Morgen Latte.
I have a strange relationship with coffee, and a terrible relationship with caffeine.
Basically, if I get too much caffeine in my system, I cannot sleep.
Unfortunately for me, “too much caffeine” is defined as “more than one cup of coffee”, or, even worse, “coffee after 11:00 in the morning”.
Given my issue with coffee, I don’t actually keep any in stock at home – instead I treat it a little bit like a drug and I purchase no more than one cup of coffee a day, on my way to work.
I am, usually, one of the first customers of the day at one of the plethora of Einstein Kaffee shops located in Berlin Mitte. Depending which bus I catch, I either wait about 8 minutes for the shop to open, or I show up 2 minutes after the shop opens.
The nice thing is that I don’t even have to say what I want – the staff remembers: Grosse Latte, mit Lactose-frei Milch, zum Mitnehmen.
3.20€, a stamp on my bonus card, and I’m on my way.
Except this week – I decided along the way that I needed to take a caffeine break and spend a week drinking only caffeine-free drinks, which practically means drinking water at work and making (caffeine free) tea at home.
Monday, I’ll admit was rough – I was tired at 10:30 in the morning. Tuesday I was tired at 11:30. Wednesday I was never tired, and today has been great.
Three more mornings to go…
Good luck! You’re a braver soul than I!!!
I remember once, I was in Chicago, late, and all the pubs and nightclubs were closed – there was nowhere to get a drop of alcohol anywhere – and the only place open was a coffee shop. We were already dehydrated after all the alcohol we drank so I had about six buckets of coffee in this coffee shop until they threw us out. Went home, slept like a log. Felt fantastic the next day. I can’t explain it, but perhaps you’re not drinking enough coffee. Or enough alcohol.
Adam, rejoice!
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/05/16/Coffee-Addicts-Rejoice-Its-Good-for-You.aspx
I don’t know if that was intentional or if you even knew, but I feel the need to point out that “Morgenlatte” translates, quite literally, to “morning wood”. 😉
mateo – I made it!
IrishBerliner – I wish I could do it, but caffeine has a devastating effect on me.
AnkiH – I’m back at the coffee in the morning…
Mo – It was intentional… 🙂