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RE: Caffeine Pills - Holy Herb - 17 June 2013
(17 June 2013, 11:56)Tartar Horde Wrote:You could get them teabags or make your own out in the wild(I'd rather just take them) and stuff them with the stuff you find in the forest for tea, obviously won't be the same but you could find a tea you like(16 June 2013, 16:18)Jonas Wrote: Probably something to avoid if possible. A few cups of coffee or tea (tea has a higher caffeine content than coffee) will be just as effective, plus you know what's in what you make but have no way of knowing what's in OTC caffeine pills.I've heard that before Jonas regarding the Caffeine content of Tea. Being English I do like a good cuppa, but there is nothing like a good mug of real Coffee in a morning to get you going, a cup of Tea doesn't seem to do this as well as Coffee which is surprising given that Tea has more Caffeine. On a hot day (obviously not in England lol) Tea does cool you down more than Coffee.
RE: Caffeine Pills - Scythe13 - 17 June 2013
(17 June 2013, 11:56)Tartar Horde Wrote: Tea has more Caffeine.
Myth. This is one of those stories that has been circulated, but is not true. Think of it as an urban legend. Nice to hear, but based in fiction.
100g of coffee = 40mg of caffeine
100g of tea = 20mg of caffeine
1 ProPlus = 50mg of caffeine
RE: Caffeine Pills - bigpaul - 17 June 2013
your stocks of tea and coffee wont last long post shtf, and what about milk? unless you've got a "house cow" or a sheep or a goat that has recently given birth you wont have any of that either.
there is a lot of stuff you will have to go without post shtf and tea and coffee is just the start of it.
RE: Caffeine Pills - Scythe13 - 17 June 2013
Unless you grow your own tea tree or coffee plant thing.
5 points for loving black coffee!!! No milk = better coffee!!!
RE: Caffeine Pills - bigpaul - 17 June 2013
(17 June 2013, 13:46)Scythe13 Wrote: Unless you grow your own tea tree or coffee plant thing.
5 points for loving black coffee!!! No milk = better coffee!!!
why do you think tea and coffee is imported from abroad? cos it wont grow here!
RE: Caffeine Pills - Scythe13 - 17 June 2013
(17 June 2013, 13:48)bigpaul Wrote:(17 June 2013, 13:46)Scythe13 Wrote: Unless you grow your own tea tree or coffee plant thing.
5 points for loving black coffee!!! No milk = better coffee!!!
why do you think tea and coffee is imported from abroad? cos it wont grow here!
Or maybe because it's just better economics to import it than it is to produce it here. Why do you think Texas imports their oil? I'll give you a clue, it's not because their oil fields are baron. ;-)
RE: Caffeine Pills - bigpaul - 17 June 2013
you need the heat to grow it, that's why tea comes from India and coffee comes from Brazil, same with cotton and tobacco.
RE: Caffeine Pills - Scythe13 - 17 June 2013
(17 June 2013, 14:03)bigpaul Wrote: you need the heat to grow it, that's why tea comes from India and coffee comes from Brazil, same with cotton and tobacco.
I grew LOADS of tobacco in my room at uni. I promise it was tobacco, not anything else!!!
Interesting what you can do with a little humidity in your room
Recreating conditions means you can grow what you want. Think Eden Project, Kew Gardens, Greenhouses, Butterfly Farms, and then open your imagination and creativity on how you can do similar. Surprisingly easy if you think it out.
RE: Caffeine Pills - bigpaul - 17 June 2013
(17 June 2013, 14:05)Scythe13 Wrote:yeah, inside with humidity, I was think more of open ground sites.(17 June 2013, 14:03)bigpaul Wrote: you need the heat to grow it, that's why tea comes from India and coffee comes from Brazil, same with cotton and tobacco.
I grew LOADS of tobacco in my room at uni. I promise it was tobacco, not anything else!!!
Interesting what you can do with a little humidity in your room
Recreating conditions means you can grow what you want. Think Eden Project, Kew Gardens, Greenhouses, Butterfly Farms, and then open your imagination and creativity on how you can do similar. Surprisingly easy if you think it out.
RE: Caffeine Pills - Grumpy Grandpa - 17 June 2013
I doubt whether the effort to grow tea/coffee would be worthwhile for what it brings to the 'storeroom'. I'd guess we'll be on pine needle tea (or similar) in no time flat...
