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[–] Una@europe.pub 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Same. I'll admit I've never been much for coffee to begin with, but in the past, when offered, I'd have some to be polite. Today, though, coffee does unspeakable things to my insides that I try to avoid it at all costs.

[–] piefood@feddit.online 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

coffee destroying a person

My understanding is that for about 1/3 people, coffee acts as a crazy flush system

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you think it is? For me it just flushes my system and gives me a good wake up jolt in the morning. 1 cup or less.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure. I don't think it's the caffeine though, because I drink other caffeinated drinks just fine.

[–] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My understanding is that coffee is pretty acidic, and is hard on the stomach as a result. Have you tried cold brew coffee rather than kinds brewed with hot water? I find it to be less acidic and easier on the stomach usually.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Easier on the stomach maybe but not easier on the mouth. Can't say I've tried it recently, but the taste of coffee still doesn't do it for me.

[–] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ah. That would be an issue, then. Understandable.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I kept trying to get into coffee but like tea I just couldn't. My mouth really dislikes both.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Imo you acquire a taste for it if you ever have a job that starts too early and has readily free coffee available.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, my mother told me she gained a taste for it in college. I just drank soda still, I never could gain the taste.

Maybe were it free...

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You might have the genetics for hating it. I’m old AF meow and I never could Stockholm’s my way into liking it. It just tastes like bitter dirt water.

[–] Brandonazz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I only recently pulled it off in my 30s, after I got tired of fretting about my teeth from getting my caffeine largely from diet soda. I've taken up black tea as well. The bitterness comes to be a pleasant sting, like the acidity of soda, which by contrast seems to taste more like acid to me all the time.

[–] MushroomsEverywhere@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you can't Stockholm your way into it, you might wanna make it a bit Sweder (i'm so sorry)

[–] slashasdf@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

7 AM shifts made me a coffee addict

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

5:30am job with a free coffee machine on site got me.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

me too! I hate it! The only one I like is Mate tea that my ex introduced me.too. But I do use sugar.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you like mate, you should check out guayusa and yaupon. They're in the same family and have similar levels of caffeine, but they taste different.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

For me it's the anxiety and jitterines that get me, and you don't even get any euphoria to balance out the buzz. I like the taste of coffee and tea, but if I want a boost I rather just take Benzedrine or snort coke.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anti coffee != anti caffeine

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I fucking love coffee (esp black and cold press) but I cannot drink it, it makes me feel like I’m going to die. I miss it so.

(To anyone thinking of saying “why not decaf”

NO, IT HITS WRONG. That’s why I don’t drink NA Beer or smoke movie cigs.)

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That stuff might make you live longer but what's the point if you can't enjoy it?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m curious as to why.

Actual health concerns like heart palpitations, drinking a diuretic, or difficulty sleeping? Heck, just want to kick the caffeine addiction or cost?

Sure. Good idea to quit.

Quitting because of some bullshit misinformation like a colon cleanse or something? Whatever. (FTR coffee may offer some protection against colorectal cancer).

[–] NamelessGO@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

Coffee Stain on Teeths, bad breath, but most importantly, it saves money. In college is common to see people unable to focus without coffee, and crave constantly before a study session, I do wonder if the habit of drinking coffee could be harming the ability to focus without it

I'm sure there are a lot of studies about coffee, and I completely agree, that they improve focus, but the withdrawal could be more harmful to concentration than without it (e.g the person who doesn't drink caffeine could had better baseline focus compared to folks on withdrawal)

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Could be environmental or fair labor concerns.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I have learned that SO MANY coffee drinkers don't understand that certain teas have to be brewed at certain temperatures. They take green, black, white, jasmine and brew all of them into boiling water!

Anyways, I do not get this coffee vs tea feud. I drink it all, sometimes even in the same day, and I thank my ancestors for discovering leaf in hot water and bean in hot water both taste good.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lol. It's a joke. I drink both coffee and tea and enjoy both.

I think I lean slightly more towards coffee but not by much. It's mostly because I like cold drinks and cold coffee seems more normal.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is so wrong, iced tea is perfectly normal. Iced coffee is an abomination invented by weak minds who forgot their coffee cup on the counter and thought it was somehow good to drink.

I'm joking of course, but cold coffee will label you a freak where I'm from.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I literally made myself a fresh cup of coffee and also a fresh cup of tea this morning. No ragrets

[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hot bean juice > hot leaf juice.

Beans.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I like my morning cup of bean soup

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Make it a soy vanilla latte and you got a three-bean* soup going on.

*If you ignore that coffee "beans" are actually seeds and that most cafés use articial vanilla-flavouring.

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Coffee: Because the burnt out crust of society needs burnt crustiness in their water.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hey you can enjoy a light roast.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

...Like a dog that doesn't (and shouldn't) drink coffee?

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've never drunk a single cup of coffee in my life. It's not something I'm proud of or that makes me feel special, but now I've done it for so long that I don't want to do it on principal.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Coffee is love, coffee is life.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'll drink coffee til the bitter end.. of my cup.

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Caffeine is a bitch to kick, I had terrible migraines when I cut back

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

As an espresso person, yes they will come crawling back