How Strong Do you like your Coffee?

[callum]

I started from 1 Heap, Then Two Heaps..

Then a couple of days ago im sitting here drinking and im like this tastes weak, so now im on 4 big heaps and i have that coffee taste back again, i wonde how long it will be before that will go and i shall have to increase the amount!

So.. How many heaps do you have?

[Pitman]

4 Big heaps is VERY strong - do you sleep at night? I heaped spoon of Nescafe's finest is sufficient for me!:)

[xygax]

2 heaped tablespoons .... of expresso in the baby perc.....
or 2 and a half teaspoons of that instant stuff ....

so long as its so bitter it makes you shudder when its got milk in its just about strong enough...


and about 6 to 10 cups a day...

Steve

[callum]

[quote=Pitman;412907]4 Big heaps is VERY strong - do you sleep at night? I heaped spoon of Nescafe's finest is sufficient for me!:)[/quote]

hehehe, I dont really sleep much.

[Jamin_00]

Stopped drinking coffee ages ago but recently I have slipped to having a cappucino in the mornings at work instead of a chocochino.

But I cant stand them if they strong :puke:

[callum]

I find that 4 Heaps has that taste to it, but i shall make a drink in a few mins with 5 in and see, i do like stronge coffee

[sacko]

Cant beat a Tea!...

..or a Latte :)

[trillian]

Heaps? 'Sounds like instant coffee.

I have to say, I love my coffee but I cannot drink too much or the caffiene will really mess with me.

I do a machiato and I generally have one double shot a day, then anything else beyond that has to be decaffe.

I blame Helifreaks for getting me into roasting beans. Someone on there had started a thread about home roasting coffee beans and I had not considered it before but it has been the best thing ever. I can get as much flavour from a good decaffe as I was getting from buying roasted beans. So now I buy the raw green beans and roast just a few days worth at a time.

[mark_w]

I dont have it that strong, and I dont pollute it with milk or sugar!!

[Guest]

I would be careful drinking coffee that strong, I used to get through 8 double espressos’s a day. My heart was racing all the time (it hit 206 bpm) and when getting home of an evening the energy just wasn’t there because I hadn’t had a coffee in the last hour.

I gave up caffeine about a year ago and everything has changed. My heart rate has dropped, I’m sleeping better, I have more energy and can get things done in the evening.

I’m not anti coffee as I still drink de-cafe and I love the taste. It was amassing the change that cutting caffeine out had. If you look at the side affects of caffeine its huge [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine.[/URL]

Now I have come off it I know when I have had caffeine as my heart races and I get very nervous. Some other odd facts, Tea contains more caffeine than coffee but in a different form and Green tea has even more than normal tea.

Gareth

[trillian]

[quote=Gareth;412956]Some other odd facts, Tea contains more caffeine than coffee but in a different form and Green tea has even more than normal tea.

Gareth[/quote]


Green tea in general does not have more caffeine than black tea or coffee and some green teas have far less.

I drink Japanese green teas and they have very little by comparison. I can drink these teas all day and not feel any caffeine related effects.

A coffee 'fun fact' is that filter coffee has more caffeine by volume than espresso because of the longer brewing time, even though espresso tastes stronger becuase it is less diluted.

[msssltd]

[quote=Gareth;412956]Now I have come off it I know when I have had caffeine as my heart races and I get very nervous.[/quote]Caffeine is a pretty active chemical and hypersensitivity is common. You need to be a little careful when apportioning blame for hypersensitivity as many things containing caffeine also contain synthetic additives which are far more potent. I don't really get too concerned with about the naturally occurring stuff, which is generally fine in moderation. It's the synthetics that worry me.

I am perfectly fine with ground coffee, can drink loads of it without any side effects. Instant I am OK with, but have to be careful not too drink too much too quickly. I don't touch tea or coffee out of vending machines at all, as the mixing agent sends me dolally. The Aspartame in diet coke and diet whatever else does a similar thing to me; racing heart, insomnia, anxiety.

[quote]Some other odd facts, Tea contains more caffeine than coffee but in a different form and Green tea has even more than normal tea.[/quote]Not so much a different form, caffeine is caffeine. The concentration per average serving is different. Tea and green tea have more caffeine in them than coffee by volume, but far less ends up in the cup.

[Ayrobat]

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Pete

[Brian Gifford]

I LOVE strong coffee, but I can't stand instant any more. :ack2: I drink four cups of really strong coffee a day, but never after about 5.00pm, otherwise I find it a problem to sleep.

[ddracer]

I usually have two heaped of instant when I drink it, but when working from home I have a Bialetti 9 cup expresso maker and pour it into a mug. Caffine is bad for you and I'm the first to say I'm addicted to it and can not function without it.

Tea is OK for washing your socks in but I wouldn't drink it.