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   sarovaiposted 14 years ago

   Which is advisable? Taking cofee or tea after food or before food? which is mostly recommeded or practised?

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      shamelabboushposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      It's highly recommended and advised to have coffee after food only but small amount bcz coffee helps the digestion system while tea is really harmful since it absorbs the minerals from your meal... But if you have too, have green teas only and 1 hour at least after food. This should vitalize you and bon appetite

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         sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Very interesting. Tea after food, absorbs minerals? Which are the minerals we lose? Can you share?

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            shamelabboushposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Generally and obviously, you will lose the minerals contained in your food, which will make your body (in time) lack the basic nuitritious ingredient needed... You may google it up to verify.

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            naturehealsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Interesting. I would like to know that as well.

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               shamelabboushposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               look at the post above this i already answered!!!
               
               
               But anyway, to explain more, tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest. Anemic is a effect of shortage of iron in our body. It’s now common in 50% f the people. High percentage of iron helps our body to overcome such Anemic. Also, there is a substance called Tannin in tea and coffe but it's highly concentrated in tea 50 % more than coffee. This Tannin makes it hard for the intestine to absorb he iron, hence, having tea after meals directly will effect severely. So, it's better to have tea 1 hour after every meal.

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                  sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

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            LondonGirlposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Can inhibit absorbtion of iron.

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      beth811posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I think it doesn't matter which you go first - food or tea/coffee.

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      Cheri Schultzposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Coffee before food.  Coffee is the first thing I have in morning

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      LindaCSmithposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      For me?  It's got to be tea and before, during and after food!

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      carolegalassiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I always heard that tea durig and after a meal helps in digestion.  Coffee, forget it, it has more caffine then tea and has no health benefits that I know of.

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      video lostposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Green Tea (Qahwa) is the best after meals

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         sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         You are welcome video lover. Why can't you write a hub about green tea(Qahwa) benefits or share your experience in the forum how green tea is helping if we take after meal.

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      june of agesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Tea is better for you.  Green tea is particularly healthy. I prefer iced tea to warm tea.   However, nothing can beat coffee in the morning.  I drink a full pot of coffee in the morning.  I prefer Tim horton's coffee or Britt coffee from Costa Rica.

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      nikki1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      HI saroval
      Decaffeinated tea with ginseng for me, plez. You can't get any better than that. Coffee is not good for the heart. To much caffeinate is bad for your heart. Not to mention your brain.
      MERRY CHRISTMAS to all

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      deberonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      A physician recommended drinking hot tea after a meal to assist with the digestion process.  She is an endocrinologist, so she should know what she is talking about

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       Cleancloverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Neither. I drink only one cup tea a day.

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          sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          hi cleanclover
          
          even if it is one cup of tea ; do you take before food or after food? that is my question

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       stephensaldanaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Green tea is very good for health.. it helps in getting rid of the toxicants from the body.. and helps in the better growth.. also helps in reducing weight..

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          sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Welcome stephensaldana .Green tea is good. Is it mostly preferred?

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       michaelcavintaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I would recommend coffee!  Coffee is probable the best drink in the world.  It also offers wide range of selections.  You can either have it hot or cold.  Also, there are some health benefits with drinking coffee.  You should try reading the benefits of coffee in online, i.e. http://www.oncoffeemakers.com  Choose coffee! 

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          sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Very interesting michaelcavinta. Let me read  the web and come bact to you.

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       plinkaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I think, having coffee or tea after a meal can help digestion. On the other hand, it may cause tooth decay. Having coffee before breakfast is a bad habbit and cause stomach ache. Anyway, having tea instead of coffee is much healthier, especially if you drink green tea. I myself sometimes drink coffee in the afternoon when I'm really tired and have a long day or when my blood glucose level is low.

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       cmontijoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       For what I know drinking hot tea after a meal will help with the digestion process, it's something that a Chinese chef told me to do.

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   tim-timposted 14 years ago

   Coffee before breakfast. Tea after a meal.

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      CoffeeAddictposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Same here.

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      fastfretaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I AGREE, JUST FINISHED MY COFFEE, BEFORE BREAKFAST!

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         sarovaiposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         very good choice. Has any reason for choosing?

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   mtsi1098posted 14 years ago

   I agree with coffee before breakfast...

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      emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ditto. Can't really wake up properly without my coffee and breakfast, in that order.

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         mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I am finishing mine now...It is 5:00am here

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            emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            it's 5 pm here, just finished my second cup an hour ago , first cup was around 7 this morning.

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   kephriraposted 14 years ago

   I read somewhere that having caffeine before exercise can help you to burn more fat. Don't know if it's true though, and I can't remember where I read it know.

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   sarovaiposted 14 years ago

   Do you prefer coffee (which has more caffeine ) ?

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   jiberishposted 14 years ago

   Coffee, Coffee, and more Coffee..

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      sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      jiberish ,Too much of anything good for nothing.
      
      Try to make coffee, coffee. I too like coffee , not too much. The flavour of coffee I enjoy.

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   DennisBarkerposted 14 years ago

   I'm a coffee man myself, a couple of cups at about 11am get me started and alert enough to focus.

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   LondonGirlposted 14 years ago

   Coffee - never. Tea - any time!

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      shell20110309posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      drinking hot tea after a meal will help with the digestion process

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   Genniferposted 14 years ago

   As far as I know it's better to drink both tea and coffee before a meal. If you want, you can drink it after your meal, BUT in 30 minutes or more.

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    RedSonja94posted 14 years ago

    Definately a coffee girl here.  I am on my first cup for the day right now.  Otherwise tea is a nice relaxer.  As far as which one has more caffine....coffee.  Tea has about half the caffine.

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    With all due respect: This question is abit like asking if it is preferrable to smoke before, during or after sex
    Would it not depend on the event?
    
    Having a cup of coffee or tea before a seafood dish for example would completely ruin the taste of the meal. A wine would be a better choice, if you wished to appreciate delicate tastes.

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       sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       We are talking about hot drinks(coffee and tea). You are talking about coloured cold drink (wine)

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          Pearldiverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          You're quite right [sorry] But I was really thinking more about the first part of my post

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    \Brenda Scullyposted 14 years ago

    coffee coffee coffee coffee and more coffee.... hate the taste of tea

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    cosetteposted 14 years ago

    i hardly ever drink coffee. if i do i might have it with friends at Starbuck's or sharing a dessert.
    
    i always drink tea...if i don't have it first thing in the morning i am horribly off-kilter for the rest of the day.
    
    there's this one Thai place that serves brings a steaming pot of tea before your meal and they give you these tiny cups and i don't know it just makes the meal even nicer.

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    Beth100posted 14 years ago

    Coffee and tea...really depends on my mood.  If it's coffee, then double shot of expresso into for a single cup for the day.  If it's tea, then I won't stop sipping all day.  As for which has more caffeine -- it's tea.  Did an experiment back in univeristy days, it was tea that came out on top (black tea base).  hmm, now me thinks I'll head out for a Starbucks now... lol

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    Dark knight ridesposted 14 years ago

    I'm a coffee drinker, before, during and after meals, and rarely drink tea. It tends to be more of a mid-afternoon, early evening, sitting on the porch relaxing at the end of the day.

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    qbanmamiof2posted 14 years ago

    I'm Cuban and in my culture we drink mostly coffee but we also drink to tea at certain times.
    Coffee in the morning, before and after lunch and after dinner and dessert.
    
    We drink linden or chamomile tea when we need to relax, mint tea to give a boost of refreshness and energy.
    
    Overall it all depends on your cup of tea...ha ha ha No pun intended

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    Ellen_Cposted 14 years ago

    Well probably should have nothing with caffeine if we want to get health technical, but I find that impossible. I drink Coffee every morning

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    yummm...coffee lol
    I agree coffee either before or with breakfast. Sadly i'm not that much into tea but I do drink it int he middle of the day or anytime really when I need to calm myself and relax.

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    R P Chapmanposted 14 years ago

    First thing on waking up must be tea. Without that cuppa the day is ruined. For the rest of the daylight hours it's coffee all the way until the evening meal. After that it's tea again till bedtime... unless there's beer of course!

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    Okay favorite tea flavors?
    Favorite coffee falvors? Just wondering
    
    I like mint for tea and...right now working on Kona Mocha Hawaiian coffee yum lol

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       Jane@CMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       KONA - I just ordered beans from a great place we found on Maui.  Actually its Kona Peaberry.

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          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          oooo oooo send me some lol

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    Jane@CMposted 14 years ago

    Coffee, must have coffee.
    
    Have never found a tea I liked.

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    Enigmatic Meposted 14 years ago

    After growing up in a rural town in a small province of Canada, it would be blasphemous not to say Tea. Its the staple and one thing that reminds me of home the most.
    
    However, after growing up and moving away from said town, I prefer coffee to tea. I do like it in the morning, and after a good meal. Tea I leave until the fall on a great sunny day when my little girl is asleep and us adults grab a few minutes to soak in the sun and read a book... Oh Sundays.. they are marvelous!

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    johnnyfrposted 14 years ago

    Tea all day.
    
    Don't like coffee. Or coffee breath!

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    sarovaiposted 14 years ago

    I think majority of people like coffee only.

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    Colebabieposted 14 years ago

    Tea please. I've never had a cup of coffee.

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       tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Why not?

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          Colebabieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Caffeine gives me a headache. In general I've just never cared for it. I've tried coffee flavored things, don't like the taste. I have friends who start out freshman year with one cup a day and now that we're seniors they're up to 4 or 5. I've made it fours years of college without it And the old wives tale that it stunts your growth, I don't want to test it, I'm only 5'3

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    Mighty Momposted 14 years ago

    I wouldn't think of having tea for breakfast. Coffee -- black.
    But a nice pot of chamomile tea is nice to soothe you to sleep.
    And I'm trying to incorporate more green tea into my diet so if I'm out and about in the afternoon I'll trade in a coffee for a tea.
    
    Guess that makes me a caffeine beverage slut.

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    nasim23posted 14 years ago

    Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as ... But even if you had a really, really strong cup of tea or coffee.so i agree it.
    
    blueberry smoothies

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    hinckles komaposted 14 years ago

    whatever you drink just smile and it will go down good if you put some rum in the coffee right before work its the best

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       sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You invented a new drink. let me name it rumcof or cofrum. How you are mixing hot and cold drinks(rum !!!!!!!!)I wonder.

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    ftgfmomposted 14 years ago

    coffee, good to the last drop. gotta go make some. Anyone care for a cup?

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    bearnmomposted 14 years ago

    I have always associated drinking tea with being sick as a child.  That was what my Mom gave us when we had an upset stomach.  We were never allowed to drink coffee and I don't know why.
    
    I never liked coffee even though I had tried it in all different ways.  I tried it with and without sugar or milk and both.  I only started drinking coffee because I had to walk across a bridge to work in a snow storm and the only thing left in the coffee machine was black coffee.  I have been drinking black coffee now for almost 30 years.
    
    I still don't like tea too much but can drink it black when coffee is not available.

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    edguiderposted 14 years ago

    I am all for coffee before breakfast and I have a cup of tea after dinner! Helps me digest, especially green tea.

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    I have been pondering this one since it first caught my eye. I like cereal, so have it in liquid form, beer or Scotch for breakfast. Good for the intestines. finish off with coffee.
    
    Later for lunch, some coffee and maybe a short beer, more cereal. Then for dinner[which must include alcohol to be dinner] I may start out with a good red wine and finish with my desert with coffee. Then I may have more cereal.

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    AEvansposted 14 years ago

    Coffee before breakfast tea at lunch or dinner.

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    Cris Aposted 14 years ago

    Coffee any time all the time!!!
    
    Iced tea is always an option when dining out though

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    CrisA
    

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       Cris Aposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       There's something in that coffee C.! I can tell

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    Ohhh maybe a wee dram. LOL

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    shai77posted 14 years ago

    coffee is more popular than tea ,but i think you should simply drink what you like when ever you like.
    As for my self i'm a coffee man. i even have small site about coffee.Does anyone,just in case,have a spare cup of Kopi Luwak?

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    Shalini Kagalposted 14 years ago

    Tea - any time, every time!
    
    Charlie......wee????

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       Cris Aposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, C., wee????

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    LOL, yeah, Wee as in 2 ozs. LOL well, maybe a lil more. hehe

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    Shalini Kagalposted 14 years ago

    Och laddie - and here I was thinking 'wee' meant a few drops!!

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    Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

    I have to have COFFEE in the morning.  And I'll take my tea iced please.

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    ForTheInterimposted 14 years ago

    I do love coffee! However while living in Scotland, I drank lots of tea and loved it.  It also helps that all the office coffee was instant.... (ew)  After a cup of tea I feel more refreshed than after a cup of coffee though.. pros and cons for each.
    
    Coffee in the morning or early afternoon. Never in the late afternoon or evenings - I won't sleep!

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    sarovaiposted 14 years ago

    Either coffee or tea ,If we talk after dinner , going to affect our nice sleep. I have seen most of the working people, drinks coffee or tea to keep them awake.

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    geminimoonposted 14 years ago

    ANY TIME is a good time for coffe or tea.

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    sarovaiposted 14 years ago

    welcome geminimoon, It is not advisable to take tea or coffee all time , everytime. There should be limitations. otherwise it will affect your health.

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    dutchman1951posted 14 years ago

    Coffee for me
    Rainy moring here writing Poetry
    steam comming off the cup, thinking...quiet
    
    sweet
    
    Jon

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       sarovaiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       At rainy times , really we enjoy with coffee or tea.

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    robie2posted 14 years ago

    Can't start the day without a big steaming mug of coffee,cream, no sugar butnever drink it after three in the afternoon-- keeps me awake. But I love my afternoon tea--English Breakfast with milk please and no sugar and please pass the munchies, will you?

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       Flightkeeperposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       A spot of Earl Grey in the afternoon sounds good and refreshing, and would love to get to do it more often.

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          mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          eg is the best tea arrrrrrrrrrrround...

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             Flightkeeperposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Sounds like you have a Scots Afternoon Tea version

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                mtsi1098posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                

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    ms mochaposted 14 years ago

    I am a coffee girl through and through and try to do as the Italians do.  Milky, frothy coffees are for before noon.  After that, it's americanos and espressos all the way! I agree with one hubber who said that decaff hurt her feelings!!!!!

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       andyizelukposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       haha decaff coffee is like a double negative, it should not exist.

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    sarovaiposted 14 years ago

    Still coffee is leading before or after food. World wide coffee is grown more or what?

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    JulietduPreezposted 14 years ago

    I'd have to say that neither is good. Really shouldn't drink round meal times cause it dilutes digestive enzymes.
    Makes it even worse if you have milk in your tea or coffee.

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