Caffeine addiction Wednesdays

This Wednesday morning I am starting a caffeine addiction support post, tell us what are you sipping on right now!

Which one is you? How many tea spoons of it did you have this morning? Which is your favourite?

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Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on July 6, 2016 at 3:56am

Whilst you should skip some other Colombia products ... this is the best of the best (of the best):

http://www.juanvaldezcafe.com/es-co/productos/

PS: Triple espresso obviously (Cafe Volcan).

Permalink Reply by Nik Willmore on July 9, 2016 at 10:31pm

Cocoa and coconut milk powders and erythritol crystals as sweetner whisked into espresso.

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on July 10, 2016 at 5:08am

Er ... sweetened espresso??? What's next? A pink espresso maybe?

But in the name of science I've tried it >> nausea and stomach rumbling and this (and that).

Permalink Reply by Nik Willmore on July 10, 2016 at 6:34pm

The cocoa/cacao is pure dark chocolate bitter, and both coconut fats from the somewhat sweet coconut milk powder and cavity fighting zero calorie erythritol merely temper the bitterness into a fast form of hot chocolate with espresso being merely a medium for it that adds caffeine.

The theobromine stimulant of cocoa, which is caffeine lacking one methyl group, mellows out the jittery head-dominated buzz of caffeine to include the body thrill associated with chocolate. Erythritol lacks the syrupy sweetness of sugar and also lacks the odd aftertaste of drug-like sweetners like saccharine.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 10, 2016 at 6:59am

Vanilla Coke with a huge ice-cube. Coke contains caffeine!

Just got back from this trip, no way I can stomach anything warm at the moment.

Permalink Reply by Birk Binnard on July 10, 2016 at 12:20pm

Rollerskates? Bike? Ducati? Lamborghini?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 10, 2016 at 2:10pm

My new Stevens Bike. First time in my life I actually managed to buy a bike for my size (I'm 1.97m). I wouldn't want to drive a Lamborghini down that path...

Permalink Reply by ng5 Alex on July 10, 2016 at 8:07pm

yes choosing the right frame, according to body size, can make a big difference, especially in cases like this 100km route with 500m ascent.

btw this website is pretty nice for bike trails etc.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 11, 2016 at 12:11am

Thanks, I'll have a look at that site, always looking for reliable and fun cycling data near me. At this point I've got dozens of routes added to mappedometer (which I admit is not very advanced) so there's a lot of inertia for me to stick with it.

Permalink Reply by tau on July 10, 2016 at 3:53pm

Hope it was a nice day for such a trip as today, David!?

And how much fluids did you consume by the way? ;-)

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 11, 2016 at 12:15am

Oh yeah, pretty darn hot day. About 5 liters on the road and about 3 more after I got back. It took me a few years but I seem to finally have figured out the ratio of water, sugar and salts I need to balance the losses.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 11, 2016 at 4:15am

But how will I keep the Jägermeister cold during a 5 hour trip?!