Another beuuuutiful day in Melbourne folks 🌞

  • Rusty Raven M
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    9 months ago

    Fell off the wagon today and have made myself a cup of coffee. Maybe I need to try tapering off a bit more slowly, a second day of headache and fatigue was just too much.

    • MeanElevator
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      9 months ago

      I’m on my 2nd week off cutting down to one a day. Still do the morning one, but skipping my post-lunch brew. Been sleeping better, but do feel a significant dip at around 2 pm.

    • Duenan
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      9 months ago

      What sort of coffee are you making? Maybe you ca taper off by going to instant or going decaf?

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        9 months ago

        by going to instant

        There is never a time nor place, to recommend instant coffee for anyone.

            • CEOofmyhouse56OP
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              9 months ago

              Hey instant coffee puts hairs on your chest. It takes a brave person to drink it so go back to your soy latte in glass with a little napkin.

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                9 months ago

                If instant puts hair on your chest, I should look like a bear. I like my 6 shot moca pot for breakfast, black with no sugar.

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                    9 months ago

                    It’s the only thing that prevents me from physically assaulting them during their noise making periods.

                • Duenan
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                  9 months ago

                  How much coffee grind do you use in your moka? i generally use the same amount that I use in a plunger.

                  About 1 and a half scoops unless it’s really fine.

                  • MeanElevator
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                    9 months ago

                    I fill it up. Probably 2-2.5 scoops. When ready it fills up a standard mug. I do put a paper filter on top the grinds to reduce the acidity a bit.

          • Duenan
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            9 months ago

            Moccona is awesome, Nescafe is crap :/

        • Seagoon_
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          9 months ago

          one reason I find instant good is it’s low caffeine

          • MeanElevator
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            9 months ago

            For low caffeine options I’ll do a weak long black. Personally cannot stomach instant in any form. Get indigestion almost instantly.

            • TinyBreak
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              9 months ago

              instant WRECKS my stomach. No idea why. Glad its not just me.

              • MeanElevator
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                9 months ago

                So apparently, instant is made by freeze drying the beans/grinds. When you’re drinking it, you’re ingesting the grinds which can be quite acidic. I get a similar reaction when I ingest some of the grinds from a turkish coffee.

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                    9 months ago

                    You know the smell of instant coffee in the jar. It’s not the granules (they don’t smell when dry). The smell is injected just before the jars are sealed.

                  • MeanElevator
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                    9 months ago

                    My GP at the time told me about this. It’s been nearly 20 years and still the only type of coffee that does it to me. I’ll take it as facts.

      • Rusty Raven M
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        9 months ago

        Last time I cut caffeine out I did it by mixing in increasing amounts of decaf to my coffee, I probably should have done that again this time. I was down to a single cup of coffee (plunger coffee) but it seems the last step was a bit too big. Not sure if I want to get some decaf or just cut down to a half cup for a bit - drinking half a cup of coffee seems a bit lame, so I probably should just get the decaf. It’s really easy to minimise the effect caffeine actually has on you until you try to cut it out and the withdrawal symptoms hit.