I wrote a fiction series with six characters. Each one drinks a different coffee.
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Soft drinks with lot of sugar in it. Fanta, Sprite mainly. But sometimes just water. ๐
Iโm a big fan of Fanta! I wonder if itโs because I love its bright color โ just looking at it makes it taste good in my head. Plain water is truly the most natural choice though ๐
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Water obviously
Sugarcane juice ๐น
and Indian Tea โ๐คฃ
I asked you to tell me what browser you're using and why and you are commenting on @xulingfeng 's post.
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Because replying to your comment takes time, you know And it was my lunch time (breakfast + lunch ๐คฃ), so when Xulingfengโs post came out, I commented there and then went to eat. Your comment came around that time too!
Come on, have a little patience! I was going to reply anyway. I have to eat too, right? Haha! Iโll reply a little later. Iโm a working human, please understand! ๐คฃ
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Ohh bhagwan! ๐คฃ
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I would love to try a coconut foam latte. I'm a 3 drink kind of gal at work. There's usually coffee from McDonald's and water to start the day. By lunch I'm just finishing up the coffee and add a sparkling water or Diet Dr. Pepper to the mix. So definitely 2 drinks at all times with a rotating third! ๐
Haha! I can try the coconut foam latte for you. It seems you can order all kinds of weird coffee combinations here. Your rotating three-drink routine sounds really interesting. Also, your picture made me laugh so hard ๐
I usually decide what drink Iโm going to have before starting work. I stick to that one drink together with plain warm water for the whole day. Itโs both consistent and not โ every day brings a new tasting experience.
Hats off to my sister who inspired the drink goblin idea!
@technogamerz summoned me, so here I am. ๐
Confession first, in a post about coffee: I don't drink it. Never really have. I suspect it's how I react to caffeine, though these days I won't touch decaf either, so it might just be the taste. Plain water and green tea do me fine.
The Nigerian answer is zobo. Dried hibiscus petals boiled with ginger, cloves, and pineapple skin, then left to steep for hours and chilled. Deep red, properly tart, and it takes long enough to make that you have to want it genuinely. Nothing else I drink tastes anything like it.
One translation note for this thread, since tea keeps coming up. Ask for tea in a Nigerian house, and there's a fair chance you'll be handed Milo. Tea at home means any hot drink in a mug, and chocolate malt is the house favourite. I was well into my twenties before I understood why that confused people elsewhere.
And work style as a drink: a mug of green tea I make, forget about, reheat, forget about again, and eventually drink cold while reading documentation. Which, now that I write it down, explains a great deal about my posting schedule. ๐
Yep! Speaking of tea, I feel proud. Tea culture started in China with tons of varieties like West Lake Longjing, Tieguanyin and Pu'er and more more more.๐
I highly recommend aged ripe Pu'er. Mine has fermented for almost 20 years! It boosts energy, calms you down and helps with skin maintenance, great for anyone๐คญ
I really appreciate this Nigerian drink trivia. Only locals know these little details!๐
ๅธ็ถ, twenty years. That's older than some of the infrastructure I've been asked to support, and it's clearly been looked after a great deal better. ๐
What you've recommended is the exact opposite of what I drink, from the same plant. Green tea gets heated early precisely to stop it changing, ๆ้, kill the green. Ripe Pu'er, from my little research, has to be fermented for decades. That's fascinating!
I'd never thought about it that way.
If I ever make it to China, I'm finding the Pu'er. ๅๆไบ. ๐
Ahh please donโt call me "ๅธ็ถ"! ๐คฃWeโre all friends here ๐ Donโt use that title next time, I really donโt deserve it.
Youโre right though. They come from the same tea plant, yet different processing methods create totally different results. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, fermented tea like Puโer is healthier than green tea. Puโer nourishes your body and energy. Green tea gives you a mental boost, but it consumes your bodyโs stored energy to achieve that effect. It works much like coffee: it perks you up, but there is a cost to it.
This is the thing I like most about you, and you're not going to enjoy hearing it. ๐คฃ The humility is real. I respect you for that.
But alright, friends, it is. ๆๅ.
I'll try to drop the title. I won't promise there'll be no slips, because every time you explain something like this, the urge comes straight back.
I've spent years avoiding coffee, running the same arrangement with green tea. Cold, reheated twice; sometimes I forget about the tea while reading documentation. ๐
So the Pu'er sounds more like a healthier option. ๐
Haha ๐ When I heard you keep reheating your tea, Iโd really recommend a thermos! ๐คฃWhen tea first meets hot water, it has the fullest aroma. After reheating two or three times, the fragrance fades away. No pressure though. You read documentation so carefully, which means you have amazing focus. In this era flooded with distracting information, thatโs really rare. Looking forward to the day you try Puโer.
Daily intake
Weekly intake
Used to take coffee, but not any more. Coffee makes me too much dehydrated.
Thatโs such a healthy routine! Too much coffee isnโt great.
Over here, our classic health hack: steeping goji berries in a thermos ๐
Itโs the โadult developer survival drinkโ!
Thanks. ๐ฅฐ
Had unhealthy habits for a long time, not any more ๐คฃ
Iโm still trying to break my bad habit of eating grilled skewers late at night. But they just smell so good ๐คฃ
LOL. Yeah, why all the delicious food are unhealthy? ๐คฃ
Hahaha, thatโs the classic dilemma! You canโt have both the fish and the bearโs paw. My mind picks health, but my body craves delicious food. And my body wins, so I just listen to it ๐คฃ
Depends on the time of day:
Friday? Beer! ๐บ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Bitter drinks for the grind, haha! But Iโm not into bitter flavors myself โ I add plenty of sugar. I also occasionally grab beer late at night with grilled skewers ๐๐บ, absolute bliss!
With the amount of coffee I drink, if I added sugar to every cup, I'd get really fat ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
And that sounds great, I'm a big BBQ fan, so anything grilled (with a beer, of course) is awesome!
Just curious, is Apple-C Americano still coffee? ๐ ๐คฃ
Yep itโs still coffee! Espresso is the foundation, apple soda just adds fruity fizz ๐
Totally agree, grilled food with beer hits different.
I avoid the scale these days ๐คฃ Even if I look slim, Iโm nervous about the reading.
While I'm working? Coffee (pleasure moment, 3 times per day), water (yeah, just hydration, lol) ... after work - a beer ("dinner augmentation") or a wine (closing the day, feeling like a priest, lol) !
All coffee and alcohol through the whole day! Come on, let me recommend Chinaโs office wellness combo: thermos with goji berries, haha ๐
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Compared to other community veterans, my badge collection is pretty small ๐
Lol yeah gotta make it sufferable, so I don't really have a choice!
P.S. no wait, I mentioned water as well, you ignored that! (but only a little bit, if I'm honest)
Oops, my bad! I zeroed in on coffee and wine ๐ Water is the unsung hero then. You can still add goji berries to it!๐
it gone viral
86 comments, 39 reaction lol.
I know you will beat me.
Haha this thread totally blew up! All thanks to everyone joining this fun chat ๐
We just keep drifting into interesting topics.
yeah fun chat... hope that fun chat occurred in my post's chats too so that it shows up in active discussions...
I can give you a hint! Compare your first viral post with this one, and youโll find the answer๐
hmm, let me see.
only this is different I can see. from my other posts.
Coffe without sugar + milk || water.
Solid simple combo! Creamy coffee and plain water, really balanced ๐
A MacBook Pro plus a drink, what a fantastic pairing!๐
xulingfeng, this character breakdown through coffee choices is brilliant! ๐ i can totally see how each drink matches their personality.
as for me? i'm the fresh R.O. water guy. ๐ง
while everyone's fueling on espresso shots and oat milk lattes, i'm over here with the purest, cheapest, most constraint-driven hydration possible. no caffeine jitters, no sugar crashes, just 100% clear-headed coding on a $150 phone.
plus, it's basically free and keeps my brain sharp for debugging at 2am. ๐
if my work style was a drink, it'd definitely be ice-cold R.O. water: minimalist, efficient, and gets the job done without any unnecessary bloat. ๐ฏ
what about the rest of the community? anyone else team water, or are you all on the caffeine train?
Wow! Have you not tried other drinks? I strongly suggest you look up Wahaha, a classic Chinese drink brand. Also, youโre still up at 2 AM! Staying up late is bad for young folks who are still developing, so try to get some sleep earlier ๐
haha, noted on the wahaha! i will definitely check it out, always love discovering new classic drinks. ๐
and you caught meโ2 am coding sessions are a dangerous habit i am actively trying to break! my mom would agree with you 100%.
also, great catch on the sign-in flow! you are absolutely right. guest mode has strict, hidden limits, and the moment a user tries to push past them (or use advanced features like saving to the library), the app gracefully triggers the sign-in wall. itโs a deliberate design choice to protect the api budget and convert curious visitors into registered users.
thanks for keeping me honest and testing the app so thoroughly! ๐ง๐ฏ
I hope Wahaha surprises you! Late-night coding is such a hard habit to drop ๐
haha, deal! i'll report back after i try it. and you're completely rightโthe 2am bug hunts are a trap i'm actively trying to escape! ๐
thanks for the good vibes, the wahaha recommendation, and for testing the app so thoroughly. getting some sleep tonight! ๐ง๐ฏ
Good night! Go get some sleep. Staying up past 10 PM can seriously affect kidsโ height ๐
we both launched our 2 posts.
let's see which post will be more viral lol.
I know it's yours just kidding no challenge.
hands off to you ๐๏ธ๐ค
by the way I drink lemonade sometimes and plain water mostly.
Lol, fun friendly race! ๐คฃ Water & lemonade are solid picks. Iโm stuck with coffee for those long testing marathons.
I'm not adult so my mom doesn't allow me to drink coffee, I drink chai(you know this?) only when I am sick.
other wise main drink is water and lemonade
I am allergic to chai :( So coffee only. But I like coffee more, so it's a good thing ;)
It would be even better if there were some pictures. After all, Iโve never seen real chai in person.๐
I do drink arabic black coffee, on a daily basis, without sugar or any other ingredient in it. I drink allot, like about 2 liters per day because i consume allot of energy to build things in both the physical and the digital worlds, and sometimes work on solving some hard cosmological problems.
What!?๐ฑ2 liters daily! Thatโs a lot of Arabic black coffee๐
Physical projects plus cosmology research, so cool!
I know it may sound extreme, but this is the way.
I have been doing so for over 5 years now. And recently, i have noticed that i am not able to sleep over 5 hours on a daily basis. I am evolving, hopefully in a good positive way.
Let's see how long i can last on this planet before evaporating.
Thanks! But, nothing crazy; Just daily regular meetups with lord Ferris, my LLMs and papa Linus discussing the human life and evolution on this kawaii planet.
Till next time ๐!
5 years of this habit! 5 hours sleep daily sounds rough ๐
Hope you stay healthy. Those discussions with LLMs and Linus sound fascinating!
Yeah coding ever since graduation created some of the unhealthy habits to me.
Thanks <3! I will definyetely keep posting about what me and papa Linus are up to.
Canโt wait for your future updates! Please look after yourself ๐
water ๐
Thatโs really healthy! Throw in some goji berries for extra goodness ๐
mostly coca cola, coffee, tea, basically anything but water ๐
No matter what you drink, it just lacks soul without KFC fried chicken as the pairing๐คฃ
Very true... I had KFC 2 days ago, had to drive next town over for a thing, so got some on the way back. It just hits different ๐
You have to drive to get KFC, thatโs tough! Call KFC and ask them to open a branch near your place sooner ๐
๐ญ You dont understand, this town has NO fast food. Literally nothing, the closest we have is a restaurant that does takeaways... No pizza, burgers, chicken, nothing... So only way is a 1h drive to the next town to go get.
Btw, sorry that I've been gone for a while. Wasnt a very fun week tbh. I had to drive through to my parents to go put my 13 year old dog (toy pom) down. He wasnt doing all too great... So really havent been in a very good headspace. Luckily the mother-in-law and brother-in-law came to visit us for the next month, so gunna be a busy time ๐
Depends on the time of day and the cognitive load required.
Makes total sense. Cognitive load changes what I reach for too โ
Haha long black - one and only ๐
Wonderful taste! Long Black is Lenaโs drink in my story. Sheโs also a woman with a calm, sharp mind, and this strong, unsweetened coffee suits her perfectly. It says a lot about your own great taste๐
Recently, plain water is my favorite ๐ง
Caffeine makes me a bit too hyper ๐ธ
Water is such a solid pick! I totally get it, caffeine can make some people super hyper ๐
Grab a thermos, add goji berries into your plain water โ my classic wellness hack ๐
Water just water
Healthy water, healthy life.๐๏ธ
@xulingfeng Coffee is definitely my staple during work hours too. That Apple-C Americano with sparkling water sounds wild though, I am not sure if I would survive ten minutes of thinking I could manage 30 AI agents at once!
Out of all the unusual flavor combinations you have come across at Luckin or elsewhere, what is the strangest one you have actually enjoyed?
My wildest favorite is their liquor-flavored latte. It has a hint of Moutai liquor mixed with milk and espresso. Sounds crazy, but it works surprisingly well ๐
I drink water :)
Water good!๐
I drink Coffee every morning with cookies :)
Recently for breakfast, I have a cup of soy milk, one meat bun and one marinated egg every day. Itโs a simple but solid Chinese breakfast! ๐
a wonderful snack :)
The P-as-espresso mapping is dead on. I've worked with exactly one person like that โ no small talk, no hedging, just the answer. Took me a year to realize that wasn't rudeness, it was efficiency. The flat white description nailed something too: the people who look the most relaxed are usually the ones who put in 10x the prep nobody sees.
Haha thanks for your kind words! The more capable people tend to speak less, and let their actions speak for themselves! ๐
Turkish tea, Turkish coffee, and occasionally more coffee than I should admit. โ๐น๐ท
After 20+ years in IT, Iโve learned that some problems need a debugger, some need documentation, and some just need another cup of tea. ๐
And apparently, while Iโm drinking that tea, Anmol is somewhere in the comments planning my next security challenge. ๐คฃ
Cheers from Tรผrkiye, everyone! ๐ต
Love that wisdom from 20+ years in IT ๐ Anmol is always preparing new challenges. Cheers from here!๐คฃ
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When I am working, nothing ๐ I don't like putting my hands off the keyboard for a single second. But I do take breaks. I just don't mix drinking & working.
I bet you avoid drinking much so you donโt have to take bathroom breaks, which would pull your fingers off the keyboard, hahaha ๐คฃ
That's actually correct ๐ฎ How did you know that?! I have to go downstairs since my bathroom is on the lower floor.
Please call me Detective Conan ๐
Ok Mr. Xulingfeng Detective Conan ๐ซก
Black tea from Sri Lanka or India โ single-origin, with beet sugar cubes, no milk. Seven mugs a day.
Nice choice! Single-origin black tea tastes great. Seven cups daily, impressive ๐
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Turkish coffee? ๐
Turkish coffee! Iโve never tasted it. I heard itโs super rich and comes with grounds ๐
Ooooh yes. My partner brought Greek coffee like before covid when he was in Greece, and we instantly fell in love. very rich, creamy almost, but thick, dark, tastefull, it's a must. Unfortunatelly where we live they don't sell it, but we found out from a shop that it's Turkish and Greek coffee the same, and we found Turkish coffee. <3
Haha, then Iโll check if they sell it on the Taobao app๐
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I usually drink coconut water or soy milk, but sometimes I just drink water.
Great to meet another soy milk lover! We have salty soy milk locally. I have a cup for breakfast nearly every day ๐
ah hola my friend๐
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Coffee and water for me ๐
Hahaha! Let me recommend our Chinese office wellness drink: warm water brewed with goji berries in a thermos ๐
Sounds interesting ๐ I'll definitely try it sometime!
Diet Coke mostly (got more weight ๐ ), Milked tea and Long black coffe.
Hahaha weight gain really is the age-old struggle ๐Iโve heard so many people gain weight even with zeroโsugar drinks ๐ Milk tea and long black is a nice mix of comfort and sharpness.
if its in the morning i drink coffee otherwise just water
Simple and effective, canโt go wrong with water
oh, nothing in fokus mode and kaffee in sleepwatching the Monitor fokus mode. ๐ .. i guees.
Hahaha ๐ Staying up late for on-duty shifts is really tough. Iโve pulled all-nighters before and felt foggy the whole next day. Remember to eat good food and drink well, and stay healthy!
....stay healthy.
Great write-up. The structured step-by-step reasoning made following along very engaging. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks a lot! Iโm happy you enjoyed it ๐
Irish coffee
Nice pick! Irish coffee sounds amazing, the mix of coffee and whiskey must be fantastic๐
I havenโt tried it yet.
i drink water, it may come as a shock to you that we have that in australia
Haha! Plain water is the healthiest, keep it up! I recommend throwing in some goji berries for extra health benefits ๐
Valerian, mint tea and chamomile tea ๐ต
Someday I'll start arrange small tea ceremony ๐ซช
Lovely choices! All of these teas are so calming. A small tea ceremony sounds absolutely wonderful๐
By the way, we also have warm goji berry drink in thermos for relaxation ๐