On 10/19/2013 9:30 PM, Jean B. wrote:

>> Sounds sufficient to me for "growing boys". I don't know about the
>> lattes, espresso, syrup or whatever. When I was a teenager we didn't
>> drink coffee or caffeinated sodas.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I wasn't allowed to drink coffee! Imagine that! (Thus, at age 16 or
> so, when I drank coffee at a party and proceeded not to sleep all night,
> it came as quite an unpleasant revelation!)
>

My parents were tea drinkers and had no objections to us drinking it
when we were young. One of my friends was German and his parents were
coffee drinkers and they usually served it. They also allowed us the
occasional beer or wine.