Oh, ha ha, you guys. Let me tell you a funny story.
Once upon a time on Saturday morning, I sat down at the kitchen counter to finish my coffee and write up a grocery list. Milk, eggs, bread – one loaf or two? One. There’s a back-up in the freezer. Broccoli, spinach. Apples. Coffee? Nope, I just bought that new bag two weeks ago. And then suddenly, with a sounding of trumpets, Bill Nye the Science Guy came down from the sky in a puff of dry ice fog.
“Two weeks ago?” Bill Nye asked, forgoing any good morning pleasantries.
“Yes, Mr. Science Guy. I was really excited because Sprouts had that Ethiopian coffee that I can never, ever get my hands on.”
“Please, call me Bill. So, you’re telling me, that two weeks ago you switched coffee brands.”
“Yes, and it’s quite tasty. Can I get you a cup?”
“Thank you, no. Two weeks ago. Hmmm,” said Bill Nye, tapping a scientific finger to his temple. “Wasn’t that around the time you developed that wacky eye spasm?”
“What are you getting at, Bill?”
I immediately put down my cup, and gave it the People’s Eyebrow. Could it be? My eye was already beginning to flutter, so Bill and I scheduled our little experiment for the next morning, when I swapped out my luxurious Ethiopian brew for ordinary old Peet’s French Roast and… wait for it… my eye didn’t do jack squat all the livelong day.
I could punch myself in the face.
*snort* Glad you figured it out and that it wasn’t a brain tumor.
Sorry about the coffee, though.
(Sigh!) At least it was that simple. No doctor visits, no medication, no medical bills – just switching coffee…..
Ah… Hindsight is 20-20, right? You could try mixing the two coffees half and half, I guess.
Glad you do not have anything more serious, though!
Glad you finally found the cause of it! Who would have thought, perhaps this brand has more caffeine in it or something (or less)?
I am like you, very sensitive to small changes and usually pretty unaware when I make them. It’s really helpful considering I get migraines and get one pretty much anytime I change my routine. And by really helpful I mean it’s usually Diz who remembers a change and not me.
My takeaway: high end consumer products KILL & my love of Folger’s is justified.
Glad no medical intervention required.
The “People’s Eyebrow” reference = WIN! While one day does not an experiment make, it seems like you might have finally found the culprit. Maybe go off the lux coffee for a week, see if twitch reappears, and then try a cup of the lux coffee again. If eye twitch comes back, I think you can safely say ‘thanks but I’ll pass’ to the Ethiopian coffee. Which stinks, I know… I love Ethiopian roasts. Glad to hear it’s not something more serious
The only thing that changed from Saturday through today was the brand of coffee I drank. And after having the twitch from the very first cup through the last, I don’t think any more information gathering is needed. I will pass on having that twitch for even one day to prove my theory.
i love Bill Nye!!!!
i am soo glad he was there to help too!
*wink *wink (hahahahahahahahahaha)
How strange! Glad you figured it out. I wonder if perhaps you should write to the company? Save some others some copays?
Oh, the joy of food allergies. I’m glad you found the cause, even if it means you have to go back to your regular old cup-a-joe.
Nice deductive work! And congrats on not being a tweaker
Sounds more like Freddie Kruger than Bill Nye dream. Lay off that whacky tobacky.
Just found this: “Light roasts have the most caffeine. Similar to regular cooking the longer coffee is roasted, the more caffeine (and other elements, CO2) are cooked out of it. Like performing a “reduction” in cooking. Medium to Dark roasts have more caramelized sugars lending that richer bolder flavor, but they will have invariably less caffeine. This difference in caffeine to most people will be a nelligible one, meaning you won’t necessarily notice that your “french roast” doesn’t wake you up like your light-roasted estate “single-origin” coffee does.”
Also glad it’s not something more serious!
(I also love Bill Nye. Wish he’d appear in my kitchen!)
Annette, good info about the roasting process! I would have assumed the opposite. (See?!?!?! I NEED Bill Nye in my kitchen!)
Happy for ya, Fish!
Even happier that it’s nothing serious.
I have an ungodly love for Bill Nye the Science Guy. Glad you solved the twitch.
On the plus side, at least you don’t have a neurological problem, so yea for that.
Bill Nye is a swing dancer and comes out in the DC scene occasionally. I’ve not had the pleasure of dancing with him myself, but there’s always a round of excitement when he comes out because swing dancers are a nerdy, nerdy lot.
You should probably skip the self-punching. If your luck is anything like mine, it’d start you twitching all over again!
Alyssa – I would have assumed the same thing. Darker roast = stronger taste and one would assume = higher caffeine. I drink darker roasts and always drink more than other people – maybe this is why?
ahhh! good morning… good belly laughs followed by interesting caffiene facts, I love it! Thanks to Heather and Annette!
Too funny! A little detective work goes a long way. I guess sometimes variety is not the spice of life.