Clusterheadaches.com Message Board
        (http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi)
      

        New Message Board Archives >> Jan-Mar 2003 >> Any coffee addicts out there?
        
(Message started by: Roxy on Jan 30th, 2003, 12:52pm)
Title: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Roxy on Jan 30th, 2003, 12:52pm
We are hard core coffee addicts in our house.  I always thought the best coffee in the world was Jamaican Blue Mountain (but, it is waaaaay too expensive)...... I found some called Uganda Bugisu Special...... Since we live out in the boonies, we have no where to buy coffee beans locally.....so I always order online, and you can find a pretty good selection.  Has anyone else ever heard of this kind of coffee?

What kind of coffee do ya'll drink?  Since the neuro told me to quit coffee....I'm kind of obssessing here.  ;D ;)

PFDAN,

Tracey
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by don on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:02pm
Why would the neuro tell you to quit coffee. Do you also get Migraines?
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Mark C on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:06pm
Obsess away dear friend...as long as you ain't drinking that coffee that the beans are pulled from monkey.....poo. You know the one I mean. Right here in good 'ole Tennessee I have become attached to a local brand, nothing fancy, but real good....JFG.
http://www.korrnet.org/oscg/2.1JFG2_sml.gif

I handle at least two pots a day...sometimes more. Left over from being an OTR truck driver for so many years I guess.
PFDAN's
Mark
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by cootie on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:10pm
No coffee but lotsa diet pepsi with me (Brad is the coffee freak tho).....where can I get Jamaican pepsi beans.....I must go thru two 24-packs a week. Ok...as usual I am off thread...I'm jus plain off I guess....Pam  ::)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by don on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:14pm
Just
Fucking
Good

???????
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Mark C on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:25pm

on 01/30/03 at 13:14:23, don wrote:
Just
Fucking
Good

???????



    FUCKIN A !


Curious?

http://www.goodson-family.com/jfg.html
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by echo on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:27pm
Gotta have my coffee.  Dr keeps barking at me for drinking as much as I do.  She would be shocked if I told her exactly how much I drink.  
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Roxy on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:29pm
LMFAO  good one Don!   ;D

No, I don't have migraines.  Told me to lay off caffine, aspertame, my hormones, cigarettes, and alcohol.......figured he was going to tell me sex and food next.  Then he has the balls to prescribe me cafergot (only 100mg of caffine in that).

Cootie.....after my coffee in the morning, I move on to Pepsi One's.....then to iced tea.  Gee....maybe I do have a caffine thing going on here!!!!   LOL  Guess I'll have to stick with wine.....no caffine there.   ;)

Mark....I'll have to try that Just Fucking Good coffee.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by catlind on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:32pm
Roxy, can we talk? LOL

Coffee addict, lessee, hubby has a grinder, a bunn coffee maker and wants to order the beans online GREEN and roast them himself for the freshest possible coffee you can get.  The best method for roasting coffee beans btw, is an adapted hot air popcorn popper.

Now that's an addict.
Personally I was and am perfectly content and wonderfully in love with Tim HOrton's coffee, but I have to admit his fresh ground coffee is good.

Cat
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by don on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:34pm

Quote:
Then he has the balls to prescribe me cafergot


Sounds typical. "don't drink coffee, thats a trigger, but here is a pill that condences, oh I don't know, 35 cups of coffee into one pill"

Sort of like "don't drink mixed drinks you'll trigger a CH but here suck down this half pint of Vodka"

So what is in the coffee that is the trigger? Or maybe it's the styrofoam cup it's in.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by brain_cramps on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:37pm
When I was first diagnosed 20yrs ago, the doctor told me to quit:
- caffeine
- cigs
- drinking
- milk
- seafood
- spicy food
- fried food

Felt like I was down to a diet of water and gravel.   Mmmm, Mmmm good.

Glad they know a little more about these damn things

Blue Mountain is THE BEST    8)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by marty on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:45pm
Hey Roxy..

Next time that you are in one of those big TX Cities, stop by an IKEA store - They sell Swedish coffee. I buy all my coffee at IKEA and if you are not addicted to coffee before you try this kind, you will be for sure..

Now if my Neuro had the guts to tell me to quit coffee, cigarettes (and the occasional beer ;D)..  Naawww.. he would not even consider that!! >:(  The argument of coffee causing re-bound headaches..  if it helps me get rid of an attack - I have no problem with a re-bound headache..  What is that anyway? like a tension thing that you take two Advil for..

And the Swedish coffee can be ordered on line to by typing in Gevalia or Lofbergs on your search engine.

And by the way (in case Svenn is reading this), there is no Norwegian coffee ;D

Marty  
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by cootie on Jan 30th, 2003, 1:58pm
I have naggy stress type headaches all da time....alcohol 'n ciggs definetly sends em up scale....bein a social drinker 'n smoker I'd have ta quit my social life and live in a box behind McDonalds b-4 I could quit my pepsi habit and social status habits. Wazz a person ta do !!?? Should we go back ta eatin berries 'n nuts and knock rabbits on the head with sticks 'r rocks fer dinner ta stay PF....was that a 'time' b-4 ha's and ch's ? Wonder if Jungle Larry ever got ha's.....maybe vine swingin was good theropy.......Pam  ::) ;) ::)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by kim on Jan 30th, 2003, 2:04pm
Starbucks Sucks.  Tastes like cat pee.......... :P

Choc Full a Nuts (ain't that fittin!) :D is the best.

Tell your doc to stop cross diagnosing his m's and c's ;)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Roxy on Jan 30th, 2003, 2:10pm
When the neuro told me all that bs......I just smiled and nodded like a good girl.  My husband started to sweat when he said give up the hormones.....and then whispered, "You're not really gonna do that are you?"

Cat.....sounds like our house.  We have the Capresso machine that grinds your beans, and then swings the filter around for you.  Just tell me that the hotel rooms for the convention have a coffe pot in them....or room service!!!!!  LOL  My husband tried the roasting the beans.....told him he was just being a pain in the ass.

Marty....I'm headed out the door now.  For once, I'm in a BIG city.

Grant...I don't think I would have been smiling if he'd told me spicy or seafood.  I would probably have hit him.

Tracey   ;D
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Svenn on Jan 30th, 2003, 4:08pm
a little over 2 litre with coffe in a day.
Even wake up in the night with the hunger for a cup of coffe and a cigg.Take that and i`m asleep again before my head hits the pillow.

Svenn
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by cootie on Jan 30th, 2003, 4:15pm
Svenn..I do that with diet pepsi..I wake up cravein it and get a can then chug half of it 'n set it next to me and hit it off 'n on durein the nite. Pam
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by BobG on Jan 30th, 2003, 4:25pm
I drink about 2 pots of coffee a day, every day. Any brand will do, black and no sweetner or any of that other sissy stuff.

Except, I DO NOT drink anything served at Starbucks. It all tastes like burnt skunk piss.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by domm on Jan 30th, 2003, 5:30pm
Eight O'Clock whole bean. Grind 'em up with a burr grinder and use a percolator, not drip.

https://www.eightoclock.com/index.html

good stuff and yes, I am addicted to coffee (just a touch of sugar)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Tony_M on Jan 30th, 2003, 6:25pm
My wife and I are coffee addicts. (Is there a forum for that?). We abuse about 1.5 to 2 lbs per week. We make it strong. This only makes about 10 pots. We like:

http://www.peets.com

They also take orders online but here we have 3 stores in town. Much better than Starbuck's.

I recommend Mocha Java, Sulawesi Kalossi, French Roast and Kenya.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Mark C on Jan 30th, 2003, 6:30pm
Speaks for itself


http://tinyurl.com/54ha


http://tinyurl.com/54h6


Just North of the big JFG sign is an area of town called The Old City. http://www.raw-footage.com/OC/Old%20City.html Its an old "Brownfield" area that has become the trendy place to be....yuppie central. JFG roasts the beans in a huge old brick buliding....you can smell it for miles. In the basement is the Coffee Shop where you can drink fresh roast, fresh ground coffee, while you smell the beans roasting........nirvana!
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by kim on Jan 30th, 2003, 6:44pm
CHOC FULLA NUTS.  It's good.  Suddenly I am quavering.....lookin at my ole faithful 3.39 a can choc and now humbly considering dumping ole choc for JFG? ???  Do they have that in Walbaums?  GrrrrrrrINDING GREeeeeeen BEANS?  What will the difference be?  Will I suddenly catapult out of my top window in some sort of wild happy happy not previously experienced by non JFG users? ;D  Ya know, every time I see that commercial for the free coffee pot for ordering Geva-(sumpin) coffee, I crack up.  Okay, when in Puerto Rico, ya pour this much through a cloth and speed yur freakin brains out for days........(But, they have that in Walbaums TOO!)............

Okay.  I'm done.  by the way, i jes drank 3 cups a choc fullanuts :Din case you were wonderin where this was goin. :D
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Lachesis on Jan 30th, 2003, 7:01pm
I live in Seattle, home of the mermaid-pee - I drink an occasional cup there (maybe it tatstes better closer to the corporate HQ?).

The Neuro didn't metion coffee as something to stay away from - she prolly has 'bucks stock... ::)

Cafe Vita.  Very good stuff.
Watery coffee makes me pee too much - need hard stuff.  Double Americano in the morning & mid-morning, and office coffee as filler (3-5 cups), Espresso after lunch, about  5 cups of the filler in the PM before I fight traffic to go home, and an espresso before bedtime.  Addicted?  Hell no.

...except the early morning Americano is very important to me ;)

I also chew a lot of gum, too - seems to help keep the mind off of the fear of the next visit by the demon, and keeps my teeth clean, too! :D
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Roxy on Jan 30th, 2003, 7:02pm
I agree......Starbucks bites.  Choc fulla nuts is pretty good.  

But guys.....I can't believe you wake up in the middle of the night craving caffine.  You need to retrain yourselves......when you wake up....go for the s e x.  ;) ;)  It's more fun than making a damn pot of coffee!!
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Lachesis on Jan 30th, 2003, 7:04pm
Strenuous exercise tends to trigger an episode for me  :'(
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Ted on Jan 30th, 2003, 7:15pm
6 cups per day minimum. I won't even hop in the shower without 3 cups in me. Have you noticed coffee being a trigger for you? If not it's not a trigger for you, no matter what your doctor tells you.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Roxy on Jan 30th, 2003, 7:20pm
Ted...

My family has learned to not even look at me till I have coffee.  Half the time my husband will bring me a cup in bed, so that no one has to be around me.  And, I always take it with me into the shower.  ;D ;D

Tracey
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by catlind on Jan 30th, 2003, 7:38pm
Roxy, I hear ya big time on don't even talk to me until I've had at least ONE cup of coffee.

Kim LOL no you don't grind green beans.  You order coffee beans unroasted, (they are green) and then you roast them yourself, then grind them, then run them through a bunn coffee maker, and you have the best damn coffee going.

Mom just brought home some dominican coffee beans from her trip, so we are looking forward to trying that :)

Cat
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Jarvis on Jan 30th, 2003, 7:52pm
Folgers special roast is the only real coffee. Made extra strong. I keep the instant stuff nearby and beef it up as needed. 4 or 5 cups in the a.m. will get me started right away after the pain. .......................... Why quit something you enjoy especially when its something that keeps relaxation away which keeps Ha's away... Other than the fact that it tears up the gut and turns blood into gasoline. Thats why god made Tums antacid tablets.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by kim on Jan 30th, 2003, 8:19pm
cat, phew!  so relieved....... :D  I must experience the joy of fresh roasted Green ( ;D) coffee grinded for my drinking pleasure... :D

When I first posted here someone asked me whether i hAD TIME to brew a pot of coffee in time to abort a cluster...That was before Kimmy was introduced to the (green) grinding process.  I'd a been a real mess, lemme tell ya not knowin the grindin proces an all ;)LOL!

I swear after all these years I pik for a night out "Classy Coffee" , jest in case....LOL, they have live entertainment too! :D

Ya just gotta be there. ::)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by domm on Jan 30th, 2003, 9:00pm
to all the safety freaks out there -

http://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/majors/msdsfiles/msdscaffiene.htm

the "potential health effects" section is rather interesting....

BTW - "LD50" means lethal dose killing 50% of the study population - in this case - rats
The DOT classifies it as TOXIC.
gotta love the government... ;D
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Opus on Jan 30th, 2003, 9:16pm
I drink 6 cup/day PF:)
        12 cup/day in cycle>:(

Brand-cheepest::)

you don't get rebounds if you don't stop drinking ;D

Opus      :P
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by catlind on Jan 30th, 2003, 9:17pm
You GOTTA be Shittin me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  They have an MSDS for CAFFEINE??  ::)

These material safety data sheets are REALLY getting outta hand! Man o man.

"Eye Contact:
Causes irritation, redness, and pain. "
Like I'm gonna put coffee grounds in my eyes.....DOH


Cat
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Mastifflvr28 on Jan 31st, 2003, 1:21am
They have an msds for sterile water!!

BRING ON THE COFFEE!!!!!

triple 16 oz. mocha...most days when I can get outta the clinic to do a coffee run :)

Mast
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by cerebus on Jan 31st, 2003, 10:30am
If its coffee you love then all I need to say is this.

www.gevalia.com      

Cerebus
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Hound_Dogg on Jan 31st, 2003, 11:34am
I'm an "INE" junkie...Caffeine, Nicotine, & Codeine.

Whatever works. ::)

Not really the Codeine...But definitely love the nicotine & caffeine.
;D 8)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by SommelierCH on Jan 31st, 2003, 12:49pm
I like a dark French Roast, fresh ground and black. So, as long as the coffee beans are 100% mountain grown arabica, from a known producer, I think the roasting process has more influence on the quality of brew in my cup, than the micro-climate the beans were grown in. When you “dark roast” a coffee bean, you destroy the lighter, volatile oils and acids that give it the unique qualities of it’s region. I look for full body, big flavor and reticent bitterness.

Here is a site with tons of coffee info.

http://www.coffeeresearch.org/science/news.htm

David J.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by catlind on Jan 31st, 2003, 1:24pm
David/Sommelier,

Are you coming to the convention??  If you are, remind me not to let you and my hubby come into contact with each other.  I don't think I could handle the conversation on the merits of how to roast beans and the levels of various acids and stuff etc etc.

You two would take coffee and analyze it into something other than what I need to prevent me from becoming the cat in svenn's icon every morning :P

Cat
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by ave on Jan 31st, 2003, 4:23pm
Cat, just let them go off together.
You'll be rid of one nuisance at least, lol.

I used to ask for the coffee IV when I went somewhere.

BUT:
Can't abide coffee standing around on hot plates. Best taste is gone  before you know it.
Can't abide instant, only in those milky fancy taste concoctions that don't taste like anything at all. At least that isn't coffee.

I love the arabica with a sucpicion of robusta (no more) but have had lovely results with Nicaragua Rain Forest as they sell it here.
There is a lovely shop selling freshly roasted and ground coffee  only 10 minutes' walk away. Am I lucky or what?
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by suzy617 on Jan 31st, 2003, 4:46pm
I'm with Opus, the cheapest is ok for me. Just give me 2 or 3 cups in the morning and I'm good to go. If I dont have coffee I never quite wake up the entire day and end up with a fuzzy brain.

           http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/giffar2/coffeeveins.gif

suzy
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Charlie on Jan 31st, 2003, 9:20pm
http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/2muchcof.gif

How did I miss posting to this thread ???

No one drinks as much or as strong coffee as I do. Svenn probably comes close.  :D

I was living with mom, and after she died, I was finally able to make coffee the way I liked.  About the time I began my IV coffee (good one Rox) my CH began to disappear. It's most likely a coincidence but I try to impart anything different that I did as they went away.

More than two pots a day here and Jamestown doesn't have a Starbucks. Had it in Rochester once. It was OK. Back here, Tim Horton's restaurants have the best coffee.  Great stuff. Wendys runs the one we have.

Good to the last guzzle Charlie
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by 2late on Feb 1st, 2003, 10:09am
i'm addicted in the morning only......about 6 cups black get's me goin' thru my day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ..........2late
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by ave on Feb 1st, 2003, 1:29pm
Charlie, that wasn't Rox that was me 'bout the coffee IV
hehehe
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by fubar on Feb 1st, 2003, 1:32pm
Lemme see... how can I claim the coveted coffee addict championship... the Coffee Cup.

- likes coffee so much he bought a coffee shop
- has a nifty Capresso 2000 machine... you ain't seen home coffee bliss untill you seen this baby

http://www.capresso.com/prod_esp.html

- takes the machine on the road in the motor home (always)

- put Miele espresso maker in new kitchen last year... check this baby out...

http://www.nunleys.com/miele.jpg

hmmm... I could go on.

Ya.  Fu like coffee.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Roxy on Feb 1st, 2003, 7:58pm
Hey cat....this one's for you !!!!  :-*

My son and his morning coffee:

http://www.wibbly-wobbly.co.uk/0021.jpg



Just kidding...waaaaay too old to have one that young.   ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by SommelierCH on Feb 2nd, 2003, 5:57am
Charlie, (very cool coffee .gif) I see that you have thrown down the coffee gauntlet, (“No one drinks as much or as strong coffee as I do. Svenn probably comes close.”) and Svenn along with it (maybe Svenn is wearing the gauntlet). I pick up your gauntlet, sans Svenn, and heave-ho back at you, with this:

I have 26 years in the restaurant business. Coffee and espresso are free. Restaurants run on caffeine. Thousands of dollars are spent on our professional coffee machines, and the employees are welcome to drink as much as they like. I usually start my night with 3, double, fresh ground espressos, (the last one, run twice through) in a highball glass, with 3 ice cubes. I follow that with half espresso, half coffee for a while….. then I work my way into red wine……Catch.   :)

Catlind, “Me thinks thou doth protest too much”. You? Afraid of analysis? I think not! As soon as your husband and I start talking about the similarities of fine coffee and EISWEIN production, you will lose all inhibitions and jump in with both feet (insert your own punch line here).

Peace,
David J.

Damn fubar. I had this written last night, (lost my connection) and now you show up. Talk about putting your money where your mouth is, that’s some setup! I can’t compete in the home brew league, but I will go head to head, mano a mano with Charlie’s statement, and his sans Svenn gauntlet.
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Ree on Feb 2nd, 2003, 6:49pm
hey roxie... i have been told by my doc to give up caffeine too and im so sad... it is my main vice... im down to like 1/2 cup of 1/2 caffeine and Im obsessing... i just about am brought to tears everytime i pass a dunkin donuts (they have the best coffee up here)... I like gevalia cofee... I like victor coffee... I like starbucks coffee  I like coffeeeeeeeee... my reason has nothing to do with my head though... other issues cant talk about in mixed company... anyole how Im here with you tired worn out and wait til you see the type of Head pain you get from giving up coffee... it aint pretty... ree
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by yoyodyne on Feb 2nd, 2003, 11:51pm
:) ;) :D ;D
I'm going to see this Neuro for the first time tomorrow!
Should I tell him that I don't drink anything but Coffee? (seriously, if it is not coffee, I'll die of thirst).
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Roxy on Feb 3rd, 2003, 9:38am
Ree,

You misunderstand  ;D.......the doc told me to do a lot of things.....but, sometimes I have a real hard time following orders!!!  LOL  There is no way I'm giving my coffee up (along with quite a few other things).  I know he means well......but, it ain't gonna happen.  ;)
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by Svenn on Feb 3rd, 2003, 2:05pm
REE

You better find yourself a new doc!!!!

Order you to stop drinking coffe is MADNESS because coffe is pure angelwater     ;D ;D ;D ;D

Svenn
Title: Re: Any coffee addicts out there?
Post by oringkid on Feb 3rd, 2003, 6:03pm
Coffee.....I love it!  I only wish that the taste could match that heavenly smell.........ummm!

But!  The best coffee I have ever had (although, I am nowhere near an expert!) is 7-11 coffee!  I have no idea what kind it is, but boy is it good!  I miss my 7-11 coffee!! :-[

I drink my coffee black, ie I truly can appreciate the taste.

Unfortunately, my stomach limits my coffee intake.  Sometimes I can drink unlimited amounts and other times I feel sick after only a few swallows!  (I can prevent that by eating something sometimes)

As to giving it up... I decided quite a few years back to "decaffeinate" myself.  I had no idea that there would be withdrawal symptoms!!  I had a dull, aggravating headache pretty much 24/7 for about 2 1/2 months!!  Cold turkey is not the way with caffeine! LOL

Sherry


Clusterheadaches.com Message Board » Powered by YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.3.1!
YaBB © 2000-2003. All Rights Reserved.