I arrived at work with a throbbing need-caffeine headache, despite the obnoxiously large travel mug of coffee in my hand. What is that all about? Then I realized. My brain must have heard the rumor that due to circumstanced beyond our control (Meet the Teacher night at school), I'll be foregoing the usual Tuesday night Starbucks/knitting fix upon which brain and I have become so dependent. It is truly sad that my brain has come to anticipate caffeine shortages and respond accordingly.
I conclude that Starbucks coffee is ten times more habit forming than crack. It has to be. I've been drinking coffee my entire adult life and have never felt dependent on it the way I do on this stuff. It's over-roasted and poorly brewed, but throw in some sugar and I keep going back. Why? I don't know!
Of course, this obviously means it's time to shrug off the Starbucks monkey. Time to renew my commitment to living a healthy lifestyle that does not accomodate an addiction to creamy, frothy, caffeinated beverages, iced or otherwise. I deserve the right to freely choose whether to indulge in a grande mint mocha chip Frappuccino – not because of a chemical urging, but because I feel like it.
Unfortunately right now I really, really feel like it.
I love you, little monkey. Come here and let mama scritch behind your ears.
2 comments:
That's not sugar! Let's just say that Iggy Pop and Dee Dee Ramone would be mainlining that stuff.
little monkey...let mama scritch behind your ears
THAT CRACKS ME UP!!! U so funny!
And here I was thinking that Tuesday nights at Starbucks was all about your love for the Stitch Klatch and knitting and female bonding and such. But, NO, you're just another stinkin' little caffeine monkey addict. As a member of the Klatch, I feel so cheap and dirty now.
But seriously, you're dealing with a pretty strong "drug." Starbucks has mastered making the most potent yet yummy of all delivery systems. Check out this excerpt from an online article (url to full article follows).
Starbucks must be banking on the theory that the people who buy its coffee don't just need coffee, they need Starbucks coffee, which packs a higher caffeine punch than many competitors. The Wall Street Journal earlier this year sent samples of coffee from Starbucks, 7-Eleven, and Dunkin' Donuts to Central Analytical Laboratories. The lab reported that a 16-ounce Starbucks house blend coffee contained 223 milligrams of caffeine, compared with 174 and 141 milligrams in comparable amounts of Dunkin' Donuts and 7-Eleven coffee, respectively. According to the Journal, the average Starbucks coffee drink contains 320 milligrams of caffeine. (This chart from the Center for Science in the Public Interest shows different measurement levels, including the scary finding that a 16-ounce Starbucks grande has nearly three times as much caffeine as a No-Doz.)
http://slate.msn.com/id/2107807/#ContinueArticle
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