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Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:50 pm
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:50 pm
I can generally control my drinking of booze. I can say, ok, I won't drink any booze for a few days or for Lent, I can just say I won't drink until Easter. No problem.



But, I absolutely cannot stop with coffee. I've tried to stop cold turkey. I've tried to cut back a little more of it at a time. I've tried reading books on the subject. I cannot do it. So, I've just accepted it. I'm a coffee junky and there's nothing I can do about it.

I generally like to make a nice mix of Bustelo and Cafe du Monde as my preferred morning and day drink.

Just 5 years ago, a brick of Bustelo was $2.12. Even at the height of the Biden years, it got up to $5.20. At this point, with the tariffs, it's now about $8.25 for same brick where I live.

What am I to do as this habit is becoming expensive. I cannot find any comparable coffee made in Hawaii (where I believe the only American coffee grown and distributed exists). It seems every place out there that makes coffee is affected.

Are there any brands I can have a look at that any of you know of are not affected as much by the tariffs?

Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
59031 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:52 pm to
5 hour energy or cocaine?














Or both
Posted by blizzle
Dallas, TX
Member since Jan 2009
1044 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:52 pm to
Lean in to it, start treating yourself to better coffee that you can pay even more for.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66814 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:52 pm to
You're an alcoholic, yet you are worrying about the cost of coffee?
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73346 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:53 pm to
Get a job at Starbuck's, get employee discount.
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:54 pm to
Well obviously not. But I’m no lousy holier than thou teetolar either.
Posted by Mr Roboto
Seattle
Member since Jan 2023
6679 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:54 pm to
Replace the coffee with a good strain of sativa in the mornings. You'll be ready to attack the day like never before
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
107287 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:54 pm to
Get tested
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:55 pm to
A part time job could be good.
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:55 pm to
I would but I’ve got one of those jobs where I can’t do it.
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:56 pm to
For?
Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
1566 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:56 pm to
Big arse thing of Folgers classic roast. Cheap. Does the job. Roasted in New Orleans.
This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 2:58 pm
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:57 pm to
Wasn’t aware. Haven’t had Folgers in 30 years.
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
8587 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:57 pm to
Folgers Black Silk in the big tub is pretty good value and isn’t bad coffee at all.
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 2:59 pm to
I’ll see if I can locate this.
Posted by Polar Pop
Member since Feb 2012
10905 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:02 pm to
I have switched to $3 90ct bottle of 200mg caffiene pills

1 coffee at home in the morning, 1 200mg around 1pm and then another at 7 if I want to party.
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:09 pm to
I think I may be more addicted to coffee more than caffeine but I will be looking into this idea
Posted by tigernurse
Member since Dec 2005
36131 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:14 pm to
quote:

I have switched to $3 90ct bottle of 200mg caffiene pills 1 coffee at home in the morning, 1 200mg around 1pm and then another at 7 if I want to party.


I took one of these caffeine tablets about 2 years ago and think I still have the jitters from that thing.
Posted by hansenthered1
Dixie
Member since Nov 2023
2055 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:17 pm to
I know several people who have had to quit a lot of stuff, all of them said no coffee on day 5 was what they though kicking heron was supposed to be like.

Since I have never tried to kick either I can't verify but every one of them said it was horrible.
Posted by theballguy
Bama Park
Member since Oct 2011
27484 posts
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:17 pm to
I used to take them a long time ago at uni. but honestly they never seemed to do the trick. Maybe my biology has changed a bit.
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