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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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..
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
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
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.
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. =\
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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....
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.
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:
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
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.
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.
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...
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.
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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.
2 or 3 actual mugs.
It's a definite addiction. I'm gonna wean myself off of it eventually.
AND NO ENERGY DRINKS!
mmmmmm coffees
Simple man, meth!
Any tea. You may have to drink a lot to get the equivalent amount of caffine, but it's a great alternative.
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.
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..
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
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.
Right on
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
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.
LOL
the chinese and indians dont put milk it in..
I drink tea for most of the day.
that's OK, I am neither Chinese nor Indian
edit: aha! or do you in fact mean that God is
I can't stand sugar in my coffee though, milk is okay, but sugar just ruins the bittery edgyness.
Me to stefan... also knowing that you are downstairs keeps me... up... as well!!!
OMGZ GAY SAUCE!
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.
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...
drink about 6 to 8 cups of tea or coffee a day
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....
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
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.
Mmmm, strumpets.
god indeed is a chinaman
Most of the time I wake up in the afternoon and have no trouble staying awake anyway...
/salutes cosy-covered teapot.
lol.. just a little extra oomph? Sound like a drink that would keep me awake for a week.