Current Events > How did it become a thing that people have coffee at night with/after dessert?

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Is that a cultural thing just in America? It always weirded me out that at parties and family things, coffee gets served at like 8pm or 9pm, around dessert time. But wouldn't it then keep you up at night when you try to go to bed? It doesn't make sense ._.

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Its definitely not an American thing. The only Americans I know who do this are of recentish European heritage, since it happens there

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I drink coffee at any time of the day/night

Mainly to help offset any alcohol you had at dinner.

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People just have coffee with desserts to make it seem like not as big of a deal that theyre assuaging their sweet tooth.

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Decaf?

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coffee doesnt make me more awake. it makes me a bit anxious but i fall asleep the same as usual.

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The British drink tea in the afternoon, with scones (sweet bread). My family has cafecito (coffee) at 7 pm. It's not late enough in the evening that it keeps us awake. My parents usually watch a movie after cafecito

StinkyPrincess, welcome back to Current Events after your vacation

Shezarr posted...

Its definitely not an American thing. The only Americans I know who do this are of recentish European heritage, since it happens there

Ooh, this checks out actually! Because I mostly notice it with my Italian and French grandparents. I guess it's more of a European thing, not American. Silly.

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tc I thought you closed your account?

I drink coffee at like 2 in the morning before bed

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I do this sometimes. my grandmother did it often and picked it up from that. she always said it helped with digestion, but I think she just really liked coffee. she drank a ton of it daily.

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The bitterness offsets the sweetness.

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Always seemed like more of an east coast thing to me

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StinkyPrincess posted...

Ooh, this checks out actually! Because I mostly notice it with my Italian and French grandparents. I guess it's more of a European thing, not American. Silly.

Koreans do this too. Even with COIVD "restrictions" here, it's a big thing to go to a coffee shop for desserts and coffee after a dinner.

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unnamedsoldier posted...

I drink coffee at any time of the day/night

Same, it doesn't really affect me, and I don't drink much coffee.

Kastrada posted...

Koreans do this too. Even with COIVD "restrictions" here, it's a big thing to go to a coffee shop for desserts and coffee after a dinner.

Yeah, my wife's Korean and her parents offer me coffee in the evenings all the time.

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So weird! I don't get it... I guess if you've built up a caffeine immunity, as many people tend to do... you can drink it right before bed without issue. I agree too, the bitterness does make it go well with sweet desserts.

Now the bigger question, though, why do we eat sweet, sugar-rush food right before bed...?

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Not sure, I also never understood why so many people would have to light up a cigarette after food and act like it was so great. I always thought cigarettes tasted gross (moreso than usual) after eating.