Coffee prices vs. soda

**Goodi2shooz** · 07-19-2005, 11:19 PM

I have a question for you all. My husband used to buy caffeinated sodas during the day because caffeine helps stop the constant pain in his damaged leg. (That's why they put it in Excedrine).. He said he would not need to do this if I made him a big traveler's size mug of coffee in the morning.

Now I consider myself an excellent bargain hunter, but we aren't everyday coffee drinkers and I don't know what a good price for coffee is.... or would it be cheaper to buy bargain colas? Or maybe I should just get extra strength Excedrine?

**YankeeMom** · 07-20-2005, 07:38 AM

If all he needs is the caffeine, not the acetominophen (sp) in the Excedrine, I would probably try the coffee for a bit.
A LARGE can (33.5oz) cost between $3 (loss leader) and $6. Smaller cans (11oz) go for anywhere from 99c (loss leader) to $4. I buy the big cans, just because we do drink one pot every morning. It's more economical for us, since we go through about a can and 1/4 of a can in a month.

**canadian gardener** · 07-20-2005, 10:59 AM

I get a good deal at Walmart on Folgers once in a while, but my best source for our favourite (I really do prefer Folgers for the taste, years ago I used to buy it across the border till it came to Canada)

is Costco. They have a sale on Folgers about once a month, to every 2 months depending.

I buy the big can of it (you can bag and freeze coffee grounds if you don't go thru it that fast)

or you can invest 10$ or so in a small Braun coffee grinder and buy the beans at the grocery, grinding them just before use, (keep beans in freezer to stay fresh) if going stale is an issue.

We go thru 1.8 kg of coffee about every 2 to 3 weeks. I buy lots and the cheapest and best is Costco's Folgers can.

**Kimberlina** · 07-20-2005, 11:52 AM

I don't know how the prices compare- I don't really drink either, and this is so not what you asked about (that is your warning to stop reading if you don't want to hear this, LOL) but I would think it is healthier for him to have the coffee. The soda has so much sugar and the chemicals in it can prevent calcium absorption, so even if it is a little more expensive, it may possibly save you $ on medical bills in the future...just my .02.

**Goodi2shooz** · 07-20-2005, 12:49 PM

Kimberly, you're probably right.. we were talking about that this morning...soda is pretty bad for ya...even the diet stuff..

Thanks for the answers everyone

**canadian gardener** · 07-20-2005, 07:18 PM

coffee is better for you than people originally thought. The latest research is that

it helps asthmatics. I've known and used this for years. 2 to 3 cups of coffee a day, will reduce asthma attacks happening by one third, PLUS reduce the severity of the ones that do happen by one third.

Now if you are an asthmatic, like me that is a pretty hefty help. I'm afraid I can't give you the origin of that, I learnt it years ago as an RN, and promptly used it. When I don't have my coffee, when I've gone off it for a couple of days I get the worst asthma.

I've used a good strong cup to help other asthmatics while their puffers take effect. It works. Don't use it instead of an emergency room trip though if it's a bad attack, just get there!

Oprah recently had the doctors who wrote "You the Owners Manual" and they mentioned that now they decided that coffee has beneficial antioxidents in there, as much as tea.

Unless you suffer from irregular heartbeat, coffee is actually GOOD for most people.

**Goodi2shooz** · 07-20-2005, 08:01 PM

Margery, thank you so much for that info! Now as far as the asthma help goes, does the coffee have to be caffeinated or can it be decaf?

**canadian gardener** · 07-20-2005, 08:52 PM

well I use the caffeine version, I'm not sold on the decaffeinating process at all. But if you don't like caffeine, and you have asthma you can try both and see which one works best.

**Mamawolf** · 07-20-2005, 11:42 PM

I would go for the coffee myself. I tend to find sodas outrageously priced!

**patches** · 07-21-2005, 12:09 AM

Coffee or tea for asthma works great! My Grandma said so!

Actually, I drank hot tea all the time I was growing up and hot coffee when I could get it.

And yes, when I am hurting, I usually drink some coffee and can go right to sleep.

And for those that aren't aware of it, inflamation from arthritis can be helped by drinking green tea. When my knees are acting up, I can drink a couple of cups at night and wake up the next morning better able to walk.

Also, if you ever get bronchitis or walking pneumonia, Gensing root boiled in some water and steeped is good for opening up the airways. I survived on that one year when I got a case of pneumonia that the doctors had a hard time getting rid of. Took almost 6 months! Gensing kept me up and walking.

**Goodi2shooz** · 07-21-2005, 01:46 AM

I've been having a lot of breathing problems that the doctors can't figure out... I love tea so maybe I'll up my intake! Has to be decaf though... thanks for all the input guys!

**canadian gardener** · 07-21-2005, 10:24 PM

Hot drinks are good, but coffee has something tea doesn't. It's a chemical twin to theophylline which was the old asthma drug before Ventolin was invented.

Any hot drink will soothe things, and help thin the thick and sticky mucous which asthmatics get, but the theophylline analog in coffee works over and above that.

I'm not sure whether decaffeinating the coffee strips it of that chemical or not.