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Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 6:23 AM UTC

moultano wrote: post #8

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pawpaw is available in every supermarket in Australia, maybe not all year round. I’ve seen quite a few pawpaw trees in backyards, but it’s defi an under appreciated fruit here too. Dried sugar dusted pawpaw is flipping amazing.

That's a totally different pawpaw! The fruit that Australians call pawpaw, Americans call papaya. Edited original post to avoid confusion

Nah mate, same thing.

The Google image search you linked to is the pawpaw or papaya, it goes under both name.

See here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by moultano » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 6:27 AM UTC

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #11

moultano wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a totally different pawpaw! The fruit that Australians call pawpaw, Americans call papaya. Edited original post to avoid confusion

Nah mate, same thing. The Google image search you linked to is the pawpaw or papaya, it goes under both name. See here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya

I should know better since I work for Google, but you're getting results localized for Australia which are all "papaya." I get results localized for the US which are all this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba

The funny thing is that I've actually used this example at work as a rare case of an Australia/US localization issue, but totally forgot about HNs global audience when I made this post.

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by innocentoldguy » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 6:39 AM UTC

I have tried youpon tea at a cafe before and even purchased it here: https://lostpinesyaupontea.com. I like Yerba Mate quite well, so I wouldn’t say youpon in better, but I would say I like it equally well. It’s definitely worth a try.

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by innocentoldguy » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 6:42 AM UTC

moultano wrote: post #4

This reminds me of the paw paw (not to be confused with the papaya which Australians call pawpaw) https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/15/550985844/th... It's a fruit that seems tropical, a close relative of the custard apple or sitaphal that tastes like a pina colada. Yet it grows natively all over the eastern US. It's so common that in many places it's every third tree in the forest. I grew up in peak pawpa…

I LOVE paw paws. I used to eat them all the time as a kid when I’d visit Kentucky. You can buy saplings online, but I’ve never had any success growing them in my area.

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by fenomas » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 6:42 AM UTC

realPubkey wrote: post #2

I hate these clickbait-titles.

I don't find it clickbait-ey at all. The whole point of the article is that the drink is forgotten - ergo putting its name in the headline wouldn't convey any information.

Clickbait would be if the article was about a drink we're all familiar with, and the title refused to tell us which one.

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by QML » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 6:54 AM UTC

innocentoldguy wrote: post #13

I have tried youpon tea at a cafe before and even purchased it here: https://lostpinesyaupontea.com . I like Yerba Mate quite well, so I wouldn’t say youpon in better, but I would say I like it equally well. It’s definitely worth a try.

How does it taste?

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by jmgrosen » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 6:55 AM UTC

moultano wrote: post #4

This reminds me of the paw paw (not to be confused with the papaya which Australians call pawpaw) https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/15/550985844/th... It's a fruit that seems tropical, a close relative of the custard apple or sitaphal that tastes like a pina colada. Yet it grows natively all over the eastern US. It's so common that in many places it's every third tree in the forest. I grew up in peak pawpa…

Clover Food Lab here in Boston got a small batch of pawpaws recently and used them to make soda. It was heavenly.

Hopefully recent trends of farmers' markets and such will increase the availability!

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 7:01 AM UTC

jackvalentine wrote: post #7

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pawpaw is available in every supermarket in Australia, maybe not all year round. I’ve seen quite a few pawpaw trees in backyards, but it’s defi an under appreciated fruit here too. Dried sugar dusted pawpaw is flipping amazing.

I loved dried pawpaw as a kid (growing up in Aus) but never had it fresh. Is it good?

Hard to beat sugar dusted sweetness, but yeah the fresh fruit is delicious too.

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by themodelplumber » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 7:08 AM UTC

It's funny to read about "a caffeinated drink called x" when I just slice & dice Jet Alert tabs into whatever mix I'm having. There are mornings when 30mg is enough to push my intuition to extreme levels, and there are days when 100mg does nothing until I find the right song on the radio. I am using caffeine and ibuprofen as experimental tools to fight depression and keeping logs on how things go. So far it's amazing how well they work. Wish I had known back when I had chronic severe depression. No medical advice here btw, keep your own logs...

Re: A Forgotten Drink That Caffeinated North America for Centuries

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Post by mulmen » Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 7:12 AM UTC

themodelplumber wrote: post #19

It's funny to read about "a caffeinated drink called x" when I just slice & dice Jet Alert tabs into whatever mix I'm having. There are mornings when 30mg is enough to push my intuition to extreme levels, and there are days when 100mg does nothing until I find the right song on the radio. I am using caffeine and ibuprofen as experimental tools to fight depression and keeping logs on how things go. So far it's amazing…

At first glance this seems dangerous.

How do you measure results of your self-medication? How do you identify substances to medicate yourself with?

Have you spoken with a professional about this?