Glorious Coffee.

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How much of this sweet nectar do you drink a day?

I think coffee and video game production pretty much go hand in hand. I usually drink a modest 6cups - according to the coffee maker - or 3 actual cups.

[adam]

I have at least 2 Medium Mild coffee's from Blendz. With the odd energy drink mixed in there depending on the night before.

<3 me some coffee.

[glib]

When I first got into this industry I was terrible: ~ 6 mugs a day.

Now I have an espresso in the mornings when I don't go to the gym (so maybe 3/7 days a week), and sometimes a coffee late afternoon if it's going to be a late night and I'm fading (maybe once a week).

I feel much better. But I do love sipping those espressos in the morning when I can.

[TheMadArtist]

Normally only a cup, black, for me a morning. The office coffee is made super strong..

[aesir]

5 or 6 cups

2 or 3 actual mugs.


It's a definite addiction. I'm gonna wean myself off of it eventually.

[JasonLavoie]

I don't think I will ever drink coffee... so for those (like myself) wtf can we do to last those late nights without this "sweet nectar" as you call it?

AND NO ENERGY DRINKS!

[Jeremy Lindstrom]

for some reason I can't stand the taste of coffee too bitter, all though I am addicted to chai latte's...

[mat]

dont feel right without starting the day off with a 4 shot latte from JJBean.
mmmmmm coffees

[Justin Meisse]

I drink a ridiculous amount of office doo-doo coffee.

[bearkub]

Jason: If you don't like coffee, try black tea.

[MikeF]

I don't think I will ever drink coffee... so for those (like myself) wtf can we do to last those late nights without this "sweet nectar" as you call it?

AND NO ENERGY DRINKS!

Simple man, meth!

[Joseph Silverman]

I don't think I will ever drink coffee... so for those (like myself) wtf can we do to last those late nights without this "sweet nectar" as you call it?

AND NO ENERGY DRINKS!

Any tea. You may have to drink a lot to get the equivalent amount of caffine, but it's a great alternative.

[Gav]

Usually, 1 "venti" Americano every morning. Throughout the day, usually 1 or 2 other mugs of coffee. I used to be really bad, years ago, topping off at around 8 - 10 a day. I've actually gotten to the point where, if I don't have "any" coffee, I'll probably get sick.

[danshewan]

I usually get through four large mugs a day (black, quarter-teaspoon of sugar), and I literally just bought a thermos so I can carry some with me at all times. I can stop anytime I want, though.

Don't usually bother with energy drinks, though - the highs and crashes seem more extreme than with even strong coffees. Though I did hear a commercial recently for this flavorless caffeine additive you can add to any drink called Fein (not available in stores), but I can't seem to find any information on it at all. Maybe the FDA decided it was too dangerous.

[Joshua Stubbles]

2-3 a day to be alert and productive. Kicking into overdrive is 5-6 cups for me. I've had as many as 20 cups in a day, though that's also with half-caffeinated coffee beans.

I'd be pretty miserable without that wonderful beverage.

I do enjoy tea, but it's often got to be sweetened too much to be enjoyable (imo) and I just flat out prefer the taste of coffee over it, anyways..

[rooster]

tea, milk no sugar ta very much; just as God intended it

[MikeF]

havnt any of you developed any serious stomach problems with downing this much coffee?
I used to have 2-3 a day when i was going through college but rite around the end of my final year i developed an ulcer and had to really cut it back. Nowadays i'l have maybe 2 or 3 cups a week at most or else i start to feel like shit. I find more than anything a good diet and light exercise gives me more stable and constant energy throughout the day

[Gav]

Yeah, I started getting pains a few years ago. Back then though, I was drinking lots of sugar and since then have pretty much just been drinking it black. Seems to have helped me at least :)

[Vailias]

I've gotten a lot better. I'm down to usually 1/2 to a full 16oz rockstar per day (eq to about 2-4 shots of espresso or so). Though some days I'll get a venti starbucks iced doubleshot (6 shots of espresso over ice with choice of milky product over it) in addition to the regular.

My highest amount I think was something along the lines of 2g of caffeine over the course of a day via beverages. 2 or 3 24oz rockstars and a few starbucks things.

One shell station near a place I worked had "wild buzz" energy drink in the soda fountain. :) That was great. effectively a 44 or 60oz redbull for under $2. Didn't last long though.

[GCMP]

tea, milk no sugar ta very much; just as God intended it

Right on :)

[James Edwards]

1 mug of the office swill first thing in the morning and usually in the afternoon around 3pm a few of us will make a coffee run to one of the local shops for the good stuff. I drink it black, no sugar, the way the gods intended. I miss my Tim Hortons something fierce. =\

[Rens]

mostly 4 big mugz,

and twice a week or so i go out for real fresh coffee, and get like this big soupbowl of coffee,
think its like 0.4 liter or so XD

[Mark Dygert]

I don't think I will ever drink coffee... so for those (like myself) wtf can we do to last those late nights without this "sweet nectar" as you call it?

AND NO ENERGY DRINKS!
Well... you could always crush up some No Doz (caffeine tablets) and put the powder in whatever drink you want.

And yea I loves me the Joe... If I can see through it you're not brewing it right. If its too bitter then you're drinking the wrong stuff, just like beer.

[rolfness]

tea, milk no sugar ta very much; just as God intended it

LOL

the chinese and indians dont put milk it in..

[slipsius]

I dont drink coffee. I find plain old water helps keep me awake.

[glynnsmith]

I can only cope with one coffee with my breakfast. Anything more than that and I lose my concentration and start bouncing off the walls.

I drink tea for most of the day.

[Zack Fowler]

One "grande" latte every morning. I'm a shameless Starbucks addict. The folks behind the counter where I go are pretty awesome as well so it's nice to say hello every morning and occasionally shoot the breeze about upcoming game releases.

[rooster]

LOL

the chinese and indians dont put milk it in..

that's OK, I am neither Chinese nor Indian
edit: aha! or do you in fact mean that God is

[StJoris]

I think about 5/6 cups a day, not so big cups tho. Usually one with getting up, after lunch and after dinner, I think also @ 11 and 4, makes sense, tho I'm not sure how much I keep to that rythm.

I can't stand sugar in my coffee though, milk is okay, but sugar just ruins the bittery edgyness.

[JasonLavoie]

I dont drink coffee. I find plain old water helps keep me awake.

Me to stefan... also knowing that you are downstairs keeps me... up... as well!!!

OMGZ GAY SAUCE!

[Dado Almeida]

Daily, every morning, and true brazilians (at least here in São Paulo) likes to drink in that combination/setup:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E5Atfd2_CiE/SmZeN0UicXI/AAAAAAAADE8/h5B7u60iEok/s400/pingado.JPG
Pingado: Coffe+Milk - Bread and Butter

[Rens]

irishcoffee <3

[HellMark]

If you guys want some powerful coffee get 'ca phe sua da' which is Vietnamese coffee. Super concentrated caffeine and tastes great. Try to get it from a Vietnamese place though cause Americanized versions are usually weak.

I don't even really drink coffee but this stuff gets me. It should be the official drink of crunch. One cup of this and you could go a month. :)

[MoP]

I have one small fresh ground coffee in the morning (from the machine at work) with a little hot milk in it.

Sometimes one in the afternoon too depending how I'm feeling. I used to get lattes from Starbucks until I realised that I'd save £10 per week if I just made it at work... works out about £500 per year, serious money!

Also the Starbucks latte has way more calories than the stuff I make, so it's better for me as well as saving money...

[Japhir]

I stick with hot chocolate :). yummie

[Ruz]

coffee calms me down, I am pretty hyper anyway:)
drink about 6 to 8 cups of tea or coffee a day

[TheBat]

I only drink tea when i am ill, and try to drink up to 2 cups a day, usually this turns out to be 6 cups or so. It used to be less when the coffee machine in the office was bad. Now it has fresh beans, so this makes it harder to resist.

[CheeseOnToast]

havnt any of you developed any serious stomach problems with downing this much coffee?
I used to have 2-3 a day when i was going through college but rite around the end of my final year i developed an ulcer and had to really cut it back.

Ulcers aren't caused by things like this, although we used to think so. It's a bacteria that does it. Some mad Aussie guy won the Nobel prize after drinking a big old flask of the little bastards, then curing himself with antibiotics.

Anyhoo, I had a wierd cup the other day. The beans have passed through a cat-like thingy called a "civet" I think,In other words, cat-shit coffee. Wasn't worth the seven quid price tag, I have to say....

[sir-knight]

almost none... latte's I can drink a grande from starbucks with no problems... a tall americano or mild, I'll forget about and only get about halfway into it. And of those I'll have maybe... 3 a week... tops.

[JohnnySix]

An AMT Maya in the morning if I'm feeling flush, otherwise the ground coffee at work isn't bad, just black straight out the machine. Maybe need to cut down though, I drink enough some days to make my eyelids twich. :poly121:

[MikeF]

Ulcers aren't caused by things like this, although we used to think so. It's a bacteria that does it. Some mad Aussie guy won the Nobel prize after drinking a big old flask of the little bastards, then curing himself with antibiotics.


Yeah, thats why its not a huge problem anymore, nor was it the cause, but oily beans and that kinda jazz defenintely did not help when i was really feeling it, and when i did get better i just started feeling better by cutting back. I stick to loose leaf tea nowadays for the most part, but man, dig those beans still

[danshewan]

Anyhoo, I had a wierd cup the other day. The beans have passed through a cat-like thingy called a "civet" I think,In other words, cat-shit coffee. Wasn't worth the seven quid price tag, I have to say....

I love coffee - I'm hardly a connoisseur or anything - but I only heard about this the other day. I don't care if the coffee beans pass through this beast undigested - there's no fucking way I'm drinking coffee that's been shit by anything.

I wouldn't drink coffee made from beans picked out of fucking unicorn crap.

[Ferg]

I get a 20oz coffee on my way to work, with 4 shots of espresso dumped in it for a little extra oomph, and a splash of cream to cut it a little

[ENODMI]

Bah! Caffeine is amazing, but only for a day...it seems to wear me out really fast. I tend to over exert myself trying to walk on water, then after 12 straight badass hours my humanity finally hits me. The collapse is something terrible, and I tend to be burned out the following day. No amount of coffee seems to bring back either. Sad.

[Ark]

Mostly drink Tea, goes well with crumpets :D.

[ENODMI]

Mostly drink Tea, goes well with crumpets :D.

Mmmm, strumpets.

[rolfness]

that's OK, I am neither Chinese nor Indian
edit: aha! or do you in fact mean that God is

god indeed is a chinaman

[Frump]

1-3 cups in the morning. If I am awake in the morning, and at work somewhere where it is already brewed. I don't have a huge need for caffeine and feel weird drinking coffee later in the day or at night.

Most of the time I wake up in the afternoon and have no trouble staying awake anyway...

[Nick Carver]

I do like coffee, but I try to limit how much I drink as I don't think my digestive system appreciates it in large doses. I prefer a good ol' mug of tea and a Hobnob or two, if you're offering. I've smuggled a box of Twinings English Breakfast into the US and I intend to continue to drink it religiously at 11 and 3 just as I did back in Blighty.

/salutes cosy-covered teapot.

[CheeseOnToast]

Careful Nick, there were 2 tea cosy related deaths last year, apparently...

[rooster]

ra! raa raa ra

[brandoom]

I get a 20oz coffee on my way to work, with 4 shots of espresso dumped in it for a little extra oomph, and a splash of cream to cut it a little

lol.. just a little extra oomph? Sound like a drink that would keep me awake for a week.

[rooster]

Alchohol's a nice depressant, just start the day with caffiene, end it with alchohol!

[Irreal]

Tim Horton's Extra-Large Double-Double on my way to work. Only try to do 2-3 of these a week.

I piss diet-coke though.

[brandoom]

Tim Horton's Extra-Large Double-Double on my way to work. Only try to do 2-3 of these a week.

I piss diet-coke though.

These were an everyday purchase for me this past year at school; sometimes even two a day.

[slipsius]

well, having a tim hortans 30 feet from your class room makes that easy brandon

[00Zero]

i think coffee tastes like crap. and the stuff at starbucks which i dont think really passes as "coffee" is so sweet it puts me to sleep.

[mLichy]

I usually can't drink regular coffee as well, unless I add alot of milk/cream/chocolate. I do really enjoy the white moca at starbucks though.

If I do have coffee its only 1 per day usually, 20oz probably. But anything more and I get jittery. I also try to limit it to 1-2 sodas or less a day. But I make sure to drink like 3-4 glasses of water a day too.

[Jackablade]

I've heard rumours that the coffee situation is rather dire in the US. Is it really true that Starbucks is considered a good place to stock up on hot caffienated beverages over there?

[bugo]

right, exactly, ok, I am addicted, too much pressure! :)
about 2 cups in the morning, 4 cups in the afternoon, depending on the night 1.
But here's one thing, im from Brazil, and the coffee in US is extremely BAD! and damn expensive...
Please, if you guys know some brands i could buy that are not so expensive... I would accept some tips. I only drink regular, it has to be strong, no tea coffee...

[Justin Meisse]

I've heard rumours that the coffee situation is rather dire in the US. Is it really true that Starbucks is considered a good place to stock up on hot caffienated beverages over there?

I've heard it's a good place to get milkshakes that they dunk a coffee bean in or a cup of burnt shit with whipped cream on top.

[low odor]

cup o' joe, oh how I love yo


I have to echo the Brazillians in this thread. Brazil has bomb-ass coffee. I had a friend bring back a couple of tons of the stuff when I was in school- we both cried the day the last drop was brewed and we had to go back to drinking the dirt water swill that passes for coffee here in the states.

I like my dirt water though..been drinking lighter breakfast blends lately..easier on the stomach

[Muzz]

starbucks over here seems to make decent coffee |:

[Nelis]

i drink until time seems to slow down like some sort of matrix effect, which ends up making my workday feel alot longer... i should stop.

[3DLee]

I usually start out my day at work with a nice travel mug of coffee (just Folgers, nothing special) with milk, a little creamer, and a little brown sugar. That lasts me until right around 4-5pm, when I grab a few sips of Amp or Mt. Dew just to last me the rest of the night.

Last semester though, when I was working 40 hours while taking 4 classes, I LIVED off of coffee and energy drinks. That was a twitchy few months.

[Zack Fowler]

I an unfazed, Starbucks haters! I mean, sure, between the syrup and whipped cream it may bear more resemblance to hot chocolate than a cup of joe. But there's nothing wrong with liking your sugar with coffee and cream, because I got to keep it going keep it going full steam.

[MALicivs]

for some reason I can't stand the taste of coffee too bitter, all though I am addicted to chai latte's...

you know there's this crazy invention called sugar. :P