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I frequently see tech workers in SF drinking soda in the morning (ie before 10am) and it completely blows my mind as a French person. I had a coworker who would

by GuiA 9y ago

I frequently see tech workers in SF drinking soda in the morning (ie before 10am) and it completely blows my mind as a French person. I had a coworker who would drink a coke upon arriving at his desk every day. I mean, I enjoy being unhealthy too, but I usually save it for later in the day.

kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
First you might want to get your countrymen to ease up on the smoking all day thing they are wont to do.
- GuiA 9y ago
  I’m all for that, but sadly I do not have the powers you seem to think I have.
toast0 9y ago
Americans often put as much sugar in coffee as they do in soda. If I'm going to drink a sugary beverage in the morning, it may as well be something I like.
- bleachnu 9y ago
  I don’t put 43 grams of sugar in my coffee and I don’t know anybody who has. Most people I know take their coffee without any sugar at all. But then again I haven’t met everybody in the us, so I digress.
  - dpark 9y ago
    (Essentially) No one dumps 40 grams of granulated sugar into their brewed coffee. But Starbucks and other coffee shops sell a lot of "coffee" drinks with sugar contents in that range. A grande mocha has 35 grams of sugar. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/caffe-mocha#size=47&milk=67&whip=125 https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/caffe-mocha#s...
- cossatot 9y ago
  It's not just Americans. When I was working in Italy, some of my Italian colleagues would put an entire sugar packet into a single shot of espresso.
- cmurf 9y ago
  I'm an American and I find sugar in coffee or tea to be a vile perversion. Meanwhile, I'm always finding sugar packets served with coffee abroad, it comes on the saucer even when ordering sans sucré.
- perl4ever 9y ago
  [inhabitants of any large country] often [do anything you can think of] because there are a lot of people there who do a lot of different things. I sometimes go to Starbucks and get something that is basically a milkshake, but I get my coffee elsewhere and I never add sugar to it.
taneq 9y ago
Yeah, you should stick strictly to coffee or wine before 10am. ;)
cm2012 9y ago
Usually coke zero though :)

by GuiA 9y ago

kevin_thibedeau 9y ago

First you might want to get your countrymen to ease up on the smoking all day thing they are wont to do.

GuiA 9y ago
I’m all for that, but sadly I do not have the powers you seem to think I have.

toast0 9y ago

Americans often put as much sugar in coffee as they do in soda. If I'm going to drink a sugary beverage in the morning, it may as well be something I like.

bleachnu 9y ago
I don’t put 43 grams of sugar in my coffee and I don’t know anybody who has. Most people I know take their coffee without any sugar at all. But then again I haven’t met everybody in the us, so I digress.
- dpark 9y ago
  (Essentially) No one dumps 40 grams of granulated sugar into their brewed coffee. But Starbucks and other coffee shops sell a lot of "coffee" drinks with sugar contents in that range. A grande mocha has 35 grams of sugar. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/caffe-mocha#size=47&milk=67&whip=125 https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/caffe-mocha#s...
cossatot 9y ago
It's not just Americans. When I was working in Italy, some of my Italian colleagues would put an entire sugar packet into a single shot of espresso.
cmurf 9y ago
I'm an American and I find sugar in coffee or tea to be a vile perversion. Meanwhile, I'm always finding sugar packets served with coffee abroad, it comes on the saucer even when ordering sans sucré.
perl4ever 9y ago
[inhabitants of any large country] often [do anything you can think of] because there are a lot of people there who do a lot of different things. I sometimes go to Starbucks and get something that is basically a milkshake, but I get my coffee elsewhere and I never add sugar to it.

taneq 9y ago

Yeah, you should stick strictly to coffee or wine before 10am. ;)

cm2012 9y ago

Usually coke zero though :)