Pinkcast 2.15: This is when you should drink coffee.
LINKS AND FURTHER READING:
- For more on the effects of caffeine on cortisol, see this 2009 study.
- On the science of nappuccinos, see this paper from Psychophysiology and this paper from Clinical Neurophysiology.
I realize I’m an outsider on the following opinion, but coffee is nasty. Smells bad and tastes worse. That’s why people have to acquire a taste for it. That said, this was about caffeine and I do like caffeine in other forms (tea, Mt. Dew), so the advice is still quite useful.
Oh, and be sure to have that nap in the early afternoon. Caffeine’s half-life could affect your nighttime sleep if you drink it too late in the day.
100% agree with Kelly, I do not like the taste or smell of coffee, even in other foods like coffee ice cream. I much prefer quality tea. So, DP, calm down you have had too many cups! 🙂
It’s amusing to read about your dislike for coffee, which is “steeped” in history. Your affinity for Mountain Dew, a relative newcomer to “pop” culture, is like drinking malted battery acid. Puns intended.
Don’t drink coffee right when you wake up because cortisol is produced then. But time it so caffeine kicks in right when you wake up from a nap. Seems contradictory unless we don’t produce cortisol after a nap. Length of sleep must be a factor.
Love it! Thanks for the advice!
Hi Dan – Do you get the same effects at those times from drinking other kinds of caffeine like tea or soda? Thank you.
Never in my 74 years of living have I heard anyone make a recommendation that seems so logical and yet hidden from my view. Thank you
Culturally, which countries subscribe to afternoon napping? Seems like an obvious benefit, but I don’t think it would be encouraged in today’s corporations.
I believe Spain does have oficial nap time. Some years ago the international companies tried to change the law that allow it. Hope they didn’t success!
Thanks Daniel. I will be a active napucino practitioner
Hi Dan! LOVE the “Nappuccino!” After your reading your awesome book, “When,” the coffee advice makes total sense 🙂 thanks for your continued wit, wisdom, and humor!
I agree, how can someone not drink coffee??? I have also tried the coffee nap and have to agree that it is amazing and I am so driven the rest of the day. Highly recommend if you can find the time to do that, as work permits.
Watched this Pinkcast drinking coffee!! ( 2nd cup of the day not even 9am here) Coffee the energy giver or Brain kicker!!!