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The Crawdaddy wrote:Didn't we just do this a few days ago?

Andy78 wrote:Me too Mickey. 15-20 cups in the morning makes me jittery.

JonnyCat wrote:I totally agree you should give up the Bull and Monster, Mick, but don't go all Romney on us and throw out the Joe. Limit your coffee consumption to the good stuff (quality beans) and focus on espresso over anything else. There are benefits to coffee beyond the caffeine hit, but the main thing is to make sure you're savoring what you drink, and getting the most from your java. People who know me think I'm some kind of coffee-holic but the grand total of my daily consumption of coffee comes to 3 small cups of espresso a day, on average. Once I started drinking espresso, conventional methods of making coffee had less appeal and I drank less of it.

Good beans are one life's great pleasures. The aroma, flavor and experience of enjoying a nice espresso is one man's greatest accomplishments.

Mickey O'neil wrote:

JonnyCat wrote:I totally agree you should give up the Bull and Monster, Mick, but don't go all Romney on us and throw out the Joe. Limit your coffee consumption to the good stuff (quality beans) and focus on espresso over anything else. There are benefits to coffee beyond the caffeine hit, but the main thing is to make sure you're savoring what you drink, and getting the most from your java. People who know me think I'm some kind of coffee-holic but the grand total of my daily consumption of coffee comes to 3 small cups of espresso a day, on average. Once I started drinking espresso, conventional methods of making coffee had less appeal and I drank less of it.

Good beans are one life's great pleasures. The aroma, flavor and experience of enjoying a nice espresso is one man's greatest accomplishments.

This makes sense. Maybe I should invest in an espresso maker.

beefheart wrote:You ever take a dump made you feel like you'd just slept for twelve hours?

Shade grown coffee benefits song birds who use the coffee plant as a natural habitat, reduces the need for fertilizers and herbicides, and promotes biodiversification. Unfortunately, the production of a shade grown coffee estate is almost 1/3 that of a non-shaded coffee farm. Therefore, there is an alarming trend towards technification or the planting of new hybrids in organized fields to maximize profits. Approximately 150 bird species live on farms of shade grown coffee, whereas non-shaded coffee supports s few as 20-50 species. Between 1980 and 1994 the songbird populations have steadily decreased. There are 70% fewer Tennessee Warbles, 30% fewer Baltimore Orioles, and 50% less Cape May Warbles due in part to technification. However, these numbers and the causes for the decrease in bird populations have been debated heavily. Until it is decided that growing shade grown, bird friendly coffee is economically feasible, the trend towards technification will continue.