I just came from the gym and I saw this new Coffee Shop called Coffee Overdose. I thought that its name sounds a little weird. I mean why would you want to call your shop Overdose? It just doesn't sound right from a marketing perspective. Then I thought that maybe they named it that way because coffee is a "legal drug." You know how drugs are, they can be addicting and when you take too much you become overdosed or something like that. Anyway, I was thinking too much and I just decided to try their coffee.

I asked the lady what their specialty was since I wanted to know more about the place. She said "the one with raspberry, sir." I didn't want to try that one since you don't get to taste the real coffee with all the fruity flavors so I ended up trying their Coffee Latte and since I just came from the gym, an extra rum cake wouldn't be too bad right? I then asked her what beans do they use. All I got was "hindi po sa amin sinasabi, basta dito galing at masarap po siya (They don't tell us, but it comes from here (Philippines) and it just taste good)" So, I didn't bother to ask anymore since I don't think she would still be divulging any information.

While waiting for my order, I still kept wondering what's with the name. Good thing they had a sign that said something like "You know you had too much coffee when you don't get mad. You get steamed!" Funny line but I still think that it's negative for the consumers especially for those with family/friends who might agree with that and dissuade you from drinking another cup. Negative impact on your sales.

Looking at the bright side and also to be fair to them I actually liked my latte. It had a certain kick to it and it was made just right. The taste wasn't too strong but it lacked a little of that aroma. Another good thing is that it really complemented the rum cake. Since the rum cake was already sweet, I decided to add just a teaspoon of brown (mascovado) sugar to it.

I was very happy with my coffee as it was done the way I like it. But for its name, sorry but it was too much for me to handle. But when it came to the coffee, there was no overdose but it was coffee made just right.

I know I know this video is not about coffee or anything close to it and I apologize for this. This video is all about Manny Pacqiao celebrating after his knockout victory in nine rounds against David Diaz. Where is the coffee? You won't see any coffee related stuff in this video but what you'll only see is a coffee tickle moment especially for the Manny Pacqiao, his fans and the Filipinos. Great fight with David Diaz! My hats off to him for giving 110%..I just loved the fight! What's even great about this fight was what happened after when the Boston Celtics (KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rondo) were there to celebrate the victory. These guys really deserved their NBA rings this year...such classy individuals.

This sure is a coffee tickle moment! This really made my day together with a hot cup of coffee. Congratulations to the Pac-Man for again for creating unity here even for a day! Let's drink (coffee) to that!

Our tongues were not made to know the temperature of our drinks. It was made to taste but sometimes we forget that this is their job. This just destroys our drink, meal and our day. I just hate it when this happens to me. Good thing we can avoid torturing our tongues with the new Hot Cold Mug.

This mug tells the temperature of your drink by changing its color from black to white. Without any beverage, it's just a plain black with big white letters saying it's COLD. If you see this in your local grocery store, you wouldn't mind it right? But once you put your hot beverage on it, the mug changes color and turns to white while big black letters saying it's HOT appear. Cool huh?

With this mug, you wouldn't have to make your tongue do all the testing and you can leave it to do the tasting. Let's give our tongues a break and enjoy more our coffee or your favorite drink. Tickle away to a great day! :)

Coffee. Fully Charged.

Do you need more caffeine in your Coca Cola? Or do you just want that taste of coffee in everything that you drink? The Coco Cola company will be launching a drink called Full Throttle Coffee, which is a combination of creamy coffee and their energy drink. This will first be launched in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest (US) markets regions this month before making a nationwide debut in August.

Coca Cola has already launched coffee beverages before like Caribou Iced Coffee, ikko Coffee International Lineup, and Cafe Zu in Thailand.

“Guys are increasingly looking for great-tasting beverage options that will give them the extra ‘kick’ they need to conquer their day,” said Rafael Acevedo, Senior Brand Manager, Energy Drinks, Coca-Cola North America. “Full Throttle Coffee combines the smooth, rich taste of coffee with the intensity that you can only get from a Full Throttle Energy Drink.”

This would be great for Full Throttle fans and coffee lovers and people who just have to stay up really late. Their tagline would be "Coffee. Fully Charged." and will have a coffee lineup of Caramel, Mocha and Vanilla. Their packaging will be bilingual, which will come in English and Spanish.

Their packaging is really nice but I wonder how this would taste like. I guess we just have to rely and believe that a lot of drinks combined with Coke have been great. Even ice cream combined with Coke is really good! This has coffee so I just can't wait for this to come out and give me that extra kick to start my day. The thing is, I live here in the Philippines and I am not sure how I can get one of those. I would just have to ask some of my cousins to send some.

Oh, and one more thing, I have to mention that their packaging somehow reminds me of Guitar Heroes. What do you think?

Anyway, thanks for reading! I have to go eat, drink coffee and play some of that Guitar Heroes (which will consume most of my day if I can't stop)