OT: The Great Caffeine Showdown: Coffee vs Tea

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

Wh
Man, if I were to draw up a list of pastimes/hobbies/epicurean stuff I got into because of my libido, it would be pretty extensive.

I dated a dental hygenist for a while. My teeth were never cleaner!

[wc1934]

Originally Posted by verbs4us

Question for all the bleeders here. I am prone to nose bleeds and coffee definitely is a precipitating factor. It doesn't seem to be the caffeine but the alkaloids or something else, since the same caffeine in tea does not have that effect.

Could it possibly be raising your blood pressure? Have you had a doc check it out - nosebleed is better than a vessel bursting.

[William]

I don't dislike tea, it just never really caught on with me. Espresso on the other hand I like quite a lot. Make a couple of shots every morning. Fresh beans->right grind->manual espresso machine->syrupy shots->steam a little milk->no sweetners of any kind= Mmmmmmmmmmmgoodness!!


Ymmv of course.





W.

[reuben]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Those Yerba Mate energy drinks are my go-to if I'm seriously wavering on a long ride - caffeine and sugar, but less nasty stuff that the other energy drink variants..

I also like it in its natural leaf form.

I've been to Patagonia (basically the lower half of South America, large sections of Chile and Argentina) twice, and was set to go back again until the pandemic hit. Backpacking.

Having said that I've only had yerba mate at home, and thought it was kind of meh. But I'm not a native, and like many things, it may be an acquired taste. The stuff in my kitchen is probably no longer any good.

[reuben]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

I dated a dental hygenist for a while. My teeth were never cleaner!

"My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments."

- Steven Wright, comedian

He's hilarious. I attended one of his shows in the 90s. I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by reuben

"My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments."

- Steven Wright, comedian

He's hilarious. I attended one of his shows in the 90s. I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt.

He was so deadpan!

[verbs4us]

Originally Posted by wc1934

Could it possibly be raising your blood pressure? Have you had a doc check it out - nosebleed is better than a vessel bursting.

I don't think so, since tea can have as much (or more caffeine) and doesn't cause bleeds. I suspect there is something in coffee that is a mild anticoagulant.

[XXtwindad]

I’ll take the study with a few grains of brown sugar, but there are numerous studies pointing to the benefits of coffee.

When I recently underwent my middle-aged right of passage (AKA colonoscopy) the doctor asked me if I had any questions.

“Only one,” I said. “When can I have a cup of coffee?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/w...ying-risk.html

[commandcomm]

Neither. White monster is the way.

[Ralph]

Had to stop drinking anything wih caffeine....have high blood pressure. Swiched to de cafe which I think taste's terrible.....but gets the system working in AM.

[tctyres]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

New study shows coffee could extend your life.

Yeah, my life would be dead without it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjyXCYPpUfM

[Toeclips]

I'm just waking up to this thread

I'm coffee throughout the day, valerian teas at night, with water in between gulps

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by tctyres

Yeah, my life would be dead without it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjyXCYPpUfM

That was effing hysterical. So true!

[Louis]

I've always preferred coffee to tea, but to make it palatable I have to load it up with so much cream and sugar it isn't even funny, so I don't drink it.

One can of Diet Mtn Dew when I get to work and I'm good.

https://youtu.be/qtBxUoUkG8s

[YesNdeed]

I go back and forth between coffee and tea, PG Tips with a bit of honey and milk or half & half, specifically. It takes a day or two for my system to respond to tea and feel any caffeine surge, but after that I find that tea has a much preferable effect. Then once in a while I'll indulge in a coffee and it literally gets me high. Last week at work I had a cold brew coffee at lunch and it was amazing. The over-caffeinated effect lasted well into the late hours, which is too long though.

I know there's research out there that proves coffee has health benefits, but my body feels much better with tea. Caffeine in general gets me a bit hyper active, but the tea has a more calm effect on my nerves. As my PG supply dwindles, I may move to green tea for an even calmer effect. My favorite time to switch back to coffee is in autumn as the weather gets cool.