h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I recently got my first espresso maker as a birthday gift as have since been having loads of fun with it. I found that if you take a shot of espresso every hour, give or take, it'll give you the high you need to be indestructably alert without all the nausea that usually follows taking several shots back-to-back. I've actually found that drinking a LOT of coffee puts me right to sleep for some odd reason. Probably related to the Coke method you described.

I've also found that by putting four shots of espresso for every cup of steamed milk for a cappuccino gives it a lot more "oomph". Thus, my campus-wide famous Warp Core Mocha was born!