I AM ON MY 8TH CUP OF YERBA MATE AND WON'T SHUT UP AT WORK

[LMNO]

I could have sworn Suu was giving up crappy food and stimulants.

[Darth Cupcake]

I could have sworn Suu was giving up crappy food and stimulants.

I think she was giving up coffee, booze, all the "hard on your system" stimulants, which arguably tea is not.

As far as the Philly cheesesteak... I got nothin'.

EDIT to add: But it sounds delicious and I want one too.

[Suu]

I could have sworn Suu was giving up crappy food and stimulants.

It was on a WRAP!

er...


It's very difficult for me to give up crappy foods when I only eat at work. Once I move and have refrigerator space of my own I'll be able to actually get what I want and not be scrutinized for it.

And the reason I gave up coffee is because I put too much crap in it. In order for me to drink it I add cream and sugar, so, if I want caffeine, I'll get it from tea which I drink straight. Plus tea at least has antioxidants, and it's a better appetite suppressant (see also: only eating at work.).

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I could have sworn Suu was giving up crappy food and stimulants.

I think she was giving up coffee, booze, all the "hard on your system" stimulants, which arguably tea is not.

As far as the Philly cheesesteak... I got nothin'.

EDIT to add: But it sounds delicious and I want one too.

There is nothing wrong with coffee in moderation, or Yerba Mate in moderation; it's only the caffiene in either that's bad for you.

Coffee is loaded with antioxidants: moreso than tea.

[Suu]

But when I load coffee with half and half and sugar...it's not as beneficial. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

But when I load coffee with half and half and sugar...it's not as beneficial. 

True.

I can't stand the taste of yerba mate, so I don't drink it. But I also don't drink coffee because it's too much stimulant for my weak little pump. 

[Suu]

The Yerba Mate I have has other things in it for flavor like cocoa and nuts, so it's not as bitter. Which helps. Yerba Mate chai is also delicious since the spices help cover the bitterness.

[Brotep]

Yeah.  That expensive flavored mate stuff is really good.  It doesn't taste at all like, well, normal mate.

Much like with coffee, I have to put cream and sugar into regular mate to make it drinkable.  The fancy shmancy stuff, though, is drinkable all by itself.

[Jasper]

I might have to try chai with mate.  I actually like the taste of mate for itself, but I like even tastier things more.