Bro consuming enough caffeine to paralyze an elephant. Any yerba-mate drinkers on hexbear? I'm looking for a source of caffeine cheaper than coffee. Last two months I've seen the largest food price increase since the pandemic and coffee is just about off the menu at this point. I kept going cheaper but I realized that as you go down the cost structure the coffee has less caffeine (img below) and I'm at diminishing return level now. Yerba-mate is a sub tropical woody long growing plant so even If I could grow it I probably wouldn't be able to get enough caffeine out of one plant but if I can get seeds I might give it a try. Amazon has a 4.4 lb bag for $19. Thats much cheaper than coffee but I can't get good info on how mate compares lb for lb wrt caffeine.

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  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    27 days ago

    Have you considered just drinking double espressos on the occasion you have to buy coffee? It’s much cheaper where I am then getting lattes or whatever. At home I just drink tea, tea is hella cheap

    • LigOleTiberal [he/him]
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      26 days ago

      oh are they talking about trying to figure out a cheaper alternative than buying fresh made coffee from coffee shops? literally anything is cheaper than that. I make espresso at home. sometimes french press. i used to just make drip coffee at home until my drip coffee machine broke.

      make coffee at home. duh. only crazy rich people or idiots buy coffee from coffee shops all the time.

      • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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        26 days ago

        Maybe not? But it seemed that way from that spreadsheet of prices lol