How I became a coffee addict.  | | | | Hi...my name is inked and I'm a coffee addict. It started off simply enough. I was introduced by a friend I used to work with...I'll call him Timmy H. I'd arrive at work early every morning and there would be Timmy brewing up a fresh pot of coffee.. "care for a cup?", he'd say "no thanks...I don't really like coffee." "you haven't tried my coffee, it's delicious" I smile and take a half cup, just to keep hime happy...he's a nice guy....BOOM, I'm awake, I mean really awake. The rest of that first week I had a half cup of coffee every morning with lots of sugar...to take the edge off a little. By week 2, I'm carpooling with Timmy and moving on up to a full cup. By the end of the first month I'm holding the filter in trembling hands and berating Timmy for not filling it quickly enough...I am also down to 1 sugar and have taken to scratching myself regularly for no particular reason. Three months in, Timmy has refused to allow me to ride in his car any longer and I am onto 2 cups in the morning (BLACK) and 1 on my lunch break....other people at work have started calling me Juan Valdez and asking me where I parked my donkey. By the end of the sixth month I have volunteered for cleanup duty in the lunchroom and have started drinking the leftover dregs of coffe in the other employees mugs (I have also inadvertently downed a number of cigarette butts and foil gum wrappers which were carelessly disposed in the mugs). It's around this time that I have my first real injury as I burn my tongue on the coffemaker hotplate after I had spilled a couple of drops there. From there it's a downward spiral into the designer caffeine (latte's, cappuccinos and frappacinos) world...and a haze of waking up on starbucks sofas surrounded by art books and jazz cd's....I have reached bottom and my friends intervene and pull me back into reality ($4.56 a time for a venti coffee...what was I thinking?) That was years ago and I can look back and laugh now, but there isn't a day that passes that I don't think of that time with a perverse sense of joy. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off for a can of Red Bull | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. TheOriginalRed1 (262)
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5 years ago
| | LOL..wonderful post! I can so relate, it's nice to know I am not alone in the world. Thank your for the grins. :) | | | | | | | | | | Green Mountain Coffee Volume discounts, Free shipping avail. Large selection www.nutmegstatecoffee.com | add comment | | | |
| 2. freak369 (3473)
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5 years ago
| | HA! I drink coffee in the summer and hot tea in the winter. I can easily kill off a can of coffee a week and a box of 100 tea bags in eight days. I brew the tea in a kettle (even though I'm no longer in Leeds, I still drink my tea proper) and use five tagless bags per kettle. That's a total of twenty pots ... you do the math to see how much I drink a day. Chaos ensued when I neglected to dump the coffee grinds from the coffee maker; I pour in the water and threw the tea bags in the carafe because the kettle was soaking. Have to ever had coffee and tea mixed? I was so wired that I had to run up and down the steps to burn off some energy. It didn't taste all that great but it was a real energy kick LOL. | | | | | | | | | | Espresso Coffee Beans Fresh roasted espresso since 1936. Satisfaction Guaranteed ccmcoffee.com | add comment | | | |
| 3. royal52gens (3634)
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5 years ago
| | LOL I don't know about you but I am not giving up my coffee. No Way!!! In fact, I need more coffee. My cup is almost empty again. Excuse me while I fill it up. | | | | | | | inked4life (3365)
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5 years ago
| | LOL...I'd love to say that I've moved on, but just working on my second cup right now. | | | | | | | Best Coffee Makers Voted By Reviewers. Choose The Best Deals on Top Coffee Makers. www.IntelliReview.com | add comment | | | |
| 4. lisa101 (866)
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5 years ago
| | LMAO thats a good story. I haven't managed to get addicted to coffee that bad yet. I do drink a little from time to time but i still haven't accuired the taste. I like to put milk in mine to kill the taste a little. But i have never drank over a half of a cup yet at a time. | | | | | | | | | | Single Serve Coffee Pods Espresso coffee pods, too. Free shipping on orders over $75. www.TikiHutCoffee.com/Pods | add comment | | | |
| 5. pagibig (223)
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5 years ago
| | Nice post. You could have titled it 'Coffee Addicts Anonymous'... Hi! My name is pagibig and i've been a coffee addict for 9 years. It started when i met F***ey. He was a friend of a friend. We were introduced and we took the same class on college. We started hanging out and he introduced me to the wonderful world of coffee. At first it was just a social event, a way to hang out with friends. but eventually i started to crave for coffee, i can't start a day without coffee. I am addicted i'm hooked and it seems there is no way out of this. My friends, they said i could start my own coffee shop. They would just cut my wrists and coffee would pour out of my veins instead of blood. I drink coffee like water. heck i drink coffee period. I need help. I am an addict. There are days that I spend my last buck just so i could drink coffee. and when money is short, i get the instant powered ones. I don't even have to drink it. i just take a spoon, get a bit of the powdered coffee and eat it. I am addicted to coffee. Help me. I need help. Oh wait? what? my time is up? oh it's break time already? what? there's coffee in the lounge area? hmm.. sounds like heaven. Hello again, for those of you who just came in, my name is pagibig and i am a coffee addict. My friends, they can't help me, they are coffee addicts themselves. We drown 8 cups a day. Like the discussion starter's post, 150($3) bucks for a venti??? I must be crazy. I need help. help me. wait no. i just need coffee. hahahha. i'm still a coffee addict. i love it. | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale Gourmet Coffee Age Wine Not Coffee specialtyjava.com | add comment | | | |
| | | inked4life (3365)
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5 years ago
| | LOL...see, when it starts affecting your job, you gotta quit | | | | | | | BUNN Coffee Equipment Convenience Stores, Cafeterias, Restaurants, Offices, Hotels & More! www.coffeeespressopro.com | add comment | | | |
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