> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

have you tried double shots of hemlock?

> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

have you tried double shots of hemlock?

wrote:

> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning. I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

Life is full of surprises and cycles. I stopped drinking
coffee once for a month, then I came to my senses. I stopped
drinking wine for a few years once... sheesh was that a
dark time. You usually come back to reality, it's just
the cycles of life. Roll with them.

Maybe you don't like coffee any more. Probably you'll be back.
Just drink what you like. I'd try swapping the black tea for
Yerba Mate, that'll make you keen to return coffee...

Dana

wrote:

> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning. I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

Life is full of surprises and cycles. I stopped drinking
coffee once for a month, then I came to my senses. I stopped
drinking wine for a few years once... sheesh was that a
dark time. You usually come back to reality, it's just
the cycles of life. Roll with them.

Maybe you don't like coffee any more. Probably you'll be back.
Just drink what you like. I'd try swapping the black tea for
Yerba Mate, that'll make you keen to return coffee...

Dana

I suspect the flu can damage (hopefully, only temporarily) the tissues
in the nose, throat and sinuses, changing, or at least affecting the
taste/smell of things. Age does it as well. After a dose of the flu
decades ago left me with sinus problems that lingered for many months,
I vowed to try to avoid this disease where possible (flu shot every
year). I hope you regain your coffee addiction. Cheers
> > wrote in message
> news.com...
> > I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> > and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
> I
> > am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.
>

I suspect the flu can damage (hopefully, only temporarily) the tissues
in the nose, throat and sinuses, changing, or at least affecting the
taste/smell of things. Age does it as well. After a dose of the flu
decades ago left me with sinus problems that lingered for many months,
I vowed to try to avoid this disease where possible (flu shot every
year). I hope you regain your coffee addiction. Cheers
> > wrote in message
> news.com...
> > I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> > and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
> I
> > am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.
>

I got a 15,000 volt jolt from a flyback transformer
in a Computer monitor, one day, and I could
not drink anything for a couple of days..
everything has a metallic twang to it..
this is not unusual.
After 5 days.. I was back to normal.. whatever normal is..

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
www.coffeecrew.com Colin Newell's Daily Grind
rnewell AT vcn DOT bc DOT ca
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

I got a 15,000 volt jolt from a flyback transformer
in a Computer monitor, one day, and I could
not drink anything for a couple of days..
everything has a metallic twang to it..
this is not unusual.
After 5 days.. I was back to normal.. whatever normal is..

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
www.coffeecrew.com Colin Newell's Daily Grind
rnewell AT vcn DOT bc DOT ca
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

dmreed wrote:
> "Dana Myers" > wrote in message news:400774f8$1@wobble...
>
wrote:
>>Maybe you don't like coffee any more. Probably you'll be back.
>>Just drink what you like. I'd try swapping the black tea for
>>Yerba Mate, that'll make you keen to return coffee...
>>
>
> actually yerba matte (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) is quite
> good (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) and it definitely will take
> care of the need for caffeine!

I always a bit of sugar but never any milk to my mate, and I
usually use the traditional gourd/straw (which would be tainted
by milk). I rather like the peculiar taste but it's the
stunning hit of caffeine that I was talking about. It makes
coffee seem relaxing by comparison.

Dana

dmreed wrote:
> "Dana Myers" > wrote in message news:400774f8$1@wobble...
>
wrote:
>>Maybe you don't like coffee any more. Probably you'll be back.
>>Just drink what you like. I'd try swapping the black tea for
>>Yerba Mate, that'll make you keen to return coffee...
>>
>
> actually yerba matte (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) is quite
> good (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) and it definitely will take
> care of the need for caffeine!

I always a bit of sugar but never any milk to my mate, and I
usually use the traditional gourd/straw (which would be tainted
by milk). I rather like the peculiar taste but it's the
stunning hit of caffeine that I was talking about. It makes
coffee seem relaxing by comparison.

Dana

"Dana Myers" > wrote in message news:40083010$1@wobble...
> dmreed wrote:
> I always a bit of sugar but never any milk to my mate, and I
> usually use the traditional gourd/straw (which would be tainted
> by milk). I rather like the peculiar taste but it's the
> stunning hit of caffeine that I was talking about. It makes
> coffee seem relaxing by comparison.
>
I like to drink coffee, tea, or matte before going to bed (for a nap or at
night)...hum, I just had about 16 oz. of moka pot espresso and I feel the
need for a nap!

Dennis "one more triple, please...then I gotta get some sleep" Reed

"Dana Myers" > wrote in message news:40083010$1@wobble...
> dmreed wrote:
> I always a bit of sugar but never any milk to my mate, and I
> usually use the traditional gourd/straw (which would be tainted
> by milk). I rather like the peculiar taste but it's the
> stunning hit of caffeine that I was talking about. It makes
> coffee seem relaxing by comparison.
>
I like to drink coffee, tea, or matte before going to bed (for a nap or at
night)...hum, I just had about 16 oz. of moka pot espresso and I feel the
need for a nap!

Dennis "one more triple, please...then I gotta get some sleep" Reed

> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

I had a bout with surgery three years ago and my sense of taste changed
drastically. Maybe the hospital food.... Anyway, it has come back to where
it was before. Took six months or so. harrym

> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

I had a bout with surgery three years ago and my sense of taste changed
drastically. Maybe the hospital food.... Anyway, it has come back to where
it was before. Took six months or so. harrym

Interesting...

That's exactly how I know if I am really unwell - if coffee doen't appeal to
me,
and how I know if I've fully recovered - I need a cup before I can do
anything else first thing in the AM.

Don't think that my distaste for coffee has ever lasted more than a couple
of weeks though.

DS

> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

Interesting...

That's exactly how I know if I am really unwell - if coffee doen't appeal to
me,
and how I know if I've fully recovered - I need a cup before I can do
anything else first thing in the AM.

Don't think that my distaste for coffee has ever lasted more than a couple
of weeks though.

DS

> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

The same thing happened to me when I had the flu last month. At the same
time I was getting sick, my espresso machine was having some maintenance
work done. I got it back while I was just over the peak of the flu. For a
week, espressos were tasting across the board awful, and still somewhat off
the next week or so after that. Now it's all back to normal. It must have
something to do with the flu bug. I only wish I had gotten over the flu (a
month) as quickly as it took me to get back my regular tastebuds (two
weeks).

- Donald Blum


> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

The same thing happened to me when I had the flu last month. At the same
time I was getting sick, my espresso machine was having some maintenance
work done. I got it back while I was just over the peak of the flu. For a
week, espressos were tasting across the board awful, and still somewhat off
the next week or so after that. Now it's all back to normal. It must have
something to do with the flu bug. I only wish I had gotten over the flu (a
month) as quickly as it took me to get back my regular tastebuds (two
weeks).

- Donald Blum


> wrote in message
news.com...
> I had the flu a month ago, and I have totally lost my taste for coffee!?!
> and I am a 14 year veteran of double shots from my machine every morning.
I
> am not sure what is happening to me. Black tea is my poison now.

Have been wondering about this too. I had flu and drank no
coffee/espresso for about 10-days. It just didn't seem appealing to
drink - went through a mess of darjeeling, orange pekoe and
orange-flavored Constant Comment tea which tasted as normal and had "hot
drink appeal". Flu gone, roaster running, coffee quickly went back on the
every-morning nutritional requirment list.

Dan

"Donald Blum" > wrote in
news:w6bOb.5573$iI2.117@lakeread03:

> The same thing happened to me when I had the flu last month. At the
> same time I was getting sick, my espresso machine was having some
> maintenance work done. I got it back while I was just over the peak of
> the flu. For a week, espressos were tasting across the board awful,
> and still somewhat off the next week or so after that. Now it's all
> back to normal. It must have something to do with the flu bug. I only
> wish I had gotten over the flu (a month) as quickly as it took me to
> get back my regular tastebuds (two weeks).
>
> - Donald Blum

Have been wondering about this too. I had flu and drank no
coffee/espresso for about 10-days. It just didn't seem appealing to
drink - went through a mess of darjeeling, orange pekoe and
orange-flavored Constant Comment tea which tasted as normal and had "hot
drink appeal". Flu gone, roaster running, coffee quickly went back on the
every-morning nutritional requirment list.

Dan

"Donald Blum" > wrote in
news:w6bOb.5573$iI2.117@lakeread03:

> The same thing happened to me when I had the flu last month. At the
> same time I was getting sick, my espresso machine was having some
> maintenance work done. I got it back while I was just over the peak of
> the flu. For a week, espressos were tasting across the board awful,
> and still somewhat off the next week or so after that. Now it's all
> back to normal. It must have something to do with the flu bug. I only
> wish I had gotten over the flu (a month) as quickly as it took me to
> get back my regular tastebuds (two weeks).
>
> - Donald Blum

"Diane L. Schirf" > wrote in message
ink.net...

> > actually yerba matte (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) is
quite
> > good (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) and it definitely will
take
> > care of the need for caffeine!
>
> Is that what's in Celestial Seasonings' Morning Thunder?
>

yes

"Diane L. Schirf" > wrote in message
ink.net...

> > actually yerba matte (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) is
quite
> > good (a little milk and sugar definitely helps) and it definitely will
take
> > care of the need for caffeine!
>
> Is that what's in Celestial Seasonings' Morning Thunder?
>

yes