My son enjoys a cup of coffee (or an energy drink) with me in the afternoon. It seems like an okay thing to allow after a long school day and before homework/chores. My husband thinks it's awful. From a medical stand-point, I've heard there's nomore caffine in a cup of hot chocolate. He is absolutely limited to a cup/can a day, has no behavior issues and I do not notice a change in his demeanor.

So Im not huge on caffeine, i don't drink it often at all. I do like drinking a pepsi from time to time. Or coke. Can that reduce my chances of getting pregnant?

I like them unsweetened. If I can find a way to make them homemade that would be cool because Starbucks can burn a hole in your pocket!

thanks!

I am helping out in my familys bar/cafe, in Italy. And we have a professional cafe' machine. It has the steamer arm. My problem is while I can make a regular cafe/espresso. I cannot seem to properly steam/foam the milk for a cappacino or other drinks. My DH is no help, he says it took him forever to get it right. It seems like it would be so simple.

Is there a trick to it? How to hold it? How long, what to look for?

Either I get it too hot with not enough foam, or not hot enough with not enough foam.
This is very frustrating for me. I did not think it would be hard.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much everyone. I practiced again today and did much better. I made myself a cappucino, and a foam chocolate milk for my daughter. lol. (foam, and chocolate sprinkles) I did pay attention to the sound, and lower the milk pitcher just below the surface. The first time was good. The second time it had big bubbles. lol. Then still learning how to swirl and tap the pitcher to settle the foam. I made a mess today, my DH laughed at me. Oh well, I will practice again in the morning.

I know that Caffeine is a stimulant. However I believe caffeine also affect our mental state. So is caffeine also a psychoactive drug?

I personally like Coffee bean & Tea Leaf. Before I like Starbucks, and that is just because I have never tried coffee bean, and compared the differences.
Let me enumerate the differences:
1. Espresso shots are fresh. it's grind freshly when u order ur drink. unlike the starbucks it is already pre made in their machine.
2. Coffee bean uses the actual teas for all the tea drinks. Starbucks uses syrup.
3. Coffee bean uses powder to all the flavored drinks. Starbucks uses syrup again which make the drinks weak.
4. Coffee bean automatically uses nonfat milk for all the flavored drinks. Starbucks' default milk is whole milk.
5. Coffee bean uses the appropriate words for all their drinks to avoid confusion like:
a. sizes of the cups: small, medium large
starbucks: tall, grande & venti
b. LATTE means hot milk & MACCHIATO means
espresso with a teaspon of milk
so u order CARAMEL LATTE instead of CARAMEL MACCHIATO.

CHECK IT FOR YOURSELVES.

I receieved instructions from a psychiatrist to push caffeine out of my life completely. After 6 months of ignoring her, Im on 3 NoDoz's and sad I didnt listen. How do I push caffeine out of my life? How do I replace it with better stuff?

Everytime I drink coffee or something I fall asleep. It's not just from that crash after the caffeine high. I fall asleep while drinking them. I fall asleep after eating ice cream sundaes if they have chocolate syrup on them. Warm milk doesn't put me to sleep, I fall asleep after drinking chocolate milk or a cappuccino. It's so confusing.

hi, i am so in love with starbucks! i drink their coffee almost everyday. but it costs me (equivalent to) 7 $ for a venti iced caramel machiato.. i cant really afford that anymore.. im only 18!
anywho, my parents own that machine like starbucks' and they always buy the starbucks espresso beans and the bottle of vanilla syrup.. i know that those 2 are main ingredients for my drink.. but i need help on how to make it .. measurements.. and also.. does anyone have an idea about where i could get (or make my own) Caramel.. the drizzzle thingy not the syrup..

Thanks.