This is really sad: I decided the other day that, after fifteen years or more, I was pretty much going to have to give up drinking regular (i.e. caffeinated) coffee. I don't mean to totally give it up. If I'm at my parents, or a friends, house and they're serving regular coffee before noon, I probably will still drink it, but I'm probably going to have to stop making it at home.
I've found that drinking caffeinated coffee makes me feel a little ill. It's been a long, drawn out, accidental weaning process.
In college I was disdainful of decaf and was able to drink regular coffee at any time of the evening without it interfering with my ability to sleep. Several years ago (post-college) I went through about a week where I didn't sleep at all (this wasn't at all voluntary), and ever since then I have had to avoid caffeine after, let's say, 5:00.
Before Michael and I were engaged I used to drink coca-cola many times a day. At some point in our courtship he decided that the carbonation was a possible health risk (I still have my doubts), but when he asked me to start limiting myself to one coca-cola a day I willingly agreed. I still love Coca-cola, but these days I rarely buy it and so I commonly go months without drinking soda of any kind.
Then while I was pregnant with Parker, I gave caffeine up (almost) entirely because I didn't want to take a chance on its effecting the baby.
I'll still drink tea; I'll still drink coke, but the caffeinated coffee will have to be put on hold. Decaf isn't that bad, is it?
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I find that it takes me some effort to get a good decaf. So far, here are the only two ways I can drink decaf and enjoy it as coffee (and not just a hot drink).
1) Gevalia pre-ground regular decaf. The only problem is that it is pretty expensive and I don't keep a Gevalia membership.
2) Eight O'Clock whole bean decaf (in the green bag). If I grind it right before I drink it that extra freshness helps mask the decaf wang.
Bonus) I usually order specialty drinks (e.g., caramel machiatto, light vanilla latte, etc.)as decaf because I can't tell the difference between decaf and regular espresso.
I may have mentioned that I've been drinking some cheapo decaf from a tin (Great Value Brand!), and it seems, so far, to taste alright to me. I even drank it black tonight while Anna Grace and I watched a movie. I guess I'm not at all particular after all.
Is that wang you mention similar to the problem I encounter with decaf herbal teas? There's some sort of metalic-like undercurrent with Chamomile that I just can't identify.
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