The Chronicles of Caffeine
Dec. 16th, 2003 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wavyarmsHistorically, I have always avoided coffee. I first tried it in college, but it always made my digestive system unhappy, so I learned to do without it and actually get sleep instead. I also never noticed significantly higher levels of consciousness when I drank it. I pretty much just became a non-coffee person, and drank hot chocolate instead, which I think made me a happier person.
However, tomorrow is going to be a doozy of a day, and I will only have 2 hours of sleep in which to tackle it, b/c tonight I am being young and irresponsible and hopelessly fannish and going to see the 12:05 am showing of Return of the King. insert whooping noises, bouncing up and down in one's chair, and a little bit of seated boogie-ing Therefore, it seems to me a fine time to once again make really and truly sure that coffee is not for me.
I was discussing my considered entrance into the coffee-game with H, my co-worker at Longy (who kicks serious ass, but that's for another entry.) She mentioned that people often have tummy troubles with coffee b/c of the acidity, but you can get low acidity coffee at some places, and that will help. Apparently using cream also cuts the acidity.
So, I just went and bought my first cup of coffee ever. (Previous experiments all took place in the Williams College dining halls.) It's a latte, and it's got lots of milk and sugar (they were out of cream) and it's doesn't taste too bad, although hot chocolate or steamed milk are infinitely superior. I know I'm not actually in need of caffeine yet, but I thought I should warn my system of what's coming tomorrow, and have a dry run today. The guy behind the counter had no idea if it was low acidity or not, but probably H will know what an Ethiopian/Indonesian blend is likely to be. (Indonesian/Ethiopian? Whatever.)
I don't really feel jittery or anything yet. We'll see how I feel in an hour. If I actually manage to stay awake during the staff meeting at 11, that'll be a pretty positive sign.
Did I mention that I'm seeing Return of the King tonight?
boogie boogie boogie
Update:
Oh, that's funny. If you put something in "<" marks, even if it's "boogie boogie boogie", LJ assumes it's a valid tag and doesn't print it.
However, tomorrow is going to be a doozy of a day, and I will only have 2 hours of sleep in which to tackle it, b/c tonight I am being young and irresponsible and hopelessly fannish and going to see the 12:05 am showing of Return of the King. insert whooping noises, bouncing up and down in one's chair, and a little bit of seated boogie-ing Therefore, it seems to me a fine time to once again make really and truly sure that coffee is not for me.
I was discussing my considered entrance into the coffee-game with H, my co-worker at Longy (who kicks serious ass, but that's for another entry.) She mentioned that people often have tummy troubles with coffee b/c of the acidity, but you can get low acidity coffee at some places, and that will help. Apparently using cream also cuts the acidity.
So, I just went and bought my first cup of coffee ever. (Previous experiments all took place in the Williams College dining halls.) It's a latte, and it's got lots of milk and sugar (they were out of cream) and it's doesn't taste too bad, although hot chocolate or steamed milk are infinitely superior. I know I'm not actually in need of caffeine yet, but I thought I should warn my system of what's coming tomorrow, and have a dry run today. The guy behind the counter had no idea if it was low acidity or not, but probably H will know what an Ethiopian/Indonesian blend is likely to be. (Indonesian/Ethiopian? Whatever.)
I don't really feel jittery or anything yet. We'll see how I feel in an hour. If I actually manage to stay awake during the staff meeting at 11, that'll be a pretty positive sign.
Did I mention that I'm seeing Return of the King tonight?
boogie boogie boogie
Update:
Oh, that's funny. If you put something in "<" marks, even if it's "boogie boogie boogie", LJ assumes it's a valid tag and doesn't print it.
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Date: 2003-12-16 12:20 pm (UTC)I also feel fairly jittery right now, but I don't know if that's b/c I'm about to go to the Longy holiday party for faculty and donors, or b/c I'm going to see RoTK so soon, or if it's actually consuming coffee. I guess today wasn't a very good "control" day for the experiment!