Things that make you want to get up in the morning

[featherynscale]

Two short notes:

Altoids now makes Ginger candies. They're utterly fabulous. I've eaten like 50 of them since I got to work this morning.

I can now apparently drink coffee again. For the last two or three years, drinking coffee has resulted in almost immediate vomiting, which is no fun for anyone, and is especially no fun when it's an experience attached to one of your favorite things. Prior to that time, I could drink coffee with impunity, and there was no key event associated with coffee that I recall that happened when my switch from coffee consumer to coffee spewer occurred. Then, suddenly, yesterday, my friend was brewing a pot of Texas Turtle coffee (chocolate and caramel flavored) and brought me a cup. I sipped it, had no immediate reaction, and felt emboldened to drink about half the cup. I felt a bit nauseous, but overall, not so bad. I think I'll repeat the experiment later, just in case, but I think whatever it was has passed.

Comments

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

My theory is that coffee, especially industrial coffee like the free stuff at work, has certain toxins that build up in our system. Some people metabolize them better than others. Gourmet coffee seems to have much less of these nasty chemicals, and thus can be tolerated longer. At some point our body will have enough of these toxins, and it will purge all new additions.

As our bodies recover from the toxification, we can drink coffee again, just as we can drink Blue Hawaiis again after our body has had 2-5 years to 'forget' that one wild night. But we will forever after have a much lower tolerance for the toxins. Much like someone who has HAD frostbite is much more succeptable to it a second time.

This is just my theory, based on my own experiences. Some day, the medical profession will come up with their research on the subject and although contested, it will not be a surprise to many.