I have never been able to taste coke

[bhavv]

Water is crap and I need caffeine.

 

[Leoreth]

I recommend Mate. Or ice tea.

 

[Silurian]

You are 60% water by weight.

Caffeine will dehydrate you so not very good for hydration.

 

[bhavv]

They don't serve ice tea. Only hot tea.

I demand that cold caffeinated drinks also be free if hot ones are!

Its unfair to people who cant drink hot drinks without feeling ignited throughout their body.

Stupid staff cafe with only free hot drink machines, while cold ones must be paid for.

 

[Silurian]

You could always let the free coffee cool down.

 

[bhavv]

Ain't nobody got time for that.

 

[Akka]

You could always let the free coffee cool down.

Cold coffee is disgusting

(though TBH, coffee from USA is disgusting too, so it's not like it would change anything)

 

[Grisu]

You are 60% water by weight.

Caffeine will dehydrate you so not very good for hydration.

I think the dehydration part is a myth, or at least disputed.

 

[Farm Boy]

(though TBH, coffee from USA is disgusting too, so it's not like it would change anything)

The chains usually are. Starbucks and Caribou are yuck. Dunkin' Doughnuts is tolerable. Either way, the coffee difference here is like the beer difference if I'm not mistaken. It's different because we drink it differently. It replaces water for periods of time, is drank during distraction rather than focusing on the consumption, so stronger caffination from less liquid or more complex flavors are counterproductive. Personally, I like hot Folgers. Bonus points if it's in a thermos so I can sip at it while driving. Still good once it's gone cold. Just not quite as good especially during winter.

 

[PhroX]

I think the dehydration part is a myth, or at least disputed.

IIRC, while coffee does have somewhat of a dehydration effect through being a mild diuretic, it's more than outweighed by the water present in the coffee, so you still get a net positive amount of fluid into your system, though just not quite as much as you would drinking water. Likewise beer is fine - you have to get up to stuff like neat vodka before alcohol will have a net negative effect on your body's fluids, and if you're drinking neat vodka to quench thirst, you probably have bigger problems.

 

[warpus]

Maybe you're snorting it wrong

After I gave up pop and coffee I turned to caffeine pills. They can sort of work to give you that caffeine kick without needing to drink anything to get it.. but it is concentrated caffeine, so it hits you all at once rather than gradually waking you up. So watch out.

 

[bhavv]

I keep forgetting to ask if I can get caffeine pills on the NHS.

 

[Silurian]

Regarding alcohol and dehydration you have to consider that alcohol and water are processed by the body at different rates. Once you have drunk one or two pints of beer most people will then have to start going to the toilet regularly so that the amount of water in the body does not increase. As a rough rule of thumb people can only get rid of the alcohol from about half a pint of 4% abv beer an hour, this is why you get drunk if you carry on drinking as more and more alcohol is left in your body. So at the end of a night after a few beers you will have little water from the beer in your system and but still have most of the alcohol.

 

[bhavv]

This thread isn't about alcohol, but rather cold caffeinated beverages.

 

[Zack]

Water is crap and I need caffeine.

Try the other kind of coke. It should keep you awake.

 

[Silurian]

You can get caffeinated beer.

 

[warpus]

I keep forgetting to ask if I can get caffeine pills on the NHS.

They're cheap, at least here in Canada. $10 for a bunch of pills that will last you for months if you take 1 a day. 1 pill is equivalent to 1.5 strong coffees. Or so, I think. Either way, a lot cheaper than coke or coffee.

 

[Silurian]

I keep forgetting to ask if I can get caffeine pills on the NHS.

If had a condition that could be treated with caffeine pills it would be cheaper to buy them from the chemist yourself rather than get a perscription and pay the £8.20 NHS perscription charge.

Boots the chemist are selling them for £3.65 for 48.

 

[sophie]

I don't like hot drinks though, so when I'm in the cafe at work, its some form of soda to rehydrate.

soda dehydrates you. In addition to being terrible for your teeth and weight and whatnot.

 

[madviking]

soda dehydrates you. In addition to being terrible for your teeth and weight and whatnot.

and enamel