#can’t eat shrimp can’t eat li hing mui can’t have high caffeine drinks

[lovingempress]

So both my parents drink coffee, but I have to say- it was probably my father’s fault. My dad used to buy that instant cappuccino/Frappuccino powder stuff- you know, the “vanilla” flavor or whatever. Now, he drank it occasionally, but the whole container was really for me tbh- he had his fancy Kona coffee, I got the instant sugar stuff, it worked out. Mind, I was like 11 when I started so uhh. Yeah.

Anyways, man didn’t want to buy hot chocolate but he did buy me coffee, and since I was freezing all the goddamn time, horrible at mornings, but also needed to be up at ungodly times (5am wakeups my beloathed), I would drink the coffee. The caffeine addiction didn’t really set in until 7th grade tho, because there was a McDonald’s on my way to school. So, if I was running late, or I just wanted the sugary drink, I would pop in for some breakfast/lunch and inevitably get one large McDonald’s “Frappuccino” monstrosity, absolutely loaded with whip cream, syrups, and sugar.

Anyways, it took me until last year to realize that I actually don’t even like coffee tbh- caffeine gives me migraines, and I’m very sensitive to the stuff. Turns out, I just really like vanilla drinks and those spiced (chai/“pumpkin”) drinks, so I thought I liked coffee ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

People who drink coffee: why did you start?

I don't drink coffee and I've never wanted to, but that's obviously ~not normal~, so I'm curious why most people do start drinking it.