OT: Top 10 signs you drink too much coffee - Page 4

> MelissaD wrote:
>> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>>> On 6/11/09 12:31 PM, in article
>>> %jaYl.151054$6p1.100665@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com, "Susan Hartman"
>>>
>>>> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> "NDJoan" wrote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What sort of day are you having Joan ?????
>>>>>>> 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"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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

> On 6/11/09 5:25 PM, in article
> ADeYl.87553$2p1.30997@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com, "Susan Hartman"
>
>> MelissaD wrote:
>>> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>>>> On 6/11/09 12:31 PM, in article
>>>> %jaYl.151054$6p1.100665@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com, "Susan Hartman"
>>>>> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> "NDJoan" wrote
>>>>>>>>> What sort of day are you having Joan ?????
>>>>>>>> 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"
>>>>>>> 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
> 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
>

> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>> On 6/11/09 5:25 PM, in article
>> ADeYl.87553$2p1.30997@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com, "Susan Hartman"
>>> MelissaD wrote:
>>>> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
>>>>> On 6/11/09 12:31 PM, in article
>>>>> %jaYl.151054$6p1.100665@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com, "Susan Hartman"
>>>>>> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "NDJoan" wrote
>>>>>>>>>> What sort of day are you having Joan ?????
>>>>>>>>> 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"
>>>>>>>> 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
>> 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
> 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

> MelissaD wrote:
>> 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
> Vietnamese filter coffee -- they bring it to you at the top of the meal
> with a goodly amount of condensed milk in the bottom of the glass. It
> drips while you eat, and then you stir in just as much of the condensed
> milk as you want.
> If I ever break down and resume my coffee habit, that's what's going to do
> it.

> "Karen C in California"wrote
>> MelissaD wrote:
>>> 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
>> Vietnamese filter coffee -- they bring it to you at the top of the meal
>> with a goodly amount of condensed milk in the bottom of the glass. It
>> drips while you eat, and then you stir in just as much of the condensed
>> milk as you want.
>> If I ever break down and resume my coffee habit, that's what's going to do
>> it.
> My Vietnamese acquaintances make the coffee with a little stovetop espresso
> machine and stir in the condensed milk--probably the "quick and easy"
> version?? I have also had it done with extraordinary presentation in a
> Vietnamese restaurant--I think a cocktail shaker was involved. Whatever way
> it is done, it is heavenly. Now I want some. Thanks, Karen.
>
> Dawne
>