Yes, I mainly just wanted a title that sounded snappy and funny. But in all seriousness, I do now see coffee as a treat. I’ve had to greatly reduce my caffeine intake after developing insomnia six years ago. I have hormone deficiencies due to very severe sleep apnea that went untreated for sometime, and I now find that drinking caffeinated coffee keeps me up no matter how early in the day I drink it. Even decaf can keep me up, so I try not to have it any later than 1 pm.
I now pretty much only drink caffeinated coffee if I want a seasonal flavor (yes, I am in touch with my inner white girl and enjoy a pumpkin spice latte), or if I’m going out for the day an need to stay up later than normal. I normally only have four to six cups of caffeinated coffee each month, so it does feel more like a treat now.
I think you might have misunderstood what I was saying. By “I see it as a treat”, I mean I now consider it a treat for myself when I get the rare chance to have it. I’m talking about it in my own subjective experience, not as something universal. I didn’t see it as a treat when I was drinking more coffee in an average day than I currently do in a month.
I didn’t take the post title seriously but just in case…
Calling coffee a treat is a bit of an insult to pretty much all the global south bar SEA / East Asia.
Yes, I mainly just wanted a title that sounded snappy and funny. But in all seriousness, I do now see coffee as a treat. I’ve had to greatly reduce my caffeine intake after developing insomnia six years ago. I have hormone deficiencies due to very severe sleep apnea that went untreated for sometime, and I now find that drinking caffeinated coffee keeps me up no matter how early in the day I drink it. Even decaf can keep me up, so I try not to have it any later than 1 pm.
I now pretty much only drink caffeinated coffee if I want a seasonal flavor (yes, I am in touch with my inner white girl and enjoy a pumpkin spice latte), or if I’m going out for the day an need to stay up later than normal. I normally only have four to six cups of caffeinated coffee each month, so it does feel more like a treat now.
Considering coffee is part of Colombia’s culture, with festivals, tourism, and a whole identity influenced by coffee…
Allow me to politely disagree. And I don’t think it’s that different in other parts of the world.
I think you might have misunderstood what I was saying. By “I see it as a treat”, I mean I now consider it a treat for myself when I get the rare chance to have it. I’m talking about it in my own subjective experience, not as something universal. I didn’t see it as a treat when I was drinking more coffee in an average day than I currently do in a month.