Making the switch....

From Coffee to Tea.....

I have such a sensitive stomach that I just can't drink coffee anymore, it makes me just too ill....

I feel like an addict going through withdrawls....

[ebbomega]

i've never liked coffee. tea's alright, but my primary hot-beverage-caffeine supply is hot chocolate. usually if i drink tea it's decaf herbal to help me sleep at night.

I guess I could eat a chocolate bar, or drink a diet cola, but EVEN thinking about those right now, makes me queasy.

*shudders*

HI DAVE!

[TrixX]

all the power to ya avana.......coffee's got me in a headlock, i'm not leaving anytime soon(i'm just too weak)

[ebbomega]

HI AVANA!

If you're looking for a good diet cola, i highly recommend diet dr. pepper. actually, there's a new cherry+vanilla diet dr. pepper that's actually one of the more refreshing soft drinks i've had in recent years, if you don't mind aspartame...

having a girlfriend who's diabetic helps you learn about stuff like this...

[Element]

you probably are going through withdrawl depending on what your coffee intake was:


"Regular caffeine consumption reduces sensitivity to caffeine. When
caffeine intake is reduced, the body becomes oversensitive to
adenosine. In response to this oversensitiveness, blood pressure drops
dramatically, causing an excess of blood in the head (though not
necessarily on the brain), leading to a headache.

This headache, well known among coffee drinkers, usually lasts from
one to five days, and can be alleviated with analgesics such as
aspirin. It is also alleviated with caffeine intake (in fact several
analgesics contain caffeine dosages).

Often, people who are reducing caffeine intake report being irritable,
unable to work, nervous, restless, and feeling sleepy, as well as
having a headache. In extreme cases, nausea and vomiting has also been
reported."


http://www.faqs.org/faqs/caffeine-faq/

[wishbone]

i switched from green tea to black tea recently. it's a bit stronger i find, but doesn't have all the benefits of green tea i hear.

Dave, the idea of any brown cola right now kinda icks me out. I have been having a bad few weeks with my stomach. :S

HOW ARE YOU?!?!?!

Thanks Shayna, it was a rough switch.

[Leviathan]

I drink lots of loose leaf teas, check out www.adagio.com. I'm really partial to white teas, they are very subtle. If your not down with the caffeine, you might want to check out rooibos, its a South African herbal tea.

[decypher]

Get the Earl Grey and drink gallons of it.

[oxide]

Yerba matte!

[Vitamin-X]

Quit coffee, there is no way I could pull that off.
I went and bought Caffeine pills for the days when the java just isn't enough.

[Asheai]

I know how it is... I also switched from coffee to tea because I used to get horrible stomach pains from drinking it... now, I love tea... It actually has more caffeine (if you drink the black stuff) apparently than coffee and it can taste sooo yummy! but, the initial switch is definitely hard, and I occasionally have coffee here and there (though my stomach never thanks me)... good luck! and I recommend Chai tea, that's my fav!

[Goodfellow]

if you don't get yourself addicted to caffeine, then you don't have to wake up feelin like shyte until you get your fix. I never drink coffee.

[Akeel]

i very rarely drink coffee, my wake up supplements consist of tylenol ultra, green tea, black tea, chai tea, and tai chi.

[Liqwid]

Joy Tea from Starbucks is yummy!

.dalyn.

[decypher]

lol akeel, u actually do tai chi?

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by decypher

lol akeel, u actually do tai chi?

i saw tai chi on tv the other morning......

.dalyn.

[Disco_Whore]

Originally Posted by Akeel

i very rarely drink coffee, my wake up supplements consist of tylenol ultra, green tea, black tea, chai tea, and tai chi.

did you know that there is green chai tea!? It's all the good-for-you-ness of green tea, and all the yummy-ness of chai tea. Absolutely amazing I tell you!

[Asheai]

Originally Posted by Disco_Whore

did you know that there is green chai tea!? It's all the good-for-you-ness of green tea, and all the yummy-ness of chai tea. Absolutely amazing I tell you!

ehhh, i dunno... im a big fan of chai tea, but i went out bought a box of green chai tea, and i dont really like it... too weak, not the yummy spicyness that i love of chai tea :( but the healthier part is cool...

[Disco_Whore]

^true. But i find all chai tea that comes in tea bag form is pretty weak.

I'd suggest getting a loose herbal chai and then mixing it with green tea if you want something with more flavour...or just having the herbal chai on it's own! My absolute fave is this one: http://www.silkroadtea.com/teaequipa...rbal_chai.html

mmm, i *heart* tea!

[ebbomega]

My wakeup consists of weed.

It also usually requires a couple of tries....

[Akeel]

Originally Posted by decypher

lol akeel, u actually do tai chi?

yeah man every morning at 6am i'm down at the park gettin down with all the seniors. on the real.

Originally Posted by Disco_Whore

did you know that there is green chai tea!? It's all the good-for-you-ness of green tea, and all the yummy-ness of chai tea. Absolutely amazing I tell you!

that sounds dope! where can i get it? i make my own chai tea from scratch...way better then that store bought bull shit!

[decypher]

Thats sweet man, i need to get my ass into something like that.

[Akeel]

^
hahahaha you're so gullible.