiere in front of me, it's 8.30pm, do I microwave and consume n.b. am also on the beers
― imago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:34 (two months ago) link
let's fuckin do this
― imago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:38 (two months ago) link
also cooking orzo. champion of the fuckin world
― imago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:40 (two months ago) link
coffee + beers is a low key speedball
― calstars, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:43 (two months ago) link
Found a can of cafe du Monde in my cabinet, made some strong brew, that is some good sh1t
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 21:30 (three weeks ago) link
has some chicory or something, yeah?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:11 (three weeks ago) link
I guessThe ground was pretty coarse so I put 1 1/3 servings in and yup dark af
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:30 (three weeks ago) link
I drank a coffee at 5pm and now it is 4am and I'm lying awake buzzing. I need to be up at 7. That is all.
― fly fishing by j.r. ewing (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:47 (three weeks ago) link
My golden rule is as much coffee in the morning as I want, but the after-lunch espresso is always the last of the day
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 9 May 2024 03:00 (three weeks ago) link
I do last sip has to be before 3pm and no more than 3 cups
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 9 May 2024 03:34 (three weeks ago) link
Same here, except I'm back in London for a couple of weeks and hadn't had a coffee since May 1st as I refuse to buy anything from St@rbucks et al. I let my standards slip! Thus I got 2 hours sleep. A lesson learned the hard way.
― fly fishing by j.r. ewing (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 May 2024 06:59 (three weeks ago) link
I got an espresso machine for free after a couple of friends replaced theirs. It makes very good coffee but has two problems: 1. most of the water does not make it to the cup 2. the coffee is not piping hot. According to the couple, the water leaks through the ventilator and I would need to dismantle and clean all the tubes inside. I tried descaling, and I think the machine wants tabs, so I'll try tabs. If I run water before making the coffee, the temperature is fine. Since I'm likely to do more harm than good by opening it and since I had it for free, I could show it to a professional, but I also welcome free advice from a community for whom coffee is pretty important :)
― Nabozo, Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:15 (three weeks ago) link
Same rules as Zelda and Man Alive btw
― Nabozo, Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:17 (three weeks ago) link
my cutoff is 2pm and no more than 2 cups. Unless... I have coffee really late, like almost right before bed. Then, I can get away with it.
― beard papa, Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:22 (three weeks ago) link
I have a second cup at 3. Sometimes makes me sleepy fsr
― calstars, Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:40 (three weeks ago) link
Coffee in the morning. Kinda fucks me up when I drink it in the afternoon.
― default damager (lukas), Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:54 (three weeks ago) link
A cup after dinner is nice, at a restaurant or Thanksgiving dinner
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:31 (three weeks ago) link
I'll also have a half-caff sometimes if I'm out and about
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:32 (three weeks ago) link
I slam an instant one before going out to party at 8pm
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:33 (three weeks ago) link
― calstars, Thursday, 9 May 2024 18:01 (three weeks ago) link
I watch a lot of 40's movies and they were drinking ocoffee all ohours o the night and day - I see it as a good path
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 9 May 2024 20:20 (three weeks ago) link
I started reading Travis Baldree’s _Legends & Lattes_ this week, an urban fantasy about a half-orc who has had her fill of adverturin’ and sets up a coffee shop in a town that has never encountered coffee before.
It’s not as Discworld-y as I’d like, but it’s a good start.
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Friday, 10 May 2024 07:11 (three weeks ago) link
that’s a top-notch premise
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 May 2024 10:04 (three weeks ago) link
At work I do a double espresso inside a flat white. I have three of those in the morning and usually 2 in the afternoon. No official cutoff but rarely later than 4. And i wonder why I have trouble sleeping. :/
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 10:24 (three weeks ago) link
Recently considered buying decaf for after dinner coffee but haven't. If I'm eating out I almost always get coffee afterwards.
Whoa.. So you have.. 10 espresso shots per day?
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 May 2024 10:48 (three weeks ago) link
Sometimes? That sounds bad when you put it that way and considering my ADHD meds are a stimulant I should prob be more careful. I've on coffee 2 so expresso shot 4. Will stop here today.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 10:57 (three weeks ago) link
I'm on coffee no 2, I meant.
Not judging! Whatever works
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 May 2024 11:01 (three weeks ago) link
I didn't think you were; I'd just never actually considered just how much I was ingesting! That much can't be good no matter how you slice it.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 11:09 (three weeks ago) link
If it feels good do it imo though if you have trouble sleeping sometimes yeah maybe dial it back idk.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 May 2024 11:31 (three weeks ago) link
That’s probably in the range of caffeine that’s considered unhealthy, esp if you’re also taking a stimulant. Certainly could be interfering with sleep, increasing anxiety and even worsening your adhd symptoms.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 10 May 2024 13:07 (three weeks ago) link
._.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 13:09 (three weeks ago) link
Never thought about it making ADHD worse as it usually helps with that for me but I also have GAD so yes. All good points. I will think about this some more this weekend. Maybe the decaf isn't a bad idea.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 13:12 (three weeks ago) link
I've quit again.
I think I've narrowed down the heartburn that seemed to come out of nowhere to the high acid light roast french press coffee I started drinking during the pandemic. I miss it a little, the ritual and the flavor, but green tea is working for me right now and heartburn sucks.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 10 May 2024 13:18 (three weeks ago) link
coffee is challenging for me
it's basically the only drug i take except for my prescriptions. i got high as fuck last night off some acetaminophen they prescribed me the last time i had my bits cut up. not, just, for the lulz... the pain from my accidentally giving myself a lip piercing monday has made it pretty hard for me to get through this week. i tend to avoid even OTC meds... in this case i got high and went on the sort of depressive spiral that leads my friends to start telling me they're worried about me
(if you're worried about me, sorry for worrying you, i'm going to be ok, i promise)
anyway the challenge with coffee is that i'm in kind of a state of monty burns homeostasis... the 20 pills a day are enough to let me almost function. caffeine... sometimes it gives me the energy to full-on function. sometimes downing my adderall with a cold brew sends me into a full-on panic attack. panic attacks aren't fun, but if i don't run the risk, i never get anything done at all. i kinda have gotten used to it. anyway. most days it's a large cold brew in the am and a mountain dew at lunch. i should probably change the mountain dew, those things are fucking disgusting. i only drank them because i was addicted to diet major melon, which they fucking stopped making.
i don't always sleep great but mostly that's the nightmares, which have nothing to do with my caffeine intake. (seriously, i'm going to be ok, i just gotta deal with some bullshit sometimes)
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 10 May 2024 13:19 (three weeks ago) link
fwiw enbb i find your situation re: caffeine kind of relatable :)