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Is coffee over rated?

ankaragucu

Yes!At least to listen to and look at some of my fellow work colleagues.I'm sick hearing things like, "I NEED a coffee before I can start this" or "I gotta get a coffee before I can face the day" or the classic "I cant function in the mornings without a cup of coffee".What tosh.These are grown adults I'm talking about ffs.And all they do some of them is dress window mannequins!
I have nothing against coffee, its an ok drink.I know about the effects of caffeine but jesus some people make out like it gives them the huge boost they need just to function!Muppets.Too much Sex And The City.

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Hande hoche!

Try the decaffeinated.

Muise...

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Try the decaffeinated.

Or maybe some barbituates.

iDave

ankaragucu wrote: »

Yes!At least to listen to and look at some of my fellow work colleagues.I'm sick hearing things like, "I NEED a coffee before I can start this" or "I gotta get a coffee before I can face the day" or the classic "I cant function in the mornings without a cup of coffee".What tosh.These are grown adults I'm talking about ffs.And all they do some of them is dress window mannequins!
I have nothing against coffee, its an ok drink.I know about the effects of caffeine but jesus some people make out like it gives them the huge boost they need just to function!Muppets.Too much Sex And The City.

+1000

Awkward Badger

No.

/thread

folan

Awkward Badger wrote: »

No.

/thread

agreed. if anything, this thread shows how underrated coffee is

Spunge

Well you can get quite addicted to it. So they probably do need it.

iDave

Glad its something I never got in to. Give me tea over it any day. In my experience its usually middle aged people who need the 'boost', fair enough not as young as they used to be or girls in late teens and 20s showing off how grown up they now are.

PizzamanIRL

It's handy if you want to poo.

sadie06

It is not. It provides the ten minutes I can reliably enjoy on a daily basis, no matter what's going on.

Talib Fiasco

It's a rather innocent addiction... I am the same with chewing gum. I cannot study, do an exam and even sometimes I cannot exercise without it. I used always perform in sports better whilst chewing gum when I was younger and would be in a right state without it. More often than not it's a psychological thing and not the actual coffee/gum in my case

ankaragucu

Muise... wrote: »

Or maybe some barbituates.

I'm not trying to slow anyone down but can an adult not just get out of the bed in the morning and 'function' as humans have done for millenia?I mean these people I'm talking about do manage to get the bus/train/bike into work perfectly fine.And thats before the glorious life enabling first coffee of the day.

Muise...

I'm confused about the Sex and the City muppet reference. I do like my cups of black velvet, but they don't make me wear a ballgown out for a screechy brunch with Miss Piggy and the girls.

Maybe I need another espresso.

Oh midnight oil welling on the hob... :pac:

Awkward Badger

folan wrote: »

agreed. if anything, this thread shows how underrated coffee is

What the OP is saying is like "You're already awake!" to someone who says "I not awake yet". Technically correct but completely missing the point. Its ritualistic, its a mental and physical boost to aid the transitioning from sleep addled zombie to functioning human being. And its a veritable taste sensation to lift ones spirits as they once again continue the drudgery of life.

Shedite27

I need a coffee before I can reply to this

anncoates

Muise... wrote: »

Or maybe some barbituates.

Elephant tranquilizers more suited to this case

folan

iDave wrote: »

Glad its something I never got in to. Give me tea over it any day. In my experience its usually middle aged people who need the 'boost', fair enough not as young as they used to be or girls in late teens and 20s showing off how grown up they now are.

you've described how i feel about red wine drinkers

WesternZulu

Not the proper stuff, that's not overrated at all.

Kevlar Bay

Those who walk around the office parading it like a trophy most definitely over rate it.

ankaragucu

folan wrote: »

agreed. if anything, this thread shows how underrated coffee is

Can you explain that?

brevity

No, coffee is amazing.

krustycustomer

Slightly off topic, but I'll never forget the fat kid standing on the ramp in the skatepark all day

"I cant do any tricks cos I haven't had any red bull"

He was serious...

Personally I've only recently started drinking coffee, 1 at breakfast, 1 cup of tea in the evening. Dunno if i like it or not but definitely like the idea of it, a bit like exercise and early nights.

As shot of coffee before training does result in longer lasting energy from a few reliable sources (tabloids and the internet) so I'll continue to enjoy it moderately, one thing I'm not a fan of is the stain coffee and tea leaves on teeth, I use plenty of milk which makes it look less stainish, tastier and drinkible within half an hour. Tried green tea a few times but the aftertaste is on par with cod liver oil - a bulimics foe.

Those 5"2 girls you see in NY at 5am carrying an el grande or "a pint" of coffee on the way to work wear sunglasses for a reason...

ankaragucu

Awkward Badger wrote: »

What the OP is saying is like "You're already awake!" to someone who says "I not awake yet". Technically correct but completely missing the point. Its ritualistic, its a mental and physical boost to aid the transitioning from sleep addled zombie to functioning human being. And its a veritable taste sensation to lift ones spirits as they once again continue the drudgery of life.

You see, thats your description of coffee drinking.To me, its a scam.Any sane non delusional person's "transition from sleep to functioning human" is opening their eyes!Its simply laziness.

ankaragucu

brevity wrote: »

No, coffee is amazing.

I'd ask you to stop and consider your life for a moment if you really find coffee amazing.

Muise...

ankaragucu wrote: »

You see, thats your description of coffee drinking.To me, its a scam.Any sane non delusional person's "transition from sleep to functioning human" is opening their eyes!Its simply laziness.

I don't think you have much of a grasp on how sleep works. Or concentration. Or, you know, the simple pleasures in life and how to not get bothered by other people's beverages.

ankaragucu

Muise... wrote: »

I don't think you have much of a grasp on how sleep works. Or concentration. Or, you know, the simple pleasures in life and how to not get bothered by other people's beverages.

No not bothered by any beverage at all.I already said coffee is an ok drink in the op.Its how some people hold it up on some sort of pedestal as being neccessary to function as an adult human being.Its a little sad really.

folan

ankaragucu wrote: »

Can you explain that?

sure.

the smell of coffee invokes a special emotion, one that is only really matched by the first sip of coffee in the morning. it is joy, the love of life, and the reaction of the caffeine in your system. The warmpth of the drink overpowers you, and somehow you know the day will turn out ok.

to put another perspective on it, i woke late this morning and didnt have the time to make a proper coffee, so nothing was done this morning even though i turned up on time.

also, i hate hyperbole.

Spunge

ankaragucu wrote: »

You see, thats your description of coffee drinking.To me, its a scam.Any sane non delusional person's "transition from sleep to functioning human" is opening their eyes!Its simply laziness.

Yeah but coffee helps to cure laziness as its a stimulant.

jmcc

ankaragucu wrote: »

Yes!At least to listen to and look at some of my fellow work colleagues.I'm sick hearing things like, "I NEED a coffee before I can start this" or "I gotta get a coffee before I can face the day" or the classic "I cant function in the mornings without a cup of coffee".

Hey kid, where the Hell is my mug of Jamaican Blue mountain? I ordered it half an hour ago?

Regards...jmcc

sleepytrees

I live for my coffee in the mornings and I don't like Horse in The City. I'm up at maybe 5am with a toddler. Maybe it's not really giving me that buzz but I think it is and that's all that matters! After I have my first cup, I feel ready to do the chores. It also really helps you have a dump in the morning

asteroids over berlin

gives me bad acid indigestion, can't drink the stuff anymore

used to like chilling out with a coffee somewhere, take away that is, not quite the same with tea, although some nice tea and toast in a cafe is hard to beat!