[pct-l] Coffee and Food

[Lisa Peru]

I don't seem to experience those negatives, but I've had coffee every day since I was 14, so who knows what I'd be like without it. I sure wouldn't be me.  Black tea gives me a yucky upset stomach. I can drink green tea or maté, but prefer a cuppa jo. I fear lack of coffee more than hunger, so until there's a 12-step program for coffee...

If you can quit, then I say do it. Tea is not only easier to prepare, it's lighter to carry, easier to clean up, and easier on the planet to produce. Better yet, get yourself an extra few miles of trail in the AM instead. 

Peru

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On Jan 7, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Russell Mease <measerp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yoshiro and Lisa,
> 
> Speaking of coffee, can I ask an uncomfortable question?  I know all too
> well that coffee is a diuretic and causes me to visit the porcelain god
> more frequently than otherwise.  Those visits are also
> less....clean....let's say!  Coffee also causes bad breath and occasional
> stomach cramps in my experience.  I love coffee but I am considering
> switching to green and black tea instead because of the ease of preparation
> and because it doesn't have these other side effects.  I recently cut out
> coffee for about 3 weeks completely, just to convince myself that I am not
> an addict, and I felt good!  I can't give it up forever but when it gets to
> be a 2-cup a day habit or more, it's time to cut back.  Thoughts on Tea vs.
> Coffee on the trail??
> 
> Lisa, Regarding food on the trail, you can check out my own strategy here:
> http://russmease.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-on-food-dehydration-and-on-trail.html.
> I am really getting into preparing really hearty dehydrated meals at home
> before the hike and then shipping them in vacuum sealed bags.  I am
> planning on eating well on the trail...
> 
> Russ