Friday, July 22, 2005

Umm...You Might Want To Pacce Yourself.

I wonder how much your body can take. That is, how much coffee will the body allow before it says, "HOLD THE PHONE! STOP EVERYTHING!"

Example: There is this crazy guy Dennis who comes in to the shop ever day for his short (12 oz. for those who don't know how short short really is) house coffee. Now that seems fine but he come back at least two or three times in the few hours that I am there. So that means in just four hours he has consumed like, 36 to 48 oz. of coffee. Doesn't that seem a bit much. OH! And if that isn't enough, when he gets his card full of punches, he goes all out with a grande (20 oz.). This is some serious coffee addiction or something.

Anyways, just curious how much the body can handle?

19 comments:

Bryan said...

How do you pacce yourself? Is that even legal?

Anonymous said...

Careful Zachary. With a post like this you could jepordize your job. Telling people not to drink coffee... :)

Stacy said...

So on average how much coffee does everyone consume in one day? This goes for you Baristas as well...

Bryan said...

I drink about one 8 oz latte a day, on average. Some days I have more.

My record is 11 shots before 10 am, 13 on the day. That'll give you stomach ache, for sure.

Anonymous said...

Several cups a day. Black. Like a real man.

Zachary J. Miles said...

Well, surprisingly enough, I don't drink that much coffee a day. I have(as odd as this may seem) that now that I am a barista and make coffee for everyone else, I desire it less.

Although I must say that when I do drink it on a regular basis may suffer from withdrawls if I do not have my coffee.

Bryan said...

Good ol' stinky Dennis. I can't say that I miss him, but he does make for good conversation.

Zachary J. Miles said...

Yeah, I must say, he does put off a rather strong odor. And he mumbles a lot too.

Stacy said...

So what are you both saying that you mumble when you speak as well?Is that why you are able to carry on a conversation with him?

Rational Icthus said...

My joe of choice is a quad mocha with extra sugar in the form of vanilla syrup.

Quad venti vanilla mocha.

Since my scale started complaining I've gone to sugar free, but the four shots are a prerequisite to good coffee.

If I had the money, one in the morning and one at night. And I don't stink like Dennis does!

:)

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Stacy said...

Hey Rational Icthus...is there a reason why you posted that comment 3 times? Just curious....

I am glad you posted it twice though cause I wasn't too sure what you said the first couple of times = )

Rational Icthus said...

Not sure why that posted three times. Maybe it's my caffeinated hands going all Mighty Mouse on my leettle mouse button.

Stacy said...

So what's it gonna be...

Starbucks
Dutch Bros.
Mellelo's
Human Bean
Seatle's Best

Anonymous said...

TULLY'S!!!!!!!!!!! I pity the poor souls that live in southern Oregon and California who have never had the pleasure of drinking Tully's coffee!! Come visit me in Seattle and I will take you there. And much to my great delight, all of the little coffee shops at UW started serving exclusive Tully's coffee at the beginning of last school year. Ahhh, life is great =)

Rational Icthus said...

Mel's right.

Tully's rocks, if you want your average "good coffee." There is of course, the barista of baristas down at Pike's Market...

But that's not coffee, that's nirvana.

Mindy said...

The best chai I've ever had was in a little cafe in Tlaquepaque, Mexico. I can't drink coffee because two cups has me literally twitching and giggling. The downside is that one hour later I drop to the lowest levels of depression I've ever experienced. Coffee is the beverage of the underworld.

Stacy said...

I will also have to agree with Melina about Tully's. Many of the times I was up in Seattle, we went to Tully's and enjoyed their wonderful coffee.

But since I live in California, I settle for whatever I can get.

Java City's one of my top picks. Pretty good stuff.