Comments on: Read “Starbucked”

By: Clyde S.

Clyde S. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:49:12 +0000

Love it. It’s against my religion to turn down good coffee.

By: Dale Sadler

Dale Sadler — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:28:27 +0000

We have a local shop here in White House called Casablanca. It’s better than Starbucks because the coffee they use is in a purer form. You get more coffee with less caffeine. That doesn’t sound good, but think of it this way. I’d rather have a smaller pizza that was richer in flavor than a large pizza that tasted like cardboard.

Here’s a link if you’re ever in the area.
http://apps.facebook.com/my-restaurants/restaurants/view/174286

By: Dale Sadler

Dale Sadler — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:25:09 +0000

In the early days of coffee, pubs and other alcoholic drinking spots were already big in Europe, but when coffee was introduced, a new enjoyment was born. Instead of drinking to dull the mind, people went to a place to get something that sharpened the mind. However, according to Brent, it is also a long, slow death. Well, I’m enjoying the ride. I understand Brent’s warnings and wonder if I should quit. My dad has heart trouble and caffeine is somewhat to blame but he drank a pot everyday. I have enjoyably drank the same amount/strength of coffee with my wife every morning for the last two years. I also drink decaf green tea at night which has its own pleasantries as well as health benefits.

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:27:52 +0000

I guess the author should do some more research the adverse effects for caffeine are well documented.

“Tolerance refers to the body’s “getting used” to a drug with its repeated taking. It is difficult to study the tolerance of human subjects to the various effects of caffeine because nearly everyone in our society uses caffeine regularly in one form or another. Careful research has suggested that tolerance develops to most of caffeine’s effects – meaning that, with experience of the drug, the same dose produces a reduced effect, or a larger dose is required to produce the same level of effect.”

Long Term Effects

If I were you I would quit drinking coffee. If Charity wants to have a drink with you, drink Decaf Green Tea like me.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:54:40 +0000

Brent, in the book the author deals with some of these issues, but ultimately concludes that there is no permenant damage to humans, though caffine really does mess with rats.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:06:04 +0000

Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive drug used in North America. Other psychoactive drugs include alcohol, cocaine, LSD, and cannabis.(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffine "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thc" target="blank" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoactive (1)^ Neuroscience of Psychoactive Substance Use and Dependence by the WHO(World Health Organization). Retrieved on July 5, 2007.