A short little post about how coffee affects me when I’m sick. I keep mentioning the issue on the show so I figured I’d give a quick rundown on what happens, why I avoid it and my recent find.
Usually when I get sick my throat / voice is the first thing to go. Now for a person whose hobby is quite voice centric this isn’t a very good thing. But beyond that I drink black coffee, which is an acidic beverage and tend to tear my throat up when I drink it. Coffee, and caffeine by extension is a mild diuretic as well. Vocal folds work on moisture, you do the math. I’m not sure if it just plays havok with the mucus membranes or not, but I end up feeling worse for wear after a cup. tea on the other hand doesn’t do this, despite the caffeine.
The recent find was a suggestion by MAS of Coffeehero to give a shot of espresso a try, and you know what it worked! No ill effects on the throat, after I let the shot cool off a bit.Perhaps its the smaller serving size, refined extraction or richer beverage. I don’t know But i know I’ll but hacking up a lung and well caffeinated at the same time from now on.
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Espresso = Better than NyQuil!
I drink 4-5 doppios a day and never get sick. :)
This isn’t related to your post but I didn’t know where else to put it. :) I was searching for tech podcasts and re-found your site. I had been listening to your show what seems like a looooooooong time ago, before your baby was born if I recall correctly. I hope everything went fine with that whole birthing thing and it’s great to see your podcast is still going. It was always one of my favorites.
Hi Melissa,
Glad to have you back. The birthing went perfectly fine. The little tike is now 2 and half, and running amok. But the podcast rolls on. Thanks so much for posting and the compliment