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This morning, a coworker brought me coffee in a thermos from her home, which is something she does once or twice a week. Needless to say, I'm used to the flavor of this coffee by now, which always has a little bit of cream and a little bit of sugar. It's a medium roast coffee and very pleasant to drink.
I got to work today, and we went through our morning routine of walking into the building and sipping on our coffee during the first meeting of the day. I took a sip of my coffee and realized instantly that it tasted... different.
It wasn't necessarily unpleasant, but if I had to explain the taste, I'd say it was earthy and almost tasted like wood. I didn't want to say anything to her at first because who am I to complain about free coffee? I assumed she had just changed to a new brand.
A few hours into the day (I sip on my coffee slowly at work), I began to feel very queasy and a little nauseous. I took a break, went to the bathroom, and started to vomit. I was irritated because I didn't feel like I was ill, but something was definitely wrong.
Around this time, I finally decided to ask her if she did something different to the coffee. She answered no and asked why, and I told her how I was feeling and thought maybe the new coffee wasn't sitting well with me.
I told her I was sorry, but I couldn't finish it. When I got to the sink and poured it out, I was disgusted. Right there crawling around in the coffee was a giant stink bug. It took me about four seconds to put two and two together. I realized that the taste in the coffee was actually the chemical from the bug. I ended up getting sick again and was so embarrassed.
She apologized profusely, and eventually we had a laugh about it. I've spent the hours since just furiously eating anything I can to get the taste out of my mouth. My stomach hasn't stopped hurting either, and it's been about 7 hours.
Tl;dr: Drank some coffee, got very sick. Realized hours into drinking the coffee that there was a stink bug in it the entire time.
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