My neurologist has been tinkering with my medications to try and tamp down my migraines. I was complaining that one of them made me cut way back on my coffee consumption (only a cup a day!). He immediately axed that med. Seems that there's good evidence that coffee provides protection against "movement disorders" such as Parkinson's, and he wanted me back to pounding three or four cups a day. Yay, coffee!
Coffee and I have a complicated relationship. It has to be hot, hazelnut and half and half. We wake up together, it sees the microwave twice. A cup of coffee, a cigarette or two, and my day can start. It's been that way for 45 years. Who am I to stand in the way of tradition?
My did likes to share the story of a European king who was convinced, shortly after it appeared in his kingdom, that coffee was poisonous and tea a cure-all. He recruited two peasants to join him for meals - one would drink nothing but tea, the other nothing but water. 11 years later .. the king died. Nine years after that, the tea drinker and two years later the coffee drinker joined them
Gas station coffee is only bested (in my personal experience) by the absolute trash I make at home. But I guess not all of us had to live their early 20's doin thirds as a gas station clerk.
Thank you, most coffee prep stations only have room for one person and some people put on quite a performance as they elaborately prepare their paper cup of gas station coffee.
My neurologist has been tinkering with my medications to try and tamp down my migraines. I was complaining that one of them made me cut way back on my coffee consumption (only a cup a day!). He immediately axed that med. Seems that there's good evidence that coffee provides protection against "movement disorders" such as Parkinson's, and he wanted me back to pounding three or four cups a day. Yay, coffee!
Yay coffee! That’s a wonderful thing to hear. I’ve been reading about that, too.
Coffee and I have a complicated relationship. It has to be hot, hazelnut and half and half. We wake up together, it sees the microwave twice. A cup of coffee, a cigarette or two, and my day can start. It's been that way for 45 years. Who am I to stand in the way of tradition?
I’ve devolved down to just black coffee, except when I’m traveling. Then I get all fancy with various creams and sweetener.
But when I’m half awake on a work day, I need undiluted raw power of black coffee.
I tried to become a paid subscriber as I get a kick out of your observations. It tries to reroute me to Substack.
My did likes to share the story of a European king who was convinced, shortly after it appeared in his kingdom, that coffee was poisonous and tea a cure-all. He recruited two peasants to join him for meals - one would drink nothing but tea, the other nothing but water. 11 years later .. the king died. Nine years after that, the tea drinker and two years later the coffee drinker joined them
Gas station coffee is only bested (in my personal experience) by the absolute trash I make at home. But I guess not all of us had to live their early 20's doin thirds as a gas station clerk.
"It’ll be urine soon, let’s not get carried away."
omg such an awesome line. 🤣 beer and coffee man, ya don't buy them, ya rent them.
this was a fantastic treatise on one of my absolute fave things to consume. excellent work 👍👏
Thank you, most coffee prep stations only have room for one person and some people put on quite a performance as they elaborately prepare their paper cup of gas station coffee.