Yesterday I Drank

You strange person. I do like the flavour, but only when mixed with something sweeter!

JayMoyles wrote:

Did you get round to giving it a go?

Caffé Nero doesn't seem to do it (it has oat soya and coconut, and I'm wary of the other two), so not yet.

Balladeer wrote:

You strange person.

Well, yeah.

I drink coffee without anything in it either, for the most part. I like the taste and even though there's no reason it should, I find it wakes me up more without any milk or sugar in it.

I had a brief phase of having it Black but I just like a milky latte too much, it definitely hits you more without milk though so I'll still have it that way when I need a good kick up the backside.

Weird, the lot of you. I guess the most wakey-uppy version should rationally be black with sugar, for the rush as well? That would be even more though.

I guess so, but aye, bugger that - I like the taste of coffee for its bitterness.

Right I drink well to many energy drinks and others I work with do as well, mainly as it's easy and need that energy. Yet one chap (same one talked about COD taking up too much room) has been using Sneak, that I thought I'd give it a bash with a starter kit which is the shaker and 5 taster sachets.

The shaker is cool and mine is same as the picture, that gets a thumbs up.

Then the drink which is one of these gaming fuels such as G FUEL which you may have seen sponsor eSports. I want for as even you can get Zero Sugar cans of Monster these are meant to have amino acids, vitamins, minerals with a small amount of caffeine, natural flavour and colours over a canned energy drink such as Monster.

Still, likely going to be bad for you, you're meant to be using a sachet with 400ml of water, where I've gone all the way to the top of the shaker with the water that's 700ml that it's more diluted (also more from my sachet) and for me as someone that barely drinks water I feel this might be better for me then Coke or that Mango Loco Monster.

On what it taste likes, sort like a squash but with a bit of kick and out of three flavours I've tried so far Cherry Bomb seems great and could see me ordering a tub of it, maybe even using less powder as well just to have water but with a taste.

Nice one. I've cut way back on the energy drinks now that I work regular hours, just drink them if I do something dumb like wake up at 4am to record a podcast with someone on the other side of the world.

In other news: six months without booze and basically feeling no desire to go back.

Buskalilly wrote:

In other news: six months without booze and basically feeling no desire to go back.

Well that's good - obviously it's up to you whether you drink or not, but it's good to know that you've not found yourself with a dependency. Hey, you should change your name back to Busk... - oh wait.

I was never much of a drinker anyway, but I fear that since lockdown I tend to drink more...

Yeah, there were times I wondered. My best pal here in Japan, Rob, had an alcoholic father so he's actually helped me be certain I was never close to that.

Okay, I swear I posted in here yesterday afternoon but somehow it's gone.

I don't drink every day but most nights I might have a beer. However, like everything whilst in lockdown, I've gone off of the beaten track. I'd usually have a can of lager or ale, but I've been trying drinks I wouldn't usually. Whiskey and coke, rum and coke, gin and tonic cocktails, a glass of red - something at the end of the day that is more refreshing and mixes it up a bit. I've never been a heavy drinker and lockdown hasn't necessarily made me drink more, but has made me mix things up a bit. Same with food to be honest.

Well done on going six months without a drink, Buskalilly. 

I'm your classic binge drinker to be honest, staying aff it during the week but then enjoying myself on a Friday night and Saturday. Lockdown hasn't really changed that, and it hasn't made me mix things up either - I'm still stick to just beer and malt whisky. 

I'm felt having a drink at the weekends breaks things up though, I've found it quite helpful in differentiating the days and for marking the weekend as some sort of 'occasion', if that makes any sense.

All those hilarious drunkposts are now historic artefacts of a bygone era... but hopefully this is a better one for you Buska, well done. There are times when I feel like I should give up too: improve my metabolism and sleep, save money, avoid hangovers that seem to get worse with age...

That's usually just after I've had a hangover though. Realistically I have a Wine Society subscription that gets frequent use and a massive cupboard of spirits (none of them whiskey - basically I drink the opposite of what Cappa does), and still really enjoy a bottle of wine with dinner. Having a mid-afternoon drink at the weekend has become less appetising though.

Big-ish image:

What a thing to come home to.  That's nine varieties of gin and a cream tea and yes I'm boasting a little bit.  One of them was passionfruit gin.  Passionfruit gin.  What a wonderful world. (Sorry about the photo. not really focussing in on the gin. Professor Oak would be slapping it down and rightly so.)

I'm more jealous of the scones than the gin.

But, just thinking about the conversations about Balla's accent... how does he pronounce scone?

Sc'neigh.

You must be nearly back on the booze, right Buska? I'll draw the scone chat away to the appropriate thread.

Rum wrote:

But, just thinking about the conversations about Balla's accent... how does he pronounce scone?

Buskalilly wrote:

Sc'neigh.

Loved this, funniest comment in as long as I can remember. 

Cheers Cappa.

Balladeer wrote:

You must be nearly back on the booze, right Buska?  I'll draw the scone chat away to the appropriate thread.

Maybe? As of January, I won't be strictly tee-total any more but also I'm not gonna rush out and get trollied on the 1st of the 1st. If I'm at a function, or I'm with friends who are partaking or I'm eating a ramen that I think needs a beer to complete the evening, I may indulge.

If nothing else your tolerance will have tanked. My tolerance has tanked from lockdown alone, and I've not consciously been sober!

Good for my wallet!

And yeah, it definitely has. I went in a shop which had particularly strong alcohol hand sanitiser and the smell almost made me sick!

How was the taste though?