"Decaffeinated coffee (decaf) is the devil’s blend” is a jocular one-line coffee saying that has been printed on many images. “You Know You’re Drinking Too Much Coffee When...” was published on the newsgroup alt.tasteless.jokes on September 24, 1997. One of the entries was:
“Your T-shirt says, ‘Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend.’”
Google Groups: alt.tasteless.jokes
You Know You’re Drinking Too Much Coffee When…
Angie
9/24/97
(...)
Your T-shirt says, “Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend.”
30 December 1997, Vancouver ((BC) Sun, “City Limits,” pg. B5:
Your T-shirt says, “Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend.”
Google Books
E-Mail Humor
By Louis G. Morton
Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing
2005
Pg. 22:
You know you’re drinking too much coffee when...
(...)
4. Your T-shirt says: Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend.
Twitter
Jay Boncodin
@jbone66
“Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend”
9:59 AM - 23 Mar 2008
Twitter
CC
@Aloha711
Decaf coffee is the devil’s blend....I mean really, what’s the point? LOL...Ok, no more tweeting, being rude 2 my date.
12:14 PM - 6 Sep 2009
Google Books
Chicken Soup for the Coffee Lover’s Soul:
Celebrating the Perfect Blend
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Theresa Peluso
Cos Cob, CT: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC
2013
Pg. ?:
Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend.
Author Unknown
Thought Catalog
JULY 6, 2015
Wake Up And Smell The 100 All-Time Greatest Quotes About Coffee
Lorenzo Jensen III
(...)
35. Decaffeinated coffee is the devil’s blend.
—Anonymous
Twitter
Chris Cannon
@ccannonauthor
Decaf: The Devil’s Blend. #LOL #coffee #Coffeeaddict #Coffeeaddict #caffeine #TuesdayThoughts #funny
5:32 AM - 21 Mar 2017
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