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1. I like it.
2. I'm prone to migraines and having a cup right after I get out of bed in the morning almost always prevents it.
support for 2: On days when we're on vacation and can't get to coffee right out of bed, or if we're out and I forgot to buy a new batch the night before, I often get a migraine.
I get the headaches, too. Caffeine is a hell of a drug.
I like the way coffee smells and the way it tastes. And there's something about the ritual of making/getting coffee in the morning and drinking it while you start your day that just isn't the same if you were just filling up your water bottle from the water cooler.
I have always enjoyed Hot Coffee in the morning. Recently I started adding a teaspoon of ground Cinnamon to my 12 cup coffee maker in the morning. The first half of the pot goes into my large insulated mug and the last half goes into a glass jar that I seal and put into my refrigerator to chill. I mix it in with crushed ice and add a small scoop of ice cream (usually Vanilla) and have it as a dessert after my evening meal.
I've only had it maybe once or twice but some people are VERY religious about it.
I'm of French heritage.
Besides that, it's the caffeine. Besides that, it's the smell and taste of it, and the hot temperature.
I grew up drinking coffee. All the adults drank coffee throughout the day. When relatives got together, they'd make a pot of coffee. It's what we Frenchies did (and do).
I've only had it maybe once or twice but some people are VERY religious about it.
I'm glad you started this topic. I've always wondered why people drink coffee. How does that transition from non-coffee-drinker to devoted coffee-drinker happen? People go through roughly 18-22 years of their life without touching coffee, then suddenly they can't live without it.
How does that transformation occur? Does one wake up one morning thinking, "Today will be the first day of the rest of my life as a coffee drinker! Today I will become a coffee-drinker"? And doesn't it taste bitter? How do you get past the bitter taste?
So I'd like to add the question to this thread: Why did you begin to drink coffee? (I see a few people have already given that info.)
I started drinking coffee in my forties after it was offered to me by a close friend who always had a pot going. I took her up on it, pouring in a generous amount of real cream, a touch of cinnamon, and a teaspoon of sugar at her suggestion. It smelled so good, and I just loved it from the very first sip.
Several years later I began taking a medication for which caffeine consumption is contraindicated, so I stopped and switched to herbal tea. But I still stop and inhale the goodness whenever I'm in the vicinity of coffee. Just love it!
I'm pushing 40 and didn't really start drinking coffee until I got to college. Now it's different--my teenage nieces and nephews go to Starbucks regularly (granted, they aren't getting things that taste much like coffee, but they're planting the seeds to mature their tastes later.) As for developing a taste for it, I don't see much of a difference than developing a taste for wine or beer or tea, even. Some coffee is bitter, some is mild, some is bold, some is mellow--you learn what you like.
I get the headaches, too. Caffeine is a hell of a drug.
I like the way coffee smells and the way it tastes. And there's something about the ritual of making/getting coffee in the morning and drinking it while you start your day that just isn't the same if you were just filling up your water bottle from the water cooler.
The ritual of coffee making for me is easy: I'm asleep while hubby gets up for work and makes it for us. By the time he's ready to leave for work, it's time for me to get up for the day.
Caffeine is a funny thing isn't it? It can cause a migraine, or it can treat one.
I'm glad you started this topic. I've always wondered why people drink coffee. How does that transition from non-coffee-drinker to devoted coffee-drinker happen? People go through roughly 18-22 years of their life without touching coffee, then suddenly they can't live without it.
How does that transformation occur? Does one wake up one morning thinking, "Today will be the first day of the rest of my life as a coffee drinker! Today I will become a coffee-drinker"? And doesn't it taste bitter? How do you get past the bitter taste?
So I'd like to add the question to this thread: Why did you begin to drink coffee? (I see a few people have already given that info.)
I had graduated from college a year before, and was still living in the Boston area. Had some housemates. One of them and I became friends, and she needed to drive to Cambridge for something one morning, and stopped off at Dunkin Donuts on the way. She needed me to hold her cup while she drove. She asked why I didn't drink coffee, I told her I'd never given it any thought, it just never occurred to me to drink it. So she told me to take a sip of hers. Which - I did. And it turned out, I liked it.
Pretty mundane really, but one of those little moments in life I'll never forget.
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