My Progression into Coffee
I started drinking coffee in 2005, with my first real office job after college. Before that, I absolutely HATED it.
It started off as a social thing, I was the new guy in the office and I wanted to get to know some people in what was a relatively small office. Everyone seemed to hangout around the coffee pot, so I started drinking tea.
Eventually I got tired of boiling my water in the microwave and brewing the tea, so I decided wanted to try coffee. I tried it, and OH MAN, I hated it! It was so bitter I couldn’t get through more than 3 sips.
At the time, I was dating a quasi-avid coffee drinker and she got me a gift card to Starbucks so I could try some not-so-bitter coffees. There I was, everyday before work, stopping at Starbucks to grab my White Chocolate Mocha (no whipped cream) and heading on my way.
It was delicious and I was hooked.
The Java Chip Incident
One day, towards the end of my gift card, I decided to try and get something a little more “coffee” . So I tried a Java Chip.
It’s important to keep in mind that this is January in Blacksburg, VA. So it’s pretty freezing out.
I get my coffee, and to my surprise, it’s a frozen drink. The lady behind the counter didn’t even flinch when I ordered it. Didn’t even seem alarmed that I ordered an iced drink in the dead of winter.
But anyway, I headed to work, drinking my freezing coffee purely out of principle. It was the last of my gift card, I had to finished it. It as actually pretty great, I was diggin’ the chocolate chunks.
By the time I got to work I so cold I needed some real coffee to warm up. Unfortunately, it was still gross and bitter. So I put something like 4 sugar packets in it to kill the taste, made it quite bearable.
After that I gradually reduced my sugar to 1 packet, and the rest is (as they say) history.
Quitting
From time to time I give up coffee / caffeine and I actually feel pretty good about it, but usually slip back in.
Maybe I’ll quit again next week.
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FYI: I quit coffee for all of 4 days