Jonas
#1
What do you take with Coffee in the morning in front of a busy day?
For me: Coffee, with L-theanine (calm), Choline or Eggs (support) and 1mg Nicotine Gum (synergistic).
It last me 4 hours without a break with top performance.
What is your coffee routine? Please share with us!
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Beth
#2
Simple but my latte is the only reason I get out of bed!
Espresso with cup of frothed soy milk (100% soy).
I prefer my homemade almond milk, but have switched to soy for the extra protein.
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In my first cup of coffee
Taurine - 6 grams
Creatine - 5 grams
Inulin - 2 grams
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Alpha
#4
Cold brew
Heavy cream from grass fed cows
1 tsp Organic Ceylon cinnamon
Stevia
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Just straight up black drip coffee. I like Starbucks Sumatra offering and usually buy whole bean and grind it right before. Sometimes I drink a Ghost energy drink at the same time. Not saying thatās good, just being honest.
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Are those powders? Do they dissolve easily in coffee? Do they change the taste?
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Yes, they are powders that dissolve instantly.
The creatine and inulin have no taste. The taurine adds a slight bitterness.
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Fresh ground coffee, pour-over, a dash of almond milk, add cacao powder, inulin powder, and collagen peptides, and creatine. One large tablespoon of each powder (about 5 to 10 grams).
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No coffee unless I am lifting that AM. If I drink coffee, I drink it black (nothing added).
I think it is important to not need caffeine. In that case, using a little bit for performance enhancement and health is good. But if you need caffeine to make up for poor sleep or other issues then you have already lostā¦.and caffeine is a crutch that keeps you from fixing yourself.
Okayā¦.hit me. Tell me how wrong I am.
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Beth
#10
Is it poor form to swear at a stranger on the internet?
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LaraPo
#11
Fresh ground Kenya light roast, drip or pour over, black, with 1.5 g of D-Mannose to clear my bladder.
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I one time abstained from caffeine entirely for a month and then took about 450 mg right before a squat workout (what can I say? I was quite a bit younger when I did this). It definitely works to increase strength and performance, but not by enough that I consider abstaining from caffeine worth the sacrifice. I hear you with the ādonāt let it be a crutchā argument, but unless your intake is absurd, I personally donāt believe youāre leaving much on the table by maintaining a regular caffeine habit.
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Why cacao powder? For the taste? Or health benefits?
Beth
#14
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Could be. The question is do you need the caffeine to function normallyā¦if so then you are permanently using a crutch. If you only use it to feel better than normal, then ānot leaving much on the tableāā¦I agree. If you just like the taste, use decaf to see whether the caffeine is a crutch or an enhancer.
The problem with āenhancerā is that people develop a tolerance and need to keep upping the dose. So even in the case of ādonāt need it but want it for enhancementāā¦donāt use it everyday.
Or just do what you want. But this is low hanging fruit. We take experimental drugs with mysterious side effects to get hard to measure benefitsā¦but we wonāt give up a morning buzz? Hmmm.
I am fighting my own addiction. If I have 1 cup I am fine. But when 1 cup feels so good, I have a hard time resisting cup #2. Itās actually easier to just not have any except for special occasions.
Maybe thatās just me.
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I donāt know, I think itās mostly psychological for me. I do love the taste of coffee (hence why I drink it black) and always look forward to it in the morning. It really is the best part of the day for me. There have been some occasions when I donāt get to drink it for a couple hours after waking and I canāt say that Iāve felt ādullā or āoff,ā so I donāt really think Iām using it as a crutch. Maybe a little. Donāt know. I do think thereās not much to be gained in my case from reducing consumption, as I donāt really see that itās negatively affecting me in any way. Maybe a third party would disagree. As hard as life is these days Iām fine with a little crutch. At least itās not alcohol or drugs.
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I guess to put it a different way, in the context of my own personal experience with both quite high doses and no caffeine at all (and different points in between), your post (and forgive me for this, I donāt mean to criticize, just giving my honest reaction) seems like moralizing to me.
We āwonāt give up our morning buzz?ā Why should we? My experience is that the morning buzz is probably not detrimental for most people in most situations, and so it just seems like pointless nagging. That probably came across too harsh, I donāt mean to be a jerk. Iāve just done the whole low/no caffeine thing and donāt feel like it added anything of note to my life but I was constantly missing my morning coffee. All negatives with no positives to me. But everyoneās experience will vary and I speak only for myself.
As I said, to take away the crutch so you can solve the real issue which is getting enough sleep and recovery. If you donāt need to solve that problem then donāt. I need to solve it.
Jonas
#20
Dose that change your coffee taste? I love the taste of the coffee when itās pure.
