Neil Hopcroft

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Some useless facts about caffeine

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strange_complex

2004-07-20 at 03:46

Hmm… I woke up this morning determined to give up caffeine (again), as it seems to be interrupting my sleep patterns. So you pointing us towards this (very interesting) article is either a) a very good thing, because it will remind me why caffeine is BAD or b) a very bad thing, as it is reminding me of coffee and how much I want some…

Currently, I fear the answer may turn out to be ‘b’.

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strange_complex

2004-07-20 at 06:15

Damn – a couple of hours later, the answer did turn out to be ‘b’. I will give up tomorrow! I will!

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- ingaborg
  
  2004-07-20 at 07:21
  
  a friend of mine found that he can only drink 1 cup of coffee per day, and it must be early in the morning, otherwise he doesn’t sleep well. So he very sensibly got a little espresso machine at home, so that his 1 cup will be as good as possible.
  
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  - strange_complex
    
    2004-07-20 at 07:43
    
    Yeah, when I am drinking it, I tend to aim for the morning generally, for exactly this reason. It’s just that lately I have been thinking even a mid-morning cup is too much.
    
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    - ingaborg
      
      2004-07-20 at 07:48
      
      How annoying! I do find the Taylor’s of Harrogate half-caffeine version to be quite nice.
      
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      - strange_complex
        
        2004-07-20 at 08:46
        
        Half-caffeine? Why hasn’t anyone told me about this before!? I have always rejected fully decaffeinated coffee on the grounds that it just doesn’t taste very good. But thanks for the tip – I think I will look out for this, and try a substitution.
      - ingaborg
        
        2004-07-20 at 08:55
        
        I guess if you can’t find the Taylors stuff, you could buy decaff and normal, each good quality, and blend them?
      - strange_complex
        
        2004-07-20 at 09:02
        
        Nice thinking!
      - ingaborg
        
        2004-07-20 at 09:09
        
        Let me know how you get on! It’d mean I only need 2 packs of coffee rather than 3…

Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

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