What's In the Water

"It was long thought that caffeinated beverages were diuretics, but studies reviewed last year found that people who consumed drinks with up to 550 milligrams of caffeine produced no more urine than when drinking fluids free of caffeine. Above 575 milligrams, the drug was a diuretic.

So even a Starbucks grande, with 330 milligrams of caffeine, will not send you to a bathroom any sooner than if you drank 16 ounces of pure water. Drinks containing usual doses of caffeine are hydrating and, like water, contribute to the body's daily water needs."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/health/05brod.html?_r=0

http://www.onemedical.com/blog/eat-well/why-coffee-makes-me-poop/

I think the point was that there was an extra diuretic in the water, over and above the caffeine in the coffee.

So if the latte gives you 330 mg*, they'd need to be adding a diuretic equivalent to over 245 mg of caffeine to the water. Vermin: have you got any figures available from Nathan/Nathon???

*Assuming SE's sources are correct

Nathan Walsh ? In-store water treatments that give the same taste everywhere ? hmmm.....

He must drink a lot of...................................something.

Well I'm pretty sure he's taking the pee .

Not yet...see the avitar jumping up and down?

That's either the caffeine or withdrawal symptoms.

erm.......

When in Rome..........................................................??????????????????

They say they switched to destilled water! Now, I know exactly what is in destilled water! But I didnt even think that was a healthy choice.

Will the coffee add enough to the water not to be dangerous anymore?

This is a one star wonder if I've ever seen one.

I don't go to Starbucks because they are a ripoff. If people are spending their days moving between the counter and the bathroom, they are buying their freaking coffee with food stamps a SNAP card.

I've got some suggestions as to what they can add to their coffee; repeat costumers aren't part of the equation.

I intentionally missused a word. Which one is it, and how does it pertain to this thread?

"I intentionally missused a word. Which one is it," It is "missused", of course.

But your real mistake was clicking on this word: Login.

I started the weekend early. Eat me. I'm trying to pretend that I'm free.

Start a thread on the importance of doing your own homework.

I'll delete it.

No way - that little exchange was far too funny. As unelected officer for the unwashed masses, I cannot allow such. It's all been copied for future re=posting .

Starbucks is the coffee place, yes ? We now have one in the nearest town (Folkestone, where it's rumored some people can do joined-up writing), and we also now have a Costa place. The experience is one that I have yet to thrill to. Call me tight, but the jar of instant coffee from the supermarket seems a lot cheaper and it's hellish quicker in the morning. Far be it from me to upset you all amidst post-party stomach, but I am typing this whilst still in my underpants. I don't know if such places are open at this time of day, much less that they would allow me in. Do people go there for the beverages, the wi-fi stuff, or the social atmosphere ?

"but I am typing this whilst still in my underpants"

Me too.

I'm wearing a thong and used my keyboard as a pillow. I also feel as if I've been violated.

Kris- Coffee tastes a lot better when it costs a half day's pay.

Did you sleep on the lawn?

Maybe some passing dog had his way with you while you were passed out.

Yeah right. Like I keep my keyboard in the lawn.

I keep myself tethered with big gobs of wires and cables. That way I can stay one step ahead of the NSA.

I'd hate to be the poor sap that been charged with building my profile.

It was the promise of respecting me in the morning - far too tempting .

Here's a picture of Jojo Starbuck wearing a 'costume'.

repeat costumers????????? don't you mean cUstomers?

I think kram covered that one in his last post.

Does this thread even matter ? Yet to see it, but if saw a free coffee I might just risk an urgent desire to run for the washroom bathroom bog. I've yet to see this in the UK (not that I ever venture near Starbucks), but they may yet redeem themselves.

What the hell is this thread about?

Does Starbucks need a bailout?

I drink coffee every morning at home; it helps me go poo-poo and pee-pee before I go to work.

What's the problem?

You're dueling with the master, Grasshopper. Go watch the fireworks and leave the heavy lifting to me. Nap time for you.

Have you asked SolarEagle for permission to post his mirror?

We may have a copyright issue.

Nap time? I'm doing a brake job tomorrow; and it's somebody else's car. I don't need no stinkin' nap.

Nope. He can sue.

I have to go to bed now. Fireworks over, no ER visits.

The cats and I were enjoying the show...yup, several of my cats like fireworks and head for the window to watch.

This only indicates one thing to me.

The water at Starbucks headquarters is so contaminated that they need to add something to the water at every other place they open just to make it taste as bad. And then they add coffee!

Also is there a difference between distilled water and "destilled" water?

I know what distilled water actually is.

As far as "destilled" water. I once worked at a service station and they sold "destilled" water. Basically he got a 20L drum of tap water that was "still", picked it up and shook it around, and proudly announced "It's now de-stilled".

What would Starbucks do if the municipal water supply to head office was improved?

This is not a new concept; bartenders have made me thirstier for decades.

What? You're not in Santa Cruz tonight...hanging at the beach?

Don't bother. Cars everywhere and only 3 entrances to the beach. They've blocked off everything.

Only reason i go to Starbucks is to pretend i am writing a play.

I bring my own thermos of coffee and pretend I'm writing poetry and looking for a job.

Never been inside a Starbucks.

Never had their coffee.

OMG, you haven't lived!!!!

LOL

I particularly like the first week of every month; I feast on organic, gluten free blueberry scones that I purchase with my SNAP card, and text my friends on my free phone, about what a bummer, life is.

Wanna be my BFF?

Right! I'll meet ya at the corner Starbucks in an hour.

Put something on over that thong!

I'm allowed to wear my thong in Starbucks; I just have to wear my purple wig and my flip flops so they recognize me.

Perish the thought.

Another incentive never to visit *$....

The Starbucks crowd tends to be a combination of pseudo-intellectual jobless people that dress like yuppies, and freaks.

Back on topic:

I don't believe that getting people to pee more often, would lead them to drink more coffee. It doesn't make sense.

Who said it made sense?

You would fit in at Walmart also.