Coffee
 

I've never drunk coffee, but whenever I eat a lot of chocolate that happens to me too. My heart starts beating really fast and it gets kind of uncomfortable if I really ate too much (a bar at once)...I get sleepy when I eat chocolate somehow also.

I'm an introvert.

Probably xD. Since it's chocolate it might be sugar and blood sugar levels causes it or something along those lines.

That happens to me in general with caffeine, even with my black tea lol XD
There's even some asprin my mom used to give me (Generic brand equate) that holds some caffeine in them D: DX
And when I drink, I usualy turn into "Mom-Friend" and take care of anyone, make them food, carry them to the bathroom, am super friendly and affectionate, so on so forth lol XD

Extrovert behind the screen, introvert on the scene ;D
I'm the kinda person that sits in the corner and watches people alot, but I also do want to enjoy the company of people. Alas I cannot stand talking to or dealing with them in general and over a short period of time find myself usually rather annoyed with peoples noisiness.

Hrm, I guess I'm also kind of extroverted then..?
I really love being around people and watching them, but get drained from actually having to talk to them ><

That it does. Thank goodness I'm finally free of retail work for the time being XD I much prefer retail to fast food guest services though D: I also was mostly able to get over my fear of phones via retail work.

Fear of phones? That's interesting because I don't have a phone of my own even though my mom wanted me to have one xD. I also hate having to pick up the home-phone whenever someone calls.

More a fear of talking on phones. It started when I was a kid, we still had a coiled cord phone XD
It's so stressful. I can never speak loud enough, people always talk over you, and you can never find a way to get out of a conversation without staring at your phone while it rings or just running away to a different room so you aren't "around" to deal with it >.>
My average phone convo is 1:25 XD
People who actually try to talk to me though drag it out to 17 to 23 minutes .-. I don't agree with that, they've all done it as long as I have known them lol .-. You can only say ok and yeah so many times before just setting the phone down and staring at it .-.

Oh dear :/
While I don't fear phones, I dislike it partly because I never seem to hear people correctly--their voice just sounds static-y or weird.
I don't speak on the phone enough to experience being stuck on it, but I do listen to people at home having hour long conversations in the kitchen and the bathroom x'D

Haha, I more or less speak right onto the phone if I really have to talk to someone.

Since there's only one bathroom at home, sometimes I'll see the person talking move from the bathroom to the kitchen and back when other people need to use either the bathroom or the kitchen.

I don't think I agree with the suggestion that introverts don't handle stimulants well. (Though I do handle alcohol just fine; my tolerance is ridiculously high.) I'm pretty heavily introverted, but caffeine is LIFE. WIth stimulants in my system I think more clearly and have a better tolerance for things the world throws at me. (I am a little more sensitive to annoying sounds, though.)

I don't know what I am.

Tbh I am like a flower some days. Give me enough sunshine and I can be hyper and bouncy and all around happy.

I don't drink coffee, and I don't drink alcohol. The smell of coffee really makes me sick in the morning. I usually try to stay away from the office because my coworkers are addicted to it like it is another component of their blood.

I have been drinking V8 energy drinks and the effect varies. I used to be able to feel the boost and notice a difference when I had to work early shifts. Around my lunch time at 7 am it would help me get through the rest of the day. Now not so much. For the most part I drink tea. Its mostly to calm my nerves and get myself back to focusing on something instead of being stressed out about life. I don't know if that makes me an introvert or extrovert since that is the trait I tend to flip flop on when taking personality test XD.

I don't know if I'd necessarily say it makes me feel "energized" but it works just fine for keeping me awake and combating fatigue.

Good-quality coffee avoids a lot of the side effects. Cheap coffee will make you poo. Good coffee in moderation won't.

McDonald's coffee makes me poo almost invariably, even after they switched to allegedly-better coffee than the even cheaper junk they used to sell. And I think there might be a qualitative difference between drip coffee and espresso-based drinks, because even in making my own coffee I've had different results between the two. It might also have something to do with how long the coffee is allowed to stand before being served. I can't say for sure but there seems to be a correlation.

I'm very introverted, but if you were to cut me, I'd bleed caffinated liquid. I'm also prone to migraines, and the caffeine helps alleviate that. I don't drink very often, but with hard liquor, it doesn't leave me hungover. Wine and beer do, though.

I actually normally never drink anything flavored. Actually, I normally never drink anything except water when I feel thirsty--or when I feel obligated to because I need it to live. The idea of drinking hot coffee, cold coffee, hot chocolate, or cold chocolate seems kind of foreign to me x'D

That's because hangovers are based on dehydration, and wine and beer are weaker. You can drink those instead of drinking non-alcoholic drinks and not feel thirsty. Hard liquor doesn't feel like you're drinking liquids, so you're also drinking something else with it.

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IMO, drip > perc.

If you want to order iced coffee from Starbucks, order an iced Americano instead of iced coffee. The former is brewed on the spot and poured over ice while the latter comes out of a premixed box in the refrigerator. Though do note that it will come black by default (unlike an iced coffee which you CAN'T order unsweetened or without milk) and you'll need to say "with cream and sugar" or however you like it.

@.@ oh man, I am so glad I am a tea drinker.

And I think its hard to gauge if being around people makes me excited or not. I work in customer service. You do it in high volume long enough it makes even the most energetic person tired.

And sadly I can't really figure out how to order at starbucks. I think my coworker once told me I may like a frappcino? Or an expressio.

As for McDonalds in general, idk how you eat there. At all ._. I've heard stories.

Actually I rather like most of the menu at McDonald's. It's obviously a guilty pleasure because it's not good for you at all, and their regular hamburgers are kinda bland, but aside from that and the coffee it's not bad.

As for ordering at Starbucks... They just made up fancy names for their sizes. Relative to common soft drink sizes, "tall" is very small (12oz), "grande" is small (16oz), "venti" is medium (20-24oz depending on the drink), and "trenta" is large (30oz).

Frappuccinos are definitely things you can feel safe ordering in terms of flavor, because it's BASICALLY like a milkshake. They're also ridiculously loaded with sugar and will ruin your diet. >.>;

Straight espresso is NOT something you want to order if you don't know what you like. It's worth trying, because you MIGHT like it, but it's VERY strong -- it's served in shots, not cups. So don't order espresso unless you're willing to take a gamble on whether or not you like it. (Me, I like it, but Starbucks charges way too much for the straight shots; something you can add to a drink for $0.60 costs twice that if you want to order it straight?)

Cafe Americano is espresso plus hot water. It's roughly the strength of normal brewed coffee, but it's got a different flavor. It's a little sweeter and a little bolder. You can also order it iced, which is basically the espresso poured over ice cubes so that they melt into a cold drink.

Cappuccino is a bittersweet drink. It's espresso plus steamed milk and frothed milk.

Cafe Latte is espresso plus steamed milk. The flavor is similar to but milder than cappuccino. It's considered a good starter drink if you don't know what to order.

Cafe Mocha is a latte with dark chocolate added to it. It's one of the sweetest traditional espresso drinks, and it's also a good starter drink.

A flat white is similar to a cappuccino, except the espresso is made differently and the proportions are different. It's sweeter and richer than cappuccino, but not overly sweet. It's one of my favorite drinks. It's... also rather expensive. The way I order it (venti, with mocha syrup) rings up at over $6.

But basically, yeah, if you don't know what you want to order, a mocha is pretty safe, or a latte if you want something less sweet.

Some Frappuccinos have coffee. Some don't. They used to be listed separately on the menu but it seems that most of their menu isn't actually posted up on the wall anymore. Kinda annoying when I feel like trying something different. ^^() At least the mobile app has a more comprehensive (but still not complete -- you can order stuff in person that isn't listed) menu.

(It's not so much a "secret menu" thing as it is that the baristas know how to make a LOT of stuff and it just gets rung up as a variant of the items that are on the menu.)

Me, I want to try a cafe Cubano next time. You add raw/demerara/turbinado/brown sugar to the coffee grounds in the espresso machine. That said, I don't know if Starbucks will actually DO that because I'm not certain their espresso machine will let them.

And thinking about it, I remember a couple more drinks I forgot to mention; they're not on the menu, but I'm reasonably certain they can make a cortado, which is an espresso mixed with steamed milk to make it less acidic. (It's basically a cappuccino minus the foam.) There's also the cafe macchiato, which is the same thing but with less milk.

It makes something of a sliding scale of darkness:

Espresso/Americano > Macchiato > Cortado > Cappuccino > Latte

Then you've got the flat white and the latte macchiato (a Starbucks invention, but it's foamed milk and espresso) that don't quite fit in the scale directly because they're prepared differently (basically, both are thicker and creamier, and the flat white is sweeter without needing to add sugar), but they're both roughly in the middle of the scale.