This happened practically this morning, especially when brewing coffee for breakfast. Normally I would do a double espresso lungo with milk. So far, nothing terrible happened to me as an espresso lungo is mostly an espresso shot with plenty of water. In Starbucks terms, I’ve been drinking a grande sized serve of two espresso shots, half boiled water and topped with hot milk.
One time I accidentally overestimated the strength settings and ended up with the equivalent of three doppio shots. In case you wondered, doppio is a strong concentration of a double espresso shot (60ml). Add to a shortage of hot milk and each sip would slowly teeter me into unprecedented hell.
Following a hot shower to ease away the coming Southern Hemisphere winter, I felt a headache begin to bloom. Nausea? Kinda. Normally a flare up like this would go away, but this wasn’t it. By the time I suppressed a gag, this kicked off a puking spell that made me lose my liquid breakfast. Still nauseated, I did an emergency rinse by bolting down a few glasses of water to fully rid off this caffeinated crime scene. (To which I say, DO NOT DO THIS.)
And that’s then it hit me. I overloaded the caffeine content of my coffee habit and it shanked my stomach lining. Add to my migraine now gnawing away at my skull and it looks like my days of a decent coffee would have to become null.
TLDR; I overestimated the caffeine content of my breakfast drink, ended up on a puking bender. Now I am woozy, doozy and stuck on tea and toast for now.