T. R. Reid and Bob Sacha have great jobs:

Slurped in black coffee or sipped in green tea, gulped down in a soda or knocked back in a headache pill, caffeine is the world's most popular psychoactive drug.

[ National Geographic ]

I'm sure they've had to cover all sorts of other stuff that I wouldn't enjoy, and the only way to get a story like this is to have a full career of it. And I'm sure Bob Sacha is correct that this story has ruined his ability to be satisfyed with sub-par coffee, tea, and chocolate. But still I think this would be the trip of a lifetime...