Think of all the opiate pain killers but heroin is illegal

Coffee is for hard nuts who watch too much American TV

Starbucks entered the U.K. market in 1998 with the $83 million[30] USD acquisition of the then 56-outlet, UK-based Seattle Coffee Company, re-branding all the stores as Starbucks. In September 2002, Starbucks opened its first store in Latin America, at Mexico City. Currently there are over 500 locations in Mexico and there are plans for the opening of up to 850 by 2018.[31]



1998 and the UK and fell for Coffee like a bunch of clowns

Now they are hitting Mexico on a huge scale( will the wall allow this )

Starbucks' battle plan calls for using London's caffeine-craving populace of 9 million as a springboard to opening 500 retail locations in Europe by 2003 - and, potentially, another 500 in Asia by the same date.

Also Red Bull got popular on the club scene as an alternative to Ecstasy

Voddie and Red Bull gives you wings doesn't it

Just as with the Class A drug, the cocktail can have a devastating affect on the chemical balance of the brain that lasts long into adulthood.
This is a taste of the effect it has on the body in the first 12 days of finishing a can:
FIRST 10 MINUTES AFTER FINISHING A CAN
The caffeine begins to permeate your bloodstream.
In turn, your heart rate and blood pressure start to pick up pace.
15-45 MINUTES LATER
If you drink it fast, you'll start feeling more alert and concentrated around 15 minutes later. Slow drinkers may not feel the effects for about 40 minutes. 
30-50 MINUTES LATER
Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat - of which there is plenty.
1 HOUR LATER
Your body starts to experience a sugar crash, as well as the effects of the caffeine dying down, you'll start to feel tired and energy levels will start to feel low.
You've also now urinated out all the water that was in the Red Bull.
First, however, that water infused with valuable nutrients that your body could have used hydrate your system or strengthen your bone, which were also washed out.
5-6 HOURS LATER
It takes this long for the amount of caffeine to half in your body.
For women who take the Pill, it will take 10 hours.
12 HOURS LATER
The time that it takes most people to fully remove caffeine from their bloodstream.
The speed at which this happens does depend on many factors from age to activity.
12-24 HOURS LATER
Withdrawal symptoms kick in.
About a day after you had your caffeine hit, you're in the mood for another.
If you have become used to a daily - or more regular - fix, you will start to feel lethargic, distressed, experience headaches and constipation. 
7-12 DAYS LATER
Studies have shown this to be the time frame for your body to become tolerant to your regular caffeine dosage.
That means you'll get used to it and won't feel the effects as much.
THE PROS AND CONS OF DRINKING ENERGY DRINKS
PRO: Energy drinks like Red Bull are well within the national guidelines of 400 milligrams of caffeine per day. They contain 80 milligrams per 250ml can.
PRO: Coffee can be much higher in caffeine. For example, a venti americano at Starbucks contains 300mg of caffeine.
CON: It is high in sugar - and therefore calories. And caffeine, a stimultant drug, can cause anxiety, dehydration, nausea, and a dangerously high heart rate.
CON: The number of people hospitalized due to energy drinks doubled between 2007 and 2014 in the US, according to SAMHSA.


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Starbucks to roast Europe

Buying Seattle Coffee, U.S. chain launches sip-by-sip sally into Europe


http://money.cnn.com/1998/04/29/deals/starbucks/

just checking

They brought Red bull into clubs in the 90s and ravers used it as a sub for ecstasy (obviously not for the proper buzz but mixed with drink to keep them up )

Never ever had Red Bull myself, as someone who is very conscious of sugar intake.

Was looking up how much sugar was in redbull and found this


If you glance at the nutrition label on the back of popular energy drink Red Bull, the amount of sugar within is clearly stated: 27 grams per 8.4 fluid ounces. But Reddit user Gizmosarrow — who preferred the larger 12-ounce can — had trouble visualizing the amount.

“I wanted to see how much 39g of sugar actually was,” the Redditor wrote on the site Monday, admitting in the comments to a “two 12-oz. cans a day” habit. Turns out that the amount of sugar in one can alone translates to a rather startling mound of the sugary stuff.

Here’s what 39 grams of sugar looks like:




39 grams of sugar is about 9 and a half tea spoons of sugar.

SlippyBlue 23 Nov 16 21:50 Joined: 11 Jun 12 | Topic/replies: 20,910 | Blogger: SlippyBlue's blog
I don't drink coffee, a couple of mugs of strong tea does me. Even the very smell of Red Bull makes me want to gag let alone drink the stuff.

A little dash in Vodka is good for ya

The product is marketed through advertising, events (Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Red Bull Air Race, Red Bull Crashed Ice), sports team ownerships (RB Leipzig, FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Brasil, New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Toro Rosso), celebrity endorsements, and music, through its record label Red Bull Records.[9]

It's beautiful like a bird