Recently I've been playing with the coffee loaf which Dylan Hollis made on his channel.
Now, due to certain circumstances my spouse is having to work very long hours, and will for the next month. I like to be supportive and sometimes send in baked goods.
My spouse has directly forbidden me from sending in the coffee loaf, on account of it having as much caffeine as 24 cups of coffee and this is to most people a lot.
But what if I did?
What if...
This week I make it normal, with 1/2 cup of instant coffee granules.
Next week, I make it with 3/4 of cup of instant coffee.
The week after that, the loaf will have a full cup of instant coffee - equivalent to 48 cups of brewed coffee.
I’m an eepy girly today 🥱 but as a chemistry person I do have fun facts anyway.
Did you know decaffeinated coffees still usually have caffeine in them? Gas chromatography studies have confirmed that decaffeinated coffees still contain caffeine, albeit less so than their caffeinated counterparts.
Thoughts on a red-eye flight from Long Beach to Chicago
"I do have to admit, Snagglepuss," Huckleberry Hound remarked on what must have been his third cup of in-flight coffee, "that a winter's diving experiences turned out to be ever remarkable."
"So it was ... SO IT WAS!!" saith I. "Even though there were no mermaid encounters ensuing."
Which had Huck remarking in sheer disbelief that "was it really necessary that a diving vacation had to have a mermaid encounter?"
"Well ... it just came across my head."
"But to be frank about it, Peter Potamus can certainly be quite the one to spark some interest in diving, if you ask me. Somewhat underappreciated a water sport, if you ask me."
Whereupon the stewardess cleared out our coffee-related debris and hubris after what must have seemed quite the coffee-drinking session leaving Long Beach. And we just hope it was decaf, come to think of it. Especially with the plane landing at Chicago Midway Airport in the early morning hours; in fact, we chose Midway for the flight to Chicago inasmuch as it was closer to the Loop area than O'Hare International. Once in Chicago, perhaps some breakfast at Lou Mitchell's in the Loop, the traditional eastern terminal of the legendary Route 66, and discuss some summer plans, maybe a Character Convocation or two. Which will certainly be the subject of the next such Postcard.
I don't know who to tell this so I'm telling ace/qpr positivity blogs: starting today, my crush and I are officially in a qpr! My mom has already requested my qpp to visit her just like she's done to all of my siblings' partners sooner or later. I love how normal this is even though we're queer and trans.
Hi, @decaffeinated! This is so exciting! That's so awesome that you and your crush are in a queerplatonic relationship now. And also, how cool that your mom is responding so positively! It's so wonderful to hear about you building this qpr and having it respected by important people in your life!!
Me gustaría ofrecerte una taza de café todas las mañanas, descafeinado claro, o regular para los días que seamos más valientes.
Te ofrecería una taza de café todas las mañanas y todo lo demás, una charla antes de comenzar nuestro día, un buenos días, el aroma de un desayuno recién hecho, un te amo, lo haces excelente.
Me ha gustado mucho encontrarme contigo en esta vida, que no me iría nunca.
After all that, I decided to take a bit more advantage of this beautiful day and break my fast with a protein filter decaff.
I've decided to stick with the option of having a mix of the generic decaff coffee and the alternatives I talked about earlier.
That at least cuts the cost and that small, (and totally reasonable) amount of remaining caffeine intake. I don't need to push so hard with my "all or nothing" mindset!
Keep having to remind myself of these things. It's just part of me, but I can choose to ignore it.
the grounds before brewing, the coffee once it’s brewed 😷
i miss good coffee man :<<< i used to look forward to it :<<< now i drink it just to have smth warm for my throat in the mornings :<<< i’ll have no voice otherwise :<<< (allergies i think?)