• @Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee
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    2512 days ago

    Because without the chocolate, it’s like eating slightly burnt coffee flavoured sand. I eat them all the time because I have a fucking problem, but I don’t enjoy it.

    • Is there a name for this problem? I’m imagining you sitting with a bowl of beans looking miserable, shaking your head and muttering, “damn beans”

      • @Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee
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        212 days ago

        Genetic fast metaboliser of caffeine. Need more caffeine to have an effect and more prone to addiction. I decided once to drink espresso until I got the shakes. I needed 12 shots.

        • Eating beans seems terribly inefficient though. Eating the 30g of beans in a cup of coffee or a shot of espresso for example would be quite the snack. Water extraction of caffeine is highly efficient so you aren’t leaving a lot behind from coffee / espresso either.

          Have you tried Guarana pills or slow release caffeine pills? No data, but I’ve found Guarana to be a less jolty longer lasting than most forms of caffeine

          • @Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee
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            212 days ago

            To be clear, I’m eating them along side a quad espresso, not instead of it. Pretty sure guarana pils aren’t available where I live, and the only caffeine pills available are weak and expensive.

    • I eat them all the time because I have a fucking problem, but I don’t enjoy it.

      Aah, like salmiakki (salty licorice). Tastes terrible, but I just can’t stop eating them.