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Discussion on: Developers turn more than pizza and coffee into code, what do you consume to code

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Quentin Sonrel

My main fuel is tea. I try not to eat while coding, or even 35 would be quite hard to reach ahah.

When I'm tired I have a tendency to use (and abuse) energy drinks too. I noticed that a cigarette really helps me focus, but I'm not a regular smoker so I usually don't do it.

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Sophie The Lionhart

Which kinds of tea? Also hot or cold?

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Quentin Sonrel

Mostly green or black but I enjoy white and oolong as well, I just love tea and there is too much awesome teas to stick to one kind only!
As for hot or cold: mostly hot, sometimes cold in the summer but it takes more time to prepare so... laziness kicks in.

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Sophie The Lionhart

I just have never been able to get into hot drinks. I even had a hard time with soup until I studied abroad in Korea.

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Quentin Sonrel

Well you can still try cold tea, it's awesome too!

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Sophie The Lionhart

I like cold tea, but as you said, its a pain. Have you ever tried to cold brew tea? If so how did that go?

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Quentin Sonrel

Never tried it, no, I'm not sure the result would be great.

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Sophie The Lionhart

Just did some googling, looks VERY promising actually.

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Desolo Sub Humus 🌎🌍

I just reuse my old Kevita bottles, add cold water and a tea bag, cap it, stick it in the fridge, leave it overnight, and drink it the next day. It's not gourmet by any means, but it's easy and tastes great on a hot day.

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Quentin Sonrel • Edited

<tea-hipster-mode>
Ugh. Tea bags.
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Desolo Sub Humus 🌎🌍 • Edited

Eh, well, you've got to go with what's available, so it's tea bags or nothing for me. Well, unless I get confirmation on some of the native plants that started creeping into the yard - I may have a ton of sage tea one of these days.

And hipster mode? I mentioned brewing it in a Kevita bottle, so I think we've got that covered. It's all good.

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Basile B.

cig in front of the screen... i did that daily when younger and i can't say how many times i got this damn smoke in the eyes, the hashes on the keyboard and everything becomes sticky. Really bad practice. Vap is much better, although you cant keep the stuff in the mouth but that's exactly how you got the smoke in the eyes so well nvm.