If I ever go off coffee cold turkey, I'll have to spend about four days in bed with the lights off.
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
does that TASTE like coffee, but isn't?
fuck! i'm going to be unconscious for several weeks.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
remind me again what the problem with decaf coffee is? are you not allowed to have that because of the teensy tiny amount of caffeine?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty much!
no soda either! (not that i drink that much of that anyway)
srsly, i'm going to be a zombie
but, if it helps, it helps, i guess.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
- that roastaroma tea or something like it sort of tastes like coffee - there are these roasted chicory or hazelnuts or whatever swiss beverages you can buy in health food stores - decaf coffee
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
there is a coffee alternatives thread but i need to not be in the office any longer
― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
i may try to roastarama, but it may make me sad.
i'll see how i do cold turkey. the excederin i took at noon is wearing off and my brain hurts.
i apologize in advance if i'm grumpy to any of you in the next few weeks.
― molly mummenschanz, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I love Roastaroma. I drink it every weekday morning. It doesn't taste exactly like coffee, but it's made with chicory and cinnamon and barley and things like that, so it has a similar robustness. It also gives me the same "I am at work and about to start my very productive morning" feeling. But it's been a few years since I drank coffee regularly, so maybe I have just gotten used to the alternative.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
MOLLY I'VE GOT IT: SAYOC KALI -- FILIPINO KNIFE FIGHTING.
A friend of mine who is TEENY TINY and very shy used to take this, it look AWESOME.
http://bladearts.com/SayocKali.aspx
― Laurel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
jaymc, thank you for the heads up about the celestial seasons goodness. Generally, I don't like chicory coffee, but something is better than nothing, right?
LAUREL OMG
No one will ever say, "Oh, Molly? That librarian who has 3 cats and knits and doesn't drink? She's boring!" IF I CAN IMPRESS THEM WITH MY FILIPINO KNIFE SKILLS.
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"Sayoc Kali is ALL BLADE - ALL THE TIME. "
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
it's official. i want to die.
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh Molls. u_u
― Laurel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Are you home? Please go home.
― Laurel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
no, i'm at work, moaning to my coworkers.
i think i will crack open my box of chamomile tea and see if i can trick myself with a caffeine-free hot beverage.
― molly mummenschanz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
agh
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
help.. meeee
Quitting or cutting back?
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
quitting
for a week at least
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Medical reasons, or? I can't imagine quitting coffee and I only started drinking it maybe six months ago. If I don't have coffee within an hour of waking up I get a horrid headache, lucidity is some weird distant memory...I sympathize.
― producto do Brazil (╓abies), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Can you taper off with decaf/caf mixed or do you have to just stop? If you have to go cold off caffiene, it can be rough, but if it's coffee you're avoiding, sub in some cola or caffienated aspirin to help with the headaches, etc. There's also caffienated soap (Shower Shock - caffiene will absorb through your skin).
― Jaq, Monday, 3 August 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
If you've been drinking a lot and just want to reduce the intake, a week of cold turkey sounds like a bad idea. Splitting headache misery now and a day of screaming coffee nerves on your first day back after break. I'd just drop back one cup per day, repeat weekly until you're down to the level you want to be at.
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
(xposts)
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I did this last summer, it sucks for about a week, then you get over it
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Huh, Jaq was not kidding about caffeinated soap!http://www.geekologie.com/2008/01/03/shower-shock.jpg
― producto do Brazil (╓abies), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i only drink one or two a day. been having some stomach/digestive problems lately tho, and i feel like coffee is probably NAGL for me as i tend to feel pretty crappy after a cup.
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeh coffee is pretty acidic. Do you drink it black or with milk?
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
black (so it ain't the milk)
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Milk and cream, being basic, actually helps cut down the acidity of coffee - so you might try that
but then you might feel like a wuss
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was gonna say, drop back to one cup and have it au lait, on ice maybe. Cold turkey = BAD. Hard to get anything done when blinking hurts.
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
try some coffee from Indonesia - they tend to be low in acidity. also, Trader Joe's sells this:
http://breweddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/frenchroastla.jpg
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
drink something mildly caffeinated like green tea
― mark cl, Monday, 3 August 2009 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I switched from coffee to tea this year and have been happy.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 3 August 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, August 3, 2009 11:52 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i did it with ciggies after a decade of pack/day, i can do it with coffee!
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
im rockin green tea but at this point it kind of feels like bringing a knife to a gunfight
Tea, hot or cold, gives me four-alarm heartburn more often than coffee does (which is never).
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
tea w/o milk gives me heartburn, so i pour in a few drops (not in green tea obv)
― velko, Monday, 3 August 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
When I quit coffee, I found Excedrin really helped...which is when I learned two Excedrin has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee.
― a muttering inbred (called) (not named) (Abbott), Monday, 3 August 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
coffee i miss u boo :(
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
aghgahgahgshag
― SBed à part (s1ocki), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
guys help
― heavin' flho (s1ocki), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
By the spirit of Quetzocatl may this demon bean beGONE
― a muttering inbred (called) (not named) (Abbott), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Caffeine soap. Or, make a poultice of grounds, strap it around your torso like a bandito.
I recently came back to the welcoming arms of coffee after 6 years away, and it is heaven.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
You enabler!
― a muttering inbred (called) (not named) (Abbott), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
slock: not as bad as a migraine...eh? eh? that helping?
― a muttering inbred (called) (not named) (Abbott), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
It's true, too true. Ignore me slocki - think pure thoughts, drink delicious icy water, bandage your aching head in vinegar and brown paper.
― handmaid of the demon bean (Jaq), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
might try putting this poultice thing together in the break room
― heavin' flho (s1ocki), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm trying to cut down. And I usually drink a lot of coffee, like 12 cups a day. I'm pretty fucking miserable.
― corey, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
that is a lot of coffee
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I drink anywhere from 6 to 20+ cups most days... is there a downside I'm missing?
― Kerm, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link