Coffee Update

So as we all know, I am addicted to coffee. Seriously addicted. I first became addicted during my senior year of college and have never looked back since. Since I am also a coffee snob and insist on drinking quality coffee, I am sure that I have spent enough money on coffee over the years to buy a nice car. I recently bought a Keurig coffee machine to put in my cube at work so that I wouldn't have to drink the gross free office coffee. Of course as you can imagine, this has amped up my coffee intake significantly. It's sooooo easy to roll over there and get another cup of coffee right after I finish a cup. 

(*Keurig tip: To get more out of your K-cups, run two cycles of the stronger brew through a single K-cup for a larger, medium brew cup of coffee. I usually can almost fill a travel mug using this method and it still tastes delicious. The first run through is strong and the second run through is weaker but it blends together to still be good. This will save money and you will be the resident Keurig genius at your house/office/wherever.)

So I thought that I had the whole coffee problem solved. I would enjoy my awesome dark roast coffee and not have to suffer through office coffee. Then, the inevitable happened. My office tried to upgrade the coffee situation. Our office recently got these nifty single serving coffee dispensers. You get to choose from a variety  of flavors and make a single cup of coffee. (Similarish to a Keurig. That I had just bought. For my cube. Because I'm ridiculous.)

New coffee machines at work

I thought, "Well, if nothing else, I can take my Keurig home now and partake in free coffee with everyone else." 

And then I tried the coffee.............. still gross. It's cool looking because it's a nifty machine that lets you pick your coffee and get a single serving out of it. But it's still free coffee for the workplace which means that it's just not that good. There different flavors and such and people say it's a step up from what we had before. But it's still a step down from Kelli's Cubical Coffeehouse and I am a coffee purist. I only drink non-flavored, black coffee. And the options here for that are just not good. 

So I'll be keeping the Keurig. 

On another note, I've been trying to cut down my coffee intake slightly for health reasons. This is very difficult and it's how I finally realized I might be a true addict. But here is my attempt today to drink less coffee. 

Grande Starbucks instead of Venti :)

I got the smaller size at Starbucks  than my usual Venti. Still dark roast, still black, still only my first cup for the day. But it's a start. It's a whole 4 ounces smaller. (Hey, I'm trying....) Next time you see me, I may appear just slightly calmer and less jittery.  : )