Energy Drinks and caffeine addiction

[chibiphonebooth]

What about that time you, Carl and I had a Jolt and we all fell asleep? talk about a weird day.

oh yah! that was soooo weird. we all had jolts and then we all just like... passed out. in the span of like.. 30 minutes or something. XD

[ShiroiHikari]

Seriously the BEST thing for everyone is to drink water... Tea and Coffee, while okay for you in moderation will never be better for you than plain ol' H20

QFFT. (Quoted For the Frigging Truth. XD) If people would drink more water and less soda/other sugary things, there would be less health problems. >_>

If you need caffeine, drink unsweetened tea (add the sweetener yourself; honey is fantastic and also has health benefits) or black coffee with no cream in it. Much healthier. :p Also tea and coffee both have antioxidants in them, I believe.

Or if you just really really want some pre-sweetened tea in a can, look for Arizona's Black and White. It's in a black-and-white can (duh) with a pink flower on it. It doesn't have any high fructose corn syrup in it and is sweetened with actual sugar and honey. Tastes like win and won't kill you as fast as HFCS-sweetened things. XD

[SnoringFrog]

I can't stand coffee, the scent of it's annoying and it tastes horrible, and I don't drink energy drinks, when I need caffeine I turn to Mountain Dew, sweet tea, or some energy gum or energy mints.

[king atlantis]

Or if you just really really want some pre-sweetened tea in a can, look for Arizona's Black and White. It's in a black-and-white can (duh) with a pink flower on it. It doesn't have any high fructose corn syrup in it and is sweetened with actual sugar and honey. Tastes like win and won't kill you as fast as HFCS-sweetened things. XD

[color="Red"]
Trade Winds is also good- its an organic tea/and/honey only type thing.

and tastes good.[/color]

[Sheenar]

Or if you just really really want some pre-sweetened tea in a can, look for Arizona's Black and White. It's in a black-and-white can (duh) with a pink flower on it. It doesn't have any high fructose corn syrup in it and is sweetened with actual sugar and honey. Tastes like win and won't kill you as fast as HFCS-sweetened things. XD

I love Arizona Green Tea --only 99 cents for a HUGE can on campus --and it's a good bit healthier than soda.

I think I've figured out why I like to drink coffee at work --the office is COLD...so very cold. The coffee helps me warm up a bit. (There is tea here in the office, but they're all weird flavors... )

[Yuen Fei Lung]

I'm not too fond of coffee but I love energy drinks. My favorite would have to be the green Monster energy drink.

[Nate]

I don't care for tea, nor do I care for coffee. Thus I have only two things I can rely on to get caffeine, pills and soda. And I'd rather not go the pill route. Besides even if I took caffeine pills I'd still drink soda anyway, so that would make it pointless.

For whatever reason, I normally don't like drinking anything but soda. I think it has something to do with the carbonation. This is why I can't switch over to water or tea; it's not carbonated, so it would bother me.

I actually DO drink a lot of water during the summer months though. If I'm hot and sweaty, I take water over soda any day, but with meals, or just lounging around, I'm going to go for the soda.

[sharien chan]

oh yah! that was soooo weird. we all had jolts and then we all just like... passed out. in the span of like.. 30 minutes or something. XD

Watching Harry Potter....XDDDD

[Tsukuyomi]

This is kinda off topic, but have any of you guys had that Aloe Vera drinks they sell at the Asian stores?

[king atlantis]

[color="Red"]no....but that sounds...nasty....
*thinks of aloe vera lotion in a can*
**shudders**

i saw that black canned coffee today O_x[/color]

[ADXC]

I drink a cup of coffee a day and it keeps me up a little bit. Im not into energy drinks. I do like to put some sweet and low and milk into my coffee because I like it sweet. My parents drink like 3-4 cups a day, Im not sure if I could do that though.

[king atlantis]

ive discovered this from the chain-coffee stores:

starbucks has the best iced coffees
starbucks teas are very sweet
coffee bean has the best regular coffee, where as starbucks tastes...burnt to me
coffee beans tea is good/ok
sheets coffee is acctually...fairly good.
7 elevens isnt

[randomuser83]

I particularly like the aloe drink the Korean one. As for coffee nothing beats the Carmel Frappucino from starbucks or a kona mocha.

[Radical Dreamer]

starbucks teas are very sweet

I would suggest getting their teas unsweetened. The green (and also black) iced teas they have are very refreshing if you order them with no sweetener. XD

[Etoh*the*Greato]

If you like Iced Coffees go to a coffee store and request this:

Half Iced Coffee, Half milk, seven pumps of vanilla syrup. One of the girls in the SBC at my Borders invented this. It is FANTASTIC.

My uncle is kind of a coffee snob, but even he likes Starbucks. I like the local stuff for the local color (they're great hangouts in general in my area for all the weird folk in town) but I have to admit that you can get a decent coffee there.

Interesting fact: You're not guaranteed to get the same flavor at every Starbucks unless it is a branch inside another business like Barnes and Noble. The sub-branches lent out to other businesses are controlled and patrolled very strictly while the individual franchises are allowed much freedom in terms of mixing and recipes. They have a starting point, but if they evolve another method over many years of ignoring the precise formula they may not even be slapped down for it.

[EricTheFred]

Starbucks drips tend to be over-roasted, in my opinion. But their espresso drinks are greatness.

[Etoh*the*Greato]

Currently they are switching their beans to Seattles Best which the now own. I generally like SBC, but they're not great by any means. It's amazing how much you learn about coffee working in book stores. Heh.

[king atlantis]

Starbucks drips tend to be over-roasted, in my opinion. But their espresso drinks are greatness.

i agree.

when i get regular coffee from starbucks...i only ever get expresso&cream...
but see, i like coffe black, and thats why i dont generally get my coffee from SB.

order their tea w/o sweetener? i thought all theirs teas were allready sweetened..>_>
ill have to do that, thanks v.v'

[Warrior4Christ]

If you speak of iced coffee around here, this is the only possible thing you could be talking about:

[KBMaster]

I put coffee, although I never drink it. I drink cappucino. I am fairly positive that at times, it runs through my bloodstream more than actual blood does.

[Shilohan ninja]

Screw the Dew, chuck the Starbucks, and kick the Moster to the curb. I have only three words for you:
Sobe, Arizona and XS. Need I say more?

[EricTheFred]

Screw the Dew, chuck the Starbucks, and kick the Moster to the curb. I have only three words for you:
Sobe, Arizona and XS. Need I say more?

Next to Bawls, they all pale in comparison.

[Etoh*the*Greato]

I always kind of thought Bawls tasted like it's namesake. My fiancee loves the stuff, though.

[king atlantis]

same here...i dislike Bawls and XS is...so-so.

i recently re-tryed red bull (which i had sworn off for forever cause i thought it tasted bad) because they were being given out for free....
nedless to say, i drank 4 (ok, mabey not the best idea late at night...) and thought they tasted pretty good.
i still prefer Monster, however.
the Lost drinks are good too...but their made by the same people who do Monster, so :p

[AlyssHeart]

XD I love coffee!!! It seems to me that I have a difficult time drinking it in the summer time though...I don't know if it is because I am weird?...it could just be a mind thing with me..but coffee is better in the fall and winter...anyway, tea is amazing too! I love chai tea, rose tea, Russian tea, and...pomergranite tea! Energy drinks are disgusting to me....I don't know...they just taste bad..but I love Mt. Dew!!!

[king atlantis]

vault>MtDew IMO.

not that theirs ALL that much different.

also- i made my own ice tea. that stuff is good. 3/4 DARK coffe blend, a little raw sugar, 1/4 milk, mix it and add some ice cubes (around 5).
thats good stuff

[Warrior4Christ]

also- i made my own ice tea. that stuff is good. 3/4 DARK coffe blend, a little raw sugar, 1/4 milk, mix it and add some ice cubes (around 5).
thats good stuff

Where's the tea in that...?

[Radical Dreamer]

Where's the tea in that...?

LOL, I was gonna ask the same! I think we would call that an iced coffee...XD;

[eventide]

Try having 3 NOS energy drinks, a couple of double shot expressos, and a latte in an 11 hour period after having only 2 hours of sleep in 3 days. I went from sleepy to weepy, giggly to catatonic, restless to normal, only to repeat the process with differing variations. Ahh, the college life during finals week.

[eventide]

This is kinda off topic, but have any of you guys had that Aloe Vera drinks they sell at the Asian stores?

I used to have to drink Aloe Vera for health reasons, and I remember how it smelled exactly like Aloe Vera lotion. It also came in a couple of flavors too, peppermint and I think orange. It was gross! After I stopped taking that I had to take Barley Green. To me that was even worse! One good thing came out of it though, when anyone puts me up to a dare to drink some nasty concoction I always win.