How strange. It doesn't do that to me. Reports of it being diuretic are wildly exaggerated.

It affects everyone differently.

How much coffee do you drink per day?

I guess it is all about building up tolerance.

Just adding more info. I currently have the "Pine & Crane" and the "Aik Cheong" brand 3-in-1 coffee packets. I got them in Chinese grocery stores. I doubt the Nescafe is really any different as I have the Nescafe instant coffee packs as well.

And for anyone interested, I also have a bunch of 'instant teas' in similar foil packets. That's for those who want to have some orange tea or ginger tea with ya out in the middle of nowhere.

And to answer the OP's question. Both, cause I like mixing them. :p

3 cups. Which isn't excessive. But your body does get good at extracting water out of whatever you regularly consume.

2 pots, 1 pot per watch. That's down from the 10-12 pots per day that I'd do when assigned as Ops Boss on a USCG Cutter!!

Retirement is good for the body!!!!

You have to be careful with coffee.
A cup of that stuff in the morning might keep you awake all day.

Turkish coffee is fine once you've developed a palet for it.
But then, I watched a cowboy fish a dead kangaroo mouse out of our blue speckleware camp pot, toss it into the darkness and pour us a cup.Coffee and water can be precious sometimes.
The WELL prepared survivalist has both to succor all tastes in his party.
I once worked for a cockney car mechanic. I set up a tea mess with an old Brown Betty, a few tea classics and walked every few days next door to the brit import shoppe for digestives.One day, a lady arrived in deep despair with her vintage Jag-U-ar a bit bent after tangling with a Audi. Just as she was explaining what happened, the spanish Heinkle 111 brought over after movie use flew overhead.She saw that shadow, looked up and instinctively ran inside sobbing and cursing Hitler. My boss grabbed the SMLE I had brought by to show him and I sort of pointed it skyward until the old plane passsed. Then we brewed a cuppa Earl Grey and she drank it like medicine- which culturaly it is.
I think it was @ 10 minutes later the cops showed up asking about 'some guy pointing a rifle at airplanes' while sweeping the tiny shop for guns.
We let the Smelly sit submerged in the degreasing drum until closing time.

I knew an old English lady who's answer to everything was a cuppa tea. Nothing that could happen was so bad that a nice hot cuppa wouldn't make it much better.

I knew a guy who trapped by Algonquin Park who had the same answer.
He told me something once, about what to do if I ever managed to get myself turned around and confused about where I was in the woods.
He said the proper response was to immediately and without delay build a small fire and brew a cup of tea. Then after drinking the tea put the fire out and walk back to the last place you knew where you were.


This was a surprisingly good thread. I really enjoyed reading all the different answers.
I must remember to compliment whoever started it!

I'm lucky if I get one cup of coffee a day. Ditto goes for tea. I'm typically drinking water most of the day.

But, to relax and take a moment, definitely a cup of mint tea for me.

If I want to get going... a cup of coffee...