After two to three years of being in high school, you
finally understand why coffee and energy drinks are so important to us. They
keep us awake with the hours of homework and jobs that are placed within our
lives. The busier we become, the more caffeine our bodies need to keep us awake
and process for the day.
It wasn’t
until this past summer where I found my addiction for coffee. I found myself
having AT LEAST three cups a day. (Most of it was mainly creamer, but still had
some coffee in it) Because I worked at as a camp counselor over the summer, I
would have to get up pretty early for a summer day and typically go to bed at a
pretty late time. Within two weeks of just working there, I found my new best
friend named coffee. I remember I would always start my morning with a cup of
coffee with a mug that had frogs designed on it, and end my day with another
cup of coffee. For some reason coffee at night actually relaxed my body, made
me less hyper, and more ready for bed. But, in the morning, it gave me the
energy to get through the day.
Once I
came back, I found myself still in the habit of drinking some sort of coffee
every single day more than once. Just like any of addiction or habit, it’s very
hard to break once you’ve been doing it for at least a month. I finally break
my habit of drinking 3 cups of coffee a day, but now it’s more like 3 expresso
drinks a week.
I could imagine how many other people out
there are a coffee-holic just like how I was. Especially teenagers, we become so
addicted with having enough energy that coffee is now a MUST within our lives.
So many high school students, me included, feel the need to have coffee within
our system at all times which can cause several problems. One problem would be
the amount of caffeine that is within our bodies; our body has nowhere to put
all the sugar and caffeine so our stomachs are being held together by even more
sugar which isn’t healthy at all. Another problem it causes is the money point
of view. It may not be that expensive if you only buy one drink, but drink
after drink, the cost surely adds up.
Speaking
of cost, one Café that drains a hole in your wallet is Starbucks. Whatever you
get there, the lowest price is like what, $3. And, usually we don’t get the
smallest size but instead either a medium or a large which costs up to $5. You know
how expensive that is just for one drink. I’m not saying to stop drinking
Starbucks because I’m such a fan all there drinks; I’m just saying how it
surely can add up if you have a Starbucks drink every day of the week. For me,
I usually have only one every other week. There is an exception, and that is
only during Showchoir season. From January to March, it’s always a tradition to
get Frappuccino bright and early in the morning before a competition. 
One of
my favorite types of creamer would have to be peppermint or Girl Scout Cookies
Thin Mints. The peppermint just really sets the mood for the holidays. As for
the thin mints, you can never get enough of Girl Scout cookie flavors. There
are hundreds of different types of creamer to add to a cup of coffee. From
French Vanilla, to Hazelnut, to Cinnamon, to even Original, I bet half the
coffee that’s been drunk contains some amount of a creamer. I personally like
to sometimes mix creamers together that give it an even better taste. You know what they say, “Would you like a
dash of coffee in your cup of creamer?”
One tip for future high school or
college students is that you’re going to become very familiar and close with
coffee as you become busier and busier. You might just find a new best friend
with the amount of time you spend drinking them!
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