{"id":15617,"date":"2012-06-13T08:52:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T12:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=15617"},"modified":"2012-06-13T08:52:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T12:52:10","slug":"coffee-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/06\/coffee-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> For the past couple of months it was getting harder and harder for me to drink coffee.<\/p>\n

I’m not quite sure why but I could barely get through one cup of coffee before I had to tap out. \u00a0I could tell it was too much\u00a0caffeine\u00a0and I had to stop.<\/p>\n

Before I used to drink two cups in the morning, not because I needed it, but because it was a nice little treat. \u00a0Then all of the sudden my body just said no. \u00a0I’ll pass on the coffee thanks.<\/p>\n

Scott on the other hand, needed it. \u00a0If he didn’t have it then he would get the horrible\u00a0debilitating\u00a0caffeine headaches. \u00a0So we had coffee each morning so Scott could get through his day.<\/p>\n

Lately though, he also didn’t seem to want much coffee. \u00a0Last month he was on a business trip and away for a week. \u00a0His travel companions didn’t drink coffee and so there was none to be had in the rental house they were staying in. \u00a0He went out for coffee once and didn’t have coffee the rest of the trip.<\/p>\n

No headaches either, which was pretty amazing.<\/p>\n

He came home and we discussed giving up coffee. \u00a0The next morning we didn’t have any coffee.<\/p>\n

It’s been a month now with no coffee and things are going well. \u00a0What amazes me the most is how much time and money we’re saving by not drinking coffee.<\/p>\n

It would take Scott hours to get through two cups of coffee. \u00a0HOURS. \u00a0So that meant if we needed to run errands we had to wait until he finished his coffee which normally by that point was pushing towards lunch time.<\/p>\n

Now? \u00a0We can get up, have a quick breakfast and go. \u00a0No waiting around!<\/p>\n

Coffee is also expensive, well the good stuff is and that’s all anyone should be drinking. \u00a0We never purchased coffee out, always made it at home but still a pound of beans is close to $10 or more. \u00a0Buying a few pounds at a time is pricey.<\/p>\n

Half and Half was also pricey. \u00a0We bought local and would buy 3, 1\/2 gallons at a time (remember because I don’t go to the grocery store every week<\/a>). \u00a0The cheapest I could find the half and half was at Whole Foods for just under $6 for one half gallon. \u00a0That adds up!<\/p>\n

I’m kind of in love with not having coffee every morning. \u00a0I want it to be a treat, something special we have on Sunday mornings or perhaps while traveling.<\/p>\n

I never thought coffee would be something we would give up but I’m really happy that we did.<\/p>\n

Do you drink coffee? Do you need it or do you just like it?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the past couple of months it was getting harder and harder for me to drink coffee. I’m not quite sure why but I could barely get through one cup of coffee before I had to tap out. \u00a0I could tell it was too much\u00a0caffeine\u00a0and I had to stop. Before I used to drink two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[93],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-43T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}