OT: Top 10 signs you drink too much coffee - Page 5

> Dawne Peterson wrote:
>> "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
>>
> Ack - you're right ladies - it was Vietnamese coffee, not Thai (wrong
> restaurant memory!) and oh so yummy - also like a coffee sundae :)
>
> MelissaD

> 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

>>>> 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

>
> "MelissaD" wrote
>>>>> 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
>
> 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
>
>

> "MelissaD" wrote
>>>>> 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
> 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

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