What is in your cup?

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Try this: pour a shot of Baileys OVER your ice cream (it should be vanilla for this.) I think you will really love it!

Works with Creme de Menth or Kaluha too!

I used to do it with Amaretto

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Iridal

In my experience, it takes a while for your body to adapt to a normal rhythm again. Just keep going to bed early AND get up early. After a while it shouldn't be a problem anymore. But you'll probably be tired for a couple of days.

I need to lead a more reasonable, healthier way of life: I tend to get up early, walk a little, have a proper breakfast accompanied by tea, and study for a while before lunch. Then go to the academy, then x y z then go to bed at 8pm, and read book til 10pm. that's absolutely what I should do

Originally Posted by astra

Give in and enjoy?

not so easily like that

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Try this: pour a shot of Baileys OVER your ice cream (it should be vanilla for this.) I think you will really love it!

Works with Creme de Menth or Kaluha too!


Stitchawl

one small problem to your plan is: we drank the bottle up in the dinner.

[ProfCrash]

I read that I could reinfuse my Tibetian Mushroom 10-12 times. It didn;t work. The steep times to do that produce a tea that is far too weak for my liking.

I steep my oolongs twice and am fine with that. So far there are a few teas I have found I cannot resteep, Anna's is one, but most I get two pots out of.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Coke Zero #1.

for all of you soda drinkers, there is a new report out (I'll hunt it down if anyone wants it) that is saying caramel colouring for soda should be banned as it contains ammonia. i have known for years that soda was bad for the kidneys, but never exactly why. this should be a wake-up call for a lot of folks!

Originally Posted by desertblues

Reheated coffee?

I make my coffee in a french press and rarely finish the entire serving. I also rarely drink coffee every day, generally about 3 times a week (unless I am traveling). the leftover coffee always goes into a jar into the fridge. I've never understood the prohibition about reheated coffee

Originally Posted by maianhvk

another small glass of

you guys spoiled me! For days I've been drinking tea and wine and this cream whiskey

I'm eating ice-cream tomorrow.

P.S.: I still fell asleep at 3-4am this morning. what should I do??

start forcing yourself to get up earlier in the morning, do NOT take a nap, and you will start being tired earlier at night and be able to get yourself back on a normal schedule. for two years I worked a job where I went into banks after hours and upgraded their telecommunications. my day ran from roughly 2 in the afternoon to 1 or 2 in the morning. then I would have to have a snack and wind down from the day. it took me awhile to get "back on track" and that is how I had to do it.

[astra]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

start forcing yourself to get up earlier in the morning, do NOT take a nap, and you will start being tired earlier at night and be able to get yourself back on a normal schedule.

It works.
It is natural. Tested.



A cup of Pu-Erh aged.

[ProfCrash]

I had 32 ounces of Rooibos Jungle Fire at home and am working on my second pot of Rooibos Lemon.

The Red teas are good for me, low caffiene (there is some), lots of anti oxidants and minerals and stuff. Yummy

[GeoffC]

The afternoon marches on, standing still for no man - so on with a cup of green tea

[ProfCrash]

yummy green tea

[Poppaea]

Pai Mu Tan 7min steeped

Prof.Crash

did you steep the 2nd and 3rd infusions longer? One has to add 1 to 1.5 min steeping time for each following infusion.

[maianhvk]

in my glass:

I fell asleep at around 3am, and struggled to get up at 9 this morning. I was about to sleep in the middle of the lecture in the afternoon, but right now I'm not feeling like go to bed at all

[ProfCrash]

I add about 30 seconds to a minute for each additional infusion. Some teas do not reinfuse well. (shrugs)

I have 2 teas I don't reinfuse, which is pretty good given that I have 20 teas on my shelf that I drink regularly.

There are benefits to resteeping, if you like the taste. 1) It halves the price of the tea per cup. 2) The second cup is decaf. When you drink 48 ounces of caffienated tea, have 48 ounces of decaf is a good thing.

[ProfCrash]

I know we have some peppermint tea drinkers here.

http://shop.tgtea.com/store/product/223/Peppermint/

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

for all of you soda drinkers, there is a new report out (I'll hunt it down if anyone wants it) that is saying caramel colouring for soda should be banned as it contains ammonia. i have known for years that soda was bad for the kidneys, but never exactly why. this should be a wake-up call for a lot of folks!



I make my coffee in a french press and rarely finish the entire serving. I also rarely drink coffee every day, generally about 3 times a week (unless I am traveling). the leftover coffee always goes into a jar into the fridge. I've never understood the prohibition about reheated coffee



start forcing yourself to get up earlier in the morning, do NOT take a nap, and you will start being tired earlier at night and be able to get yourself back on a normal schedule. for two years I worked a job where I went into banks after hours and upgraded their telecommunications. my day ran from roughly 2 in the afternoon to 1 or 2 in the morning. then I would have to have a snack and wind down from the day. it took me awhile to get "back on track" and that is how I had to do it.

I know you're concerned, KK, but... no matter what they find in my diet Dr Pepper, they can take it away from me when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

[ProfCrash]

hehehehe

I will say the same thing when they tell me that there is a problem with my tea. If I were to die today I would want to be buried with my teddy bear from my childhood, my fully loaded Kindle, a cast iron tea pot, and a nice set of teas.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

I know you're concerned, KK, but... no matter what they find in my diet Dr Pepper, they can take it away from me when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

I think most folks do not understand how very bad it is for your body and think that they are being fussed at solely because of the sugar content

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

hehehehe

I will say the same thing when they tell me that there is a problem with my tea. If I were to die today I would want to be buried with my teddy bear from my childhood, my fully loaded Kindle, a cast iron tea pot, and a nice set of teas.

I think tea has (for the most part) survived the test of time, including knowing now how many are truly good for you