Coffee and Caffeine FAQ

I drink coffee. At home at cafes at bars etcc. I drink from 2 -5 cups per day. But lets talk ounces because cups vary. A 24 oz is really @ 4 cups according to the 6oz defacto; meaning stopping shy of the top of an 8oz cup. Nobody would pay >$1 for that! but a refill too, sure.
4 cups- even better- for just $2.45- gee that's only 62 cents a cup, what's not to like.

Boy we are not economists or stewards of our health.

I probably consume between 24-40 oz daily and suffer being a junky that's hyper and talkative as hell. If coffee varies from 50-200 mcg caffeine per 6oz cup than I am good for at least (200-800)to(325-1250mcg)caffeine daily. I like a stronger cup and it probably may be @800mcg daily. It is easy to dilute and impossible to reconstitute so making it stronger means that it can always have water added per individual.

But the real secret is staying away from the PASTRY, CHOCOLATE & DAIRY that happens to accompany the LOWLY beverage.

Anyone hear about how good fat can be for oneself.
So I am an overweight, hyper...... get the picture.
However, I have made coffee my business direction and object of financial future. I attend trade shows, read, travel, and question/interrogate everyone on the subject.

No I am not going to Africa, Viet Nam, or jungles of S. America at this time nor do I intend to in 5 years (I'm >50). I do believe in reciprocating $$ to a 3rd world grower/farmhands IF I make real money. Tithing to Govt. Employees, Self, Lenders, than to them that I do not see, but just believe can use our help. I believe I can better direct my money than a large and intimidating FREE TRADE ORG; one that would rather picket me than help me. I would be more popular if I helped a dog, but that's not what I intend to do. I think teeth are more important- even if the parents don't have any. I think if a rich person doesn't care about theirs- than I don't have to either.

I think that some coffee related companies/cafes may deserve a call and at worst the pickets. But only if they are blatanly doing something bad - understand them & what their agenda is- Assumption is not fair for anyone. Perhaps they like to pay their employees >$7.50 per hour and do not themselves make much more. They may want to pay for: the rent on the building, equipment leased, business insurance against loss of income from protestors, or angry employees who want to steal or damage the place or sue for damages, workmans comp etc... You get my point.

I want to be the guy that walks the line and so I have made a real effort at understanding not only the brew but the world at large. The 1929 stock market crash has been attributed to the #1 largest traded commodity--- of coffee supply inventories and pricing. It is a drug. It is a beverage. It is a reason people use to see each other in public places.

If I invite a person or more to lunch- $20-35 at least if I say coffee; what's the worst damage $6-10. Now I can do 4 meetings a day and look like a big shot - Catching on. Works for first dates too.

I will talk at another time as life calls.

I only use 1.25 oz (Detecto $300 scale) of coffee per 60 oz of 200-207 deg hot water. Less heat wastes coffee and more coffee is WAY too strong. I challenge a french presser to not be happy. Filter absorbs about 8-10oz. But I keep the batch stirred/in solution.

If we drink 2x plain water for all the coffee we drink we are doing a greater service to ourselves physically & financially- Drink a sm-med cup and then dont buy a refill- Ask for water refill. It will save you maybe a weeks salary per year if you are a junkie.

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