I like coffee with half and half. No sugar, no sweetener.
I've tried pods, espresso machines, gold filters, paper filters...it all works for me.
I crave it all day long. I can drink it right before I go to bed.
What best I like is regular drip coffee, no frills, no barista.
Maxwell House, Chock full o'Nuts, Folgers, Gevalia, Gloria Jean's, Timothy's...I'm a friend of all of them.
It's safe to say if you ask me for gum or a mint, I'm probably carrying. I may ask you to hold my cup of coffee while I root about in my purse for the last piece...
I love Dunkin Donuts coffee. Whether its in the store, or from the little bag of ambrosia that they sell at the food store...I'm all about the Double D.
Look up your favorite caffinated bev here! it's on the internet (everything is you know)
So why have I given up? What is my main reason??
Generally something of this magnitude in my life is attributed to my vanity. Not in this case.
Did you know Coffee is acidic? AND effects sleep (usually delays sleep onset, shortens overall sleep time, and reduces the "depth" of sleep).
Sleep.
I read on this blog out at the end of the internet...that I can get up better in the morning by becoming caffeine free. Like without alarms and snoozes...I am about to have an hour commute one way to work...and I need to train myself to get up in the morning.
Another thing is that apparently my ruse with the mints, gum and excessive toothbrushing isn't really fooling anyone (ahem). and HONEY having the coffee breath, oh! that is NOT FABULOUS.
I have been without coffee for 8 days.
EIGHT LONG DAYS
I have noted changes to my sleep patterns. I wake up at 6:30am every day.
I say I wake up...I didn't say I don't snuggle back into the covers and catnap until 7:00am.
BUT! I am not comatose and slamming the snooze. I think I need to start working on my vertical body placement once my eyes are open. That will be step two. Breaking the sleeping in cycle.
I am not crabby anymore in the morning. I don't have the headaches...but that could be attributed to my copious consumption of the Constant Comment Tea and Chai.
I also am not frantically rooting around with my nose in the bottom of my bag looking for that last lint covered piece of trident. Or causing massive fingernail damage trying to wedge open the altoids while I am driving down the road.
I get more kisses and $ave money by not constantly running in the gas station for a cuppa and cool sweet spearpepperfreshmint burst gum.
I do battle the feeling that something is missing when I am driving to work and NOT sipping on the sweet sweet ambrosia while listening to Morning Edition.
# things I attribute so far to my meager success #
drinking lots more water
substituting tea/chai for coffee
not going places where I can smell any sort of coffee
My goal is to make it last.
Now if you excuse me, I must make a cup of tea.