Operation SuperCaff: Phase Two

Objective: Taste test Black Blood of the Earth and measure reaction to caffeine intake.

Log: Awoke moderately early for a Saturday morning. Prepared breakfast, including one 100 ml shotglass of BBotE. Herr Direktor suggested taste tests should go in the following order:

1) One shot straight and cold (BBotE requires refrigeration).
2) One shot of BBotE to two shots of boiling water.
3) One shot of BBotE to a shot of good-quality vodka.

Prepared step one using an Atwood BigShot. In haste to sample BBotE, did not take note that a BigShot holds roughly 100 ml of liquid.

Tasted BBotE straight. It has a slightly sweet, incredibly-smooth taste. Not like black coffee at all. No bitterness or bite.

Prepared the balance of breakfast. Finished the shotglass halfway through the oatmeal. Considered options and moved ahead to step two. Boiled two shots of filtered water and mixed with one shot of BBotE.

At this juncture, I have ingested 200 ml of BBotE. Halfway through the cup of smooth, tasty caffeinated goodness, I have realized this is more than I'd intended to ingest in one sitting.

Finished the coffee. Starting to feel the effects.

Heart-rate has accelerated a bit. Unspecified muscles between the shoulder blades are tensing. Forehead has a prickly feeling I know from past experience to be an indicator that I am on the high end of my caffeine intake.

Will take note of reactions for the balance of the day.

[UPDATE] Heart-rate remained accelerated for all of the morning and part of the afternoon. Roughly five minutes after the initial post, my eyes felt like they were trying to escape my skull.

In brief, there was plenty of caffeine.

Goal for Phase Three: Compare with Toddy coffee Sumatra concentrate in refrigerator for taste and effect.