Caffeine and Nicotine

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Two prongs of the perfect three pronged approach.

 

[mso489]

I had my early romance with coffee in the comforts of the family home. Then I lived with Navy coffee, which you need, which is terrible. It always had the taste of metal and stale tannin, chicory maybe, and if you were really imaginative or hallucinating, you could taste coffee in there, at 3 a.m. on the radio watch. But it did keep you awake, in a sort of zombie state. No wonder the senior enlisted guys were so grouchy; eventually, I was too.

 

[Paul lec]

Yes. Cuban coffee and Granger.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

I have learned Italia has best coffee in the world but they do consume it in huge quantities,,

 

[Misanthrope]

I’m low-functioning in the morning until I’ve had coffee and nicotine. I can go without either for hours without getting super grouchy or antsy, but you could shine a flashlight in my right ear and see a spot of light on the wall to my left, and holding a conversation with me is about as productive as watching paint dry on growing grass. That derpy manul cat in my avatar photo? That’s me until I’m fully caffeinated and nicotinated.

During the day, nicotine gives me a reason to get up and take breaks from coding. Coffee keeps my brain’s boilers stoked and at full operating pressure, especially in the afternoon.

 

[DavidT]

I'm pretty sure it's sin, or at least a crime, not to indulge in both (coffee+pipe).

 

[desrtrat68]

Hookers, coke & fast cars are definitely more expensive & detrimental.?

Wait...those are bad things???

 

[mithridate]

I sometimes drink coffee alongside whilst smoking, and I think it just affects the taste - both coffee and smoke. I suppose the next exciting step will be to try some esspresso...

 

[didimauw]

I was the only one in the kitchen with here and she put the cream and milk in. It was our special time. It's kind f funny I still put 1/2 and 1/2 in y coffee with 5 table spoons of Stevia(it is a 30 oz cup). I make Cafe Du Monde every day and I make it strong. I used to do thee whole bean, grinder,, vacuum esspresso and I love my DuMonde. with chicory .

You ever been to Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans??
Worth the whole trip just to go there for coffee and beignets.
Oh and I don't know about nicotine or caffeine helping the other, but the two go hand in hand for me. I don't smoke with out caffeine, and I don't drink caffeine with out smoking. I don't do anything without either....im just always drinking coffee or Mt dew and smoking. Always smoking.

 

[Magpiety]

I know coffee enhances it for me, but that might just be the taste.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Coffee, Nicotine, Croissant. It's the ultimate recipe for serenity.

The two do seem to go hand in hand though. When I worked in mental health we would always use the slang phrase "coke and smoke" to refer to caffeine and cigarettes, as it was very frequently a combination voraciously consumed by those in recovery for substance abuse.

I definitely find coffee enhances the flavor of tobacco products, particularly pipes, but that could just be me.

 

[Magpiety]

Coffee, Nicotine, Croissant. It's the ultimate recipe for serenity.

The two do seem to go hand in hand though. When I worked in mental health we would always use the slang phrase "coke and smoke" to refer to caffeine and cigarettes, as it was very frequently a combination voraciously consumed by those in recovery for substance abuse.

I definitely find coffee enhances the flavor of tobacco products, particularly pipes, but that could just be me.

Couldn't agree more!

Have you seen "Coffee and Cigarettes" with Steven Wright? It's hilarious.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Couldn't agree more!

Have you seen "Coffee and Cigarettes" with Steven Wright? It's hilarious.

I have but it's been a long time. I recall multiple vignettes in black and white with recognizable and unique celebrities having conversations. Is that the one?

 

[cigrmaster]

You ever been to Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans??
Worth the whole trip just to go there for coffee and beignets.
Oh and I don't know about nicotine or caffeine helping the other, but the two go hand in hand for me. I don't smoke with out caffeine, and I don't drink caffeine with out smoking. I don't do anything without either....im just always drinking coffee or Mt dew and smoking. Always smoking.

Didi, I have been there 3 times so far and always go there at least once a day. I always go to Mothers for a Po Boy as well.

 

[Magpiety]

I have but it's been a long time. I recall multiple vignettes in black and white with recognizable and unique celebrities having conversations. Is that the one?

That's the one!

 

[aguineapig]

I think nicotine and caffeine synergize each others metabolism -- When I was going thru a rough time, I was using snus, taking a few grams of nasal snuff, and smoking 2-3 pipes a day, I could drink probably 6+ cups of coffee a day. Now, after I quit everything for a year as a sort of "re-set", I can have about 1 cup of black tea before I start to feel on edge. Quitting caffeine, tobacco and alcohol, caffeine was the hardest, but it was most problematic with my adrenal sensitivities so it had to go for a while.

 

[danimalia]

Hell yeah, buddy! Combining stimulants definitely enhances the effects in my experience. All you need is to add some cocaine for a real party, but make sure and keep some valiums handy just in case you need to regulate.

Seriously, though, I mix the two every morning and it definitely gives me a jolt. Gets me ready to, as Jim Harbaugh would say, "Attack the day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind."

 

[skydog]

I've heard of people who sleep easily after coffee, even lots of coffee, though it makes most people hyper, which in the morning is good, and may help during the mid-afternoon slump, but makes others too nervous. Nicotine seems to have both effects. Many use tobacco to get keyed up to think about problems or projects, as Sherlock Holmes was depicted as doing. Others find strong nicotine at night helps put them to sleep, hence the names of blends like Nightcap and Bayou Night. If you have a heavy nicotine buzz, sometimes the only remedy is to get to bed, at night or for a nap. Nicotine seems to have both effects, but of course it is different in different people.

That's always been the astonishing thing to me about nicotine. Wakes me up in the morning and helps put me to sleep at night.

As far as caffeine, my grandpa drank coffee non-stop all day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I assume that's where I got my affinity for and resistance to caffeine. But I don't think nicotine necessarily changes the effects of caffeine or vice versa. They just go well together, that's all.

 

[Rattray]

I don't know if one enhances the other or increases the level of the other. Or both. But, in my experience, coffee is probably the best drink to tag along with a pipeful.

 

[EthanBroun]

I did not find a refutation of this fact, but I myself weakly believe in it))