i just can't drink coffee. sugared/syruped up white chocolate mochas from starbucks, yes, being the basic white girl i am. but maybe another day i'll try. ill take espresso, however.

ha ha ha, self-knowledge is a good thing

for an economic version of a latte try nescafé clásico in milk-- it's suprisingly good, like a melted coffee ice cream


i wish i didn't have to but my ADHD requires caffeine

ooh. that i can try.

i get a raging headache if i skip caffeine, and i can't focus/get irritated. i should be on adderall, really... but i need to get to a doc.

some shitty fishface psychiatrist tried to give me strattera and i said no

UGH, strattera is so bad. it made my brother super depressed and he had a bad interaction with another med. i got depressed, too. need the actual stimulant... the whole point is to not be in bed not doing shit! another doc said i just had anxiety and offered xanax hah.

xanax can get addictive and make you more anxious on withdrawal.

anyway i've learned to manage the adhd with lists (evernote), alarms, moderate caffeine, suitable work/environment and adjusted expectations.

I've spent plenty of time up in the "northwest" where 96% of the people are white and living in their indigenous habitat and this simply does not compute. White girls LOVE black coffee like they got jungle fever yo..

Also, I am drinking Steinlager for the fuck of it. Its like a Rolling Rock crossed with a St Pauli Girl but not as funky as a Becks.. I had to cut back on the thick IPAs I been drinking for several weeks straight and drink something a bit lighter

yeah, i can't take IPAs and imperial stouts all the time. i love hefeweisens for when i just want something refreshing. that sounds like a great drinking session beer, when you want to day drink.

and the black coffee thing, hm. maybe it's living in south florida for a few years.

blanco please... portlandia is not orlandia... it's another planet altogether

Coffee originates from the tropics, Orlandians should be fine

actually ive had some fantastic coffee in miami

but i know what schizo meant

ranch dressing, etc.

ha ha

i miss little cafe con leches, i will say. with a pastelito. man.

43g of roasted chicory! not 42 or 44...

that looks pretty. maybe in the summer.

i'm trying to kick the coffee dependence and get back on tea though

but winter is winter

Do you drink black spiced chai? Its a great alternative to coffee

yeah! i drink all kinds of teas-- chai is usually a cheap assam + spices (i drink cheap assam regularly). the thing is it needs sugar to bring out the flavor, and it's best with milk, so i only drink it in winter when i need to pork up for the season, ha ha. i had assam (with cream) a couple of days ago. nice & warming.

im sitting with a large glass of sencha right now, like a japanese sararyman-- sencha is good and all, but not enough caffeine to stand up to the snow outside. at least in the morning. afternoon i can always have tea because i can start to wind down-- my favorite right now is a blend of keemum and lapsang and other smoky teas.

i'm stuck with coffee by necessity until the days get a bit longer-- prolly february... then my brain switches.

I drink water

I like my black chai like i drink my coffee. Black, no cream or sugar but I've become a fan of bitter, between my jet black coffee sludge, Double IPA obsession, and black chai straight up..

chai is good but it is like cappucinos. so much cream makes sleep sleep.

then try assam tea, you might like it. it's bold and bitter-- high in tannins. and it's cheap in bulk. without any sweetness the spices are sort of moot.

What i really like is Armenian style coffee black with chai spices... mmmm its the best of both worlds! Ethiopians do it like this too

Sierra Nevada torpedo ipa

suchfrendo really likes that one

i like it alright-- it's good for sleeping, with all those hops

i've never had armenian coffee but if it's anything like turkish (i suspect) the spice that makes all the difference in it is cardamom-- which you can buy cheaply in bulk at your local food co-op (well, cheapness is relative-- cheaper than $4 chai at starfux).

masala chai ("chai" in 'merica) is brewed with cardamom pods (plus ginger, cinnamon, etc). you can blend your own brew w/ cheap broken leaf assam.

if you want to add cardamom to your coffee, just use it in powder when you brew-- it's great to improve a coffee that's starting to lose its freshness (e.g. you bought it ground last week and it's not quite where it was before). a tiny pinch will do, the aromas are very volatile and it can overpower.

This is the all around world's best beer.. thick as syrup. Sweet like candy. A balanced, floral front taste with a nice double hopped bitter after taste. And the buzz is STRONG but not overpowering.. However its not a "session" beer, indeed drink more than two in an hour and you will get the spins, period. My friend is a straight alcoholic and he calls me a "wild animal" for liking these.. i think they make the perfect "watch a bball game right after work" brew

Yeah, cardamon is the trick plus a little nutmeg and "pumpkin" all-spice blend... i referred to it as Armenian because of my politics..it is really the same as turkish coffee but we Oriental Orthodox Christians prefer to not give them the credit ;)

nutmeg! yes.

also, if you like bitter, FERNET BRANCA is a must try for you. great post-meal, great in a coffee, great even with coca cola. check it out.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/39/132/

good banana/clove flavor. kinda heavy for a hefeweisen but very sippable.

a witch's brew to knock me out for the night

white zinfandel while I browse reddit

hey happy birfday evolghost

Pussy! ...unless

picked up a decent zinfandel on sale

Can you believe it? I'm still mainly drinking Green Flash's Palate Wrecker. Hope possibly to pick up some Hopslam this weekend.

i wanna try palate wrecker so bad, but i'm in florida and will probably never see it

bit drunk on smth of deep orange color
and because of friendship issues, which is a mega no to begin with!

are we talking fanta deep or campari with orange deep?

yep, campari with smth sparkling wine -it goes with smth else instead, that i dont recall right now its name
and a slice of the other thing not orange.
pfff had tooo many.

campari is awesome!

you're in good hands