Inhaling Coffee
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121582)
Gainesville, Florida
July 22, 2024 8:28pm CST
The weirdest thing happened to me this morning: I inhaled coffee. I don't mean "inhale" in the sense that I needed a cup of coffee so badly that I inhaled it to help wake me up. I literally inhaled it.
I was going to take a sip of my coffee, and right when the java hit my mouth I had a sudden yawn, and darn it if that coffee in my mouth didn't go straight down my windpipe!
Of course I went into a fit of coughing, but the crazy thing is that even long afterward (I'm talking at least half the day) I could still "feel" coffee in my lungs as I breathed. And it seemed like I was more awake and alert than normal!
Now I'm all for finding ways to get that heavenly caffeine goodness into the bloodstream as fast as possible, but this isn't exactly what I had in mind!
When was the last time you "swallowed something down the wrong pipe?" And, could you "feel" it long after you coughed it all out?
I admit that I don't ever want that to happen again, but for some reason it felt like it really gave me a boost. Maybe it was the coughing fit and not the caffeine directly in my lungs. Who knows? It worked though.
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@MarieCoyle (37444)
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23 Jul
I did this but with ginger ale, one time after a long illness (I was in the hospital) I asked for that and as they were encouraging me to drink more liquids, I got it. I had never in my life been as thirsty as I was that very minute! I took a big slug and it welt down wrong. I couldn’t hardly even breathe! The nurse came flying in and then an emergency team etc. It was not a fun time, and I had to stay there longer to be sure I wouldn’t do it again.
Live and learn and when extremely thirsty, don’t drink too fast!! I am glad you are ok, Jeff. 
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jul
I think that was part of my problem, that I got in a hurry. If I would just slow down a little bit and concentrate on what I’m doing, things like this probably wouldn’t happen.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
@MarieCoyle Not only do I hurry too much, but I am also multi-tasking a lot at the same time, which means my full, undivided attention is not on any one task, which can lead to carelessness sometimes.
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@MarieCoyle (37444)
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23 Jul
@moffittjc
I hurry way too much at times, too. Sometimes, we just do ourselves no favors!
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Jul
@porwest Ah, yes, the good old days. I miss those wild and crazy times. Not sure how I survived.
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
3 Aug
@moffittjc To be young again would be a fun thing to do. Can I just have youth AND wisdom? lol
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
27 Jul
@moffittjc There was a time or two I could classify an "event" as such. lol
@psanasangma (7288)
• India
23 Jul
Hot coffee, mouth.... and then coughing ... it sounds bad... Hope your mouth is not burned
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
@psanasangma It's funny, but here we are more than a day later, and I keep imagining that I can still taste coffee in the bottom of my throat, like it's stuck there!
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
Thankfully, nothing burned. My chest and throat felt a little weird after that, but all was fine in the end.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
There's been plenty of times in my life where water has gone down the wrong pipe. And for the most part, I can't remember any other liquids besides water doing that. Which is probably a good thing. Can you imagine milk or Coke or something getting down into your lungs? That would be interesting to say the least.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul
@just4him Yes, me too. But I really need to be more careful when I drink liquids!
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jul
@moffittjc No, I can't imagine it. I'm glad it never happened.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jul
That would be gross to see. When I was a child there was this boy at school that would drink milk and then make it come up out of his nose. I remember how grossed out I was about it every time he did it.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul
@JudyEv I'm sure there are people out there that can do that, but I wonder why they would even want to do something like that?
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
23 Jul
I have a very sensitive spot in my throat that bothers me quite often. I'm constantly irritating it and going into coughing fits. I'm glad you didn't choke. Have a good day.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
There's nothing worse than an irritation in your throat that you just can't seem to get to go away. I'm sorry you have that sensitive spot that bothers you quite often.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul
@LindaOHio All things considered, I can't complain too much. Monday was a rough day, but so far Tuesday and Wednesday have been great days.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
24 Jul
@moffittjc Thanks. I hope you're having a great day.
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@kareng (59115)
• United States
27 Jul
I had an incident with one of my medications the other day. It got stuck in my mouth. It was taken with water but didn't go down. I took another sip. Still stuck. Another sip of water. Still stuck. At this point I finished off the water in gulps trying to get the pill down. It ended up dissolving completely in my mouth and OH, what a HORRIBLE taste!!
Liquids going done wrong hurt!! I haven't done that lately thank goodness!
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@kareng (59115)
• United States
29 Jul
@moffittjc Yep, it lingers for hours! And burns!
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Jul
OMG I've had that happen before with meds I've taken. They've gotten stuck in the back of my throat and ended up dissolving there. What a horrible tastes, and it seems like you can't get rid of that weird taste no matter how hard you try.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Aug
@kareng And it's like you can't get that feeling out of your throat no matter how hard you try!
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@snowy22315 (180678)
• United States
23 Jul
Coffee works in mysterious ways I guess I don't know when probably within the last few months though. Choking is a fear of mine so I try hard not to. And if it does..I will immediately calm myself cuz I know my anxiety around it could potentially lead to serious consequences. Yup, you got yourself a good dose of coffee.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jul
I think that a lot of the times I swallow things down the wrong pipe is because I get in a hurry and don’t take the time to slow down when I’m eating and drinking.
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! If anything, you know your coughing reflex is working well (that's actually important!).@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jul
@moffittjc Glad you were ok! Such a fluke thing to happen . . . those choke attacks always take us by surprise 
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul
@much2say I was the tiniest bit concerned that there would be lingering effects. I really got a pretty good dose of coffee way down into my lungs (well, at least it felt that way). But I'm still alive and kicking and breathing, so it must not have done any long-term harm.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
If I had been chug, chug, chugging, I probably wouldn't have had any issues. But when you suddenly take a deep breath of air just as your coffee mug is hitting your lips, well that is a recipe for disaster! But thankfully I was alright after the immediate coughing fit.
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@Orson_Kart (6776)
• United Kingdom
23 Jul
This has been happening to me increasingly as I am getting older. Hot drinks, cold drinks, fizzy drinks. I’m only safe drinking water that’s tepid.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jul
I seem to do it with water all the time, but this was the first time it happened to me with a hot drink. It was a weird feeling in my chest.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
@jstory07 Consider yourself lucky! I do it all the time with water, but thankfully not with other types of drinks. Could you imagine inhaling Coke or Pepsi down your lungs? I bet that wouldn't feel too good at all.
@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jul
I wouldn’t recommend you try it with hot coffee! Lol
So, in all your life you never swallowed water down the wrong pipe?
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
@wolfgirl569 I wouldn't recommend it as a means of caffeinating yourself!
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
It definitely didn't feel great, but after the coughing fit ended I felt like I had hot coffee in my lungs.
Oh wait...I did! LOL
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@Deepizzaguy (102803)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Jul
I have had that problem with coughing when by accident I drink either water or a soft drink the wrong way.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jul
It’s a common occurrence with me, but it’s usually when I drink water. This was the first time it happened to me with coffee. And it felt weird in my chest because the coffee was hot, so I felt a very warm sensation in my throat and chest.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
@Deepizzaguy I just have to be more careful when I drink stuff, and slow down and not try to do things so fast.
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@Deepizzaguy (102803)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Jul
@moffittjc I know what you mean.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
It definitely gave me a kick start to my day!
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Jul
@nela13 Maybe I need to "drink" my coffee that way every morning before I go to work!
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@LeaPea2417 (37351)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Jul
Not too long ago I was drinking water and something like that happened.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
Well, at least with water you don't burn the inside of your lungs like it felt like I did with the hot coffee! lol
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@Juliaacv (51190)
• Canada
23 Jul
Oh, that would surely burn in the lungs.
I hope that after sleeping and being horizontal your body has rejected that coffee where it should not be and you feel better again.
But still, remember, this is NO reason to quit enjoying your life serum, it IS a good and necessary part of our lives.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
I did have a sort of burning or warm sensation in my chest area for several hours after that happened. It's possible my mind was just playing tricks on me and I just thought it felt that way because the coffee was hot, but I really felt like hot coffee was trapped down in my lungs!
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@RasmaSandra (79833)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jul
I am a tea drinker, Luckily I have not chocked on anything in a long time, I do remember incidents of Coca Cola going down the wrong way and come out my nose, Bad experience,
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
I've had Coke come up my nose too, and that is just as crazy of an experience, with all the fizz and all. I guess the moral of the story in all of this is that we have to be more careful when we are consuming liquids.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Jul
Hey, with all the different kinds of products you can buy to vape these days, I'm surprised someone hasn't come out with a caffeine vape yet.
@JESSY3236 (19949)
• United States
6 Aug
lol I had drunk water down wrong yesterday. It was bad. I finally quit coughing.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Aug
It’s not a fun thing to experience, although it happens to all of us from time to time.
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@moffittjc (121582)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul
That just goes to show I need to be more careful in the future when I am drinking any kind of liquids.
