Caffeine

I love my morning cup of coffee, well actually I love my morning five cups of coffee as I drink at

least one pot a day.    When the kids were little I started mixing caffeinated and decaf 50-50, as the stress of dealing with toddlers mixed with a pot of high octane was inching me towards a nervous breakdown.  Lately I've been having trouble sleeping through the night and I can't help but blame my hot dark friend.

Yesterday I brewed a first in the morning cup of 50-50 using my handy Motofish Coffee Aeropress, but from then on it was strictly decaf.  I had no noticeable withdrawal symptoms (i.e. headache) and I slept like a rock.  I figure that I'll try this for the remainder of the year and see what happens.

Caffeine is a performance enhancer and I've known athletes who have cut it out of their daily routine, and only take a hit of coffee or a Red Bull before a race.  The theory being that caffeine gives you a bigger jolt if your not sensitized to it.  Seems reasonable, I think I'll try it.

Send back some caffeine thoughts.