Imagine a World Without Coffee!

Hello ZeesKite,

Perish the thought!!!! 🙂

Actually I think after a few days everyone would adjust and get used to not drinking coffee. coffee is a stimulant that we got used to. We didnt always drink it and we don’t have to drink it daily if we choose not to. By the way not everyone drinks coffee (or tea or any form of caffeine).

Caffeine pills.

When I was a bochur in yeshiva, someone once said over in the name of Rabbi Avigdor Miller zt”l that he felt people rely too much on their daily coffee and it can be detrimental (note what happens by a fast day to coffee addicts). He said before davening he would drink a cup of cold refreshing water instead, y’know just to get the ‘ol body going, and that was good enough. I decided then and there to do the same. I always drink water before running out to shacharis. I only drink coffee occasionally.

Coffee is a new invention. They’ve only had it for the last few centuries. The world got along fine without it before that. While most American goyim can only imagine time in years or at most decades, our perspectives are in centuries or millenia (note how we call the Amidah the “18” even though it has been “19” for for over 1500 years).

Apukerma: While coffee wasn’t drunk until the last couple of centuries, it hasn’t been as necessary as it is nowadays. A couple of centuries ago , the light bulb was invented. We now go to sleep much later and work many more hours.

Excellent analogy oomis! And I like to drink that symphony while listening to a classical symphony, especially as I watch the sun rise. Cheesy, but true 🙂

Our company ran out of coffee this morning and it was, to say the least, absolute pandemonium and chaos, you’d think it was the beginning of an Apocalypts or Apocolytis (however you spell that word).

Anyhow it reminded me of this thread, lol.

BaalHabooze

I believe the word you were looking for is Apocalypse.

takahmamash -“Actually, I don’t like coffee and I don’t drink coffee. I survive quite well, B”H. (For the record, I don’t drink hot tea either.)”

Ditto. But I do like some brands of coffee/tea and some flavors, but I could go years without it and do.

What about caffeine in sodas? It is extracted from coffee and sold to the soda and energy drink companies. That’s why companies LOVE to sell decaf coffee. They make crazy profits by selling each part separately.

On a side note, I heard that caffeine poses a problem on Pesach, because most caffeine is extracted from coffee using an alcohol process.

After seeing those addicted to coffee, I get a negativity towards the “coffee”

I don’t know where this is from…

If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills,

If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time,

If you can overlook when people take things out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can face the world without lies and deceit,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without liquor,

If you can sleep without the aid of sleeping pills,

Then you are probably the family dog.

hellooooo! (hot) chocolate milk…yummmmm! coffee doesn’t quite do it for me on those cold winter days like a good cup of hot chocolate!

I would love a world without coffee! It would mean I can breathe again! No offense to those who like the smell of coffee, but I don’t. I kinda feel bad for people who can’t survive without their morning joe, but then again, I’m similarly addicted to sugar, so I can’t say anything.

It’s a sinister mind that could imagine a world without coffee.