How much coffee do you drink?

[HeartachesNhangovers]

Before I retired, on workdays, I would have a 16-ounce Peet's dark roast as my pre-work ritual with some co-workers to shock my system into a full state of consciousness. Later in the morning, I would have another 12-ounce instant to make sure I didn't slip into a sleep-deprived coma. I often skipped coffee on the weekends, but I would get up late.

I used to think that the coffee maybe kept me up, but now that I'm retired I still have 2 cups at home every day (both 12-ouncers) and it doesn't affect my solid 8 hours of daily sleep. Turns out work stress was keeping me up, not coffee.

Although I'm a regular user, I never got to the point where I suffered headaches or other withdrawal symptoms when I didn't have it. I suppose that's because I like coffee in the morning and with breakfast-type foods, but I don't LOVE coffee so much that I will randomly walk into a coffee shop as I'm walking down the street at any hour of the day.

[Angry Dragon]

1. None

[hlthe2b]

2. Caffeine is a "must" for me, but I do habituate to it...

so, when I find it isn't helping anymore and assuming I'm not beyond sleep-deprived, I cut back my coffee/tea consumption (but I never eliminate it). After a week or two of lower level consumption, I find it working again.

When I am totally habituated to it, late day consumption will no longer keep me up at night, but "normally" it would...

I don't drink soft drinks, so tea and coffee are my only sources... I regularly drink the equivalent of 2-4 cups coffee/day--whether black coffee or the occasional espresso latte. I regularly drink green tea--usually iced-- throughout the day, but it contains a lot less caffeine

[GWC58]

3. 1/2 pot a day

I used to drink more, but decided to cut that in half.

[thbobby]

4. Maybe two pots a day

It is my drug of choice. Strange that tea makes me nervous and coffee does not. Perhaps I am delusional or biased.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

10. Tea has a wide range of caffeine levels, depending

on the type and how you prepare it. My wife used to get a daily Starbucks black iced tea before work, and she had to dilute it to avoid going caffeine-crazy.

[trc]

5. I have been drinking coffee since the 3rd grade

I am now 55 and drink from 6 to 10 cups a day. Used to put stuff in the coffee, but over the last 15 years it has just been black. BTW, I never buy coffee out, I could not afford my house if I did that.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

12. My wife once helped her cousin do a budget

to figure out why he never could save money. They estimated he spent $400 per month on takeout coffee in San Francisco. He switched to making his own, but he has since picked up an Uber/Lyft habit, so he's probably back in the red.

[lunasun]

17. I have both habits but inside my budget.Coffee I used to worry about but tests never claim it's

that horrible of a thing to indulge in( or I've missed the warnings). I drink all kinds of teas too and some like green matcha is actually a good thing . Love uber lyft in areas it was hard to get a taxi before and would support drivers by paying a little more if that's why they raised prices
and of course always tip well. I know it's a controversial business worse than coffee shops

[Siwsan]

6. 1 or 2- 12 oz cups in the morning. But sometimes just an espresso

I am also retired. The place I worked supplied Starbucks Coffee as a 'perk' and I would drink two big cups of medium roast, every morning, followed by tea at lunchtime. I rarely drink anything with caffeine after mid-afternoon so I always knew my severe insomnia (averaged 3 hour of sleep per night, for years) was work stress, as opposed to caffeine, related.

Now I can sometimes go a couple of days without coffee, with no effect. However, other times missing a day triggers a bad headache that is soon resolved with a cup of coffee.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. How much do you have? 😋

[Arkansas Granny]

22. Spoken like a true connoisseur.

[Ohiogal]

8. Two cups every morning

I want my coffee first thing.. I drink two cups after I come back inside after taking my dog out. I don't want to eat anything after that till around 10am, and I don't drink coffee any more the rest of the day.

If for some reason, coffee is not available to me, I really miss it, but don't get a headache or any other symptoms of being decaffeinated that day.

[PasadenaTrudy]

9. Four cups in the morning, Peet's Major Dick's n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

11. On a typical day I will have 6 - 8 cups. Maybe more on the weekends.

I prefer a medium to dark roast with cream and sugar. I don't much care for flavored coffees. Coffee doesn't keep me awake, but if I drink it past 9:00 pm, I'll have to get up during the night to pee.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Ditto. Except no sugar in mine.

[Yonnie3]

13. My consumption made the same shift,

although I consumed more at work than you. I still make that pot, which today happened to be Peet's Columbia dark roast. I use a 4-cup machine and drink nearly the full 24 ounces. If I feel the need for a hot drink during the day, I have tea, usually decaffeinated.

When I worked gigs in DC after retirement, I would have several coffee's for the drive home in the wee hours.

After leaving my stressful job, my alcohol consumption gradually declined to next to nothing. Even though I didn't do what the doctor said to do, my blood pressure came down.

In my experience, heartaches and especially hangovers may require more coffee.

[Polly Hennessey]

14. One or two cups a day.

I love having a cup after dinner when eating out. I can also have coffe at night and it does not affect my sleep.

[Cracklin Charlie]

16. I have never had a cup of coffee.

I love the smell of it.

[FM123]

18. 3 cups of coffee (a mug and a half each morning)

[Tikki]

27. Neither has my husband...he drinks o j or crystal lite in the AM

He doesn’t chew gum or eat popcorn, either.

I drink tea.

Tikki

[Iggo]

19. One a day. Sometimes two. (n/t)

[Generic Brad]

20. One to two cups a day

Anything more than that and my stomach gets upset. But if I don't have at least one cup in the morning I feel groggy until around noon.

[SeattleVet]

21. Usually 3 big cups, every morning.

When I was working I used to drink 3 cups, too. (Well, the POT said it was 12, but my cup is BIG.)

For the past couple of years I've been using the San Francisco Bay French Roast pods from Costco for the Keurig. (These are now 100% compostable, including the packaging, so I'm not adding additional plastic to the waste stream.)

[Paladin]

25. That's my intake, as well: three big AM cups.

Big-time recommendation for Anderson's Coffee, Austin, TX. We've been getting our coffee from them for many years.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

23. WHY DO YOU ASK????????

Oh, I guess I start with six or seven cups on Saturday mornings. Of course, they aren't big cups.

[Tanuki]

24. None. I get my caffeine fix from tea and diet cola.

[GreenEyedLefty]

26. About a half pot per day.

6 6-oz cups, per the markings on the coffee maker carafe.

One as soon as I get up, a 12-oz mug, then a 16-oz tumbler at work. If I really need it or have a meeting in the evening, I will have an additional 8 oz in the late afternoon but try to avoid it after 5:00 p.m.

I drink more of the stuff on the weekends.

[Orrex]

28. In my entire life I have had maybe five cups of coffee

This way I figure I'll leave more for you fiends to enjoy.

[Glorfindel]

29. About six cups. Never any after 5:00 PM. I could drink decaf, but why bother?

Always black, always dark roast. I like to mix in a little ground expresso from time to time. Coffee is one of the great pleasures of life!

[crazycatlady]

30. Today I had a Wawa XL (24 oz)

Depending on the day I will drink up to 4 of them.

[NightWatcher]

31. I'm a Red Bull fiend. I'll drink 1-2 a day when I'm off and 3-4 when I work

I can't drink coffee, it runs right through me.

I'll drink sweet tea occasionally and have cut back on soda to 2-3 a week.

I'm hoping to get a prescription for Provigil and that should cut down on the Red Bull for my fatigue.

[Ms. Toad]

32. 32 oz minimum, more frequently 48 oz.

I often drink the last of it as I'm heading home, where I generally conk out within minutes.

I often don't have my first cup until after noon - whenever I get around to making it.

Not addicted, and - as near as I can tell - it has no impact on me.

My daughter experimented on me twice during her school years - no caffeine for 2 weeks (each time). The second time we measured AM/PM blood pressure, respiration rate, heart rate & tracked symptoms & compared it to the two weeks prior (when I was drinking 32-48 oz of coffee)

There was more change in all three measurements from morning to evening than there was from decaffeinated to caffeinated. No headaches or other withdrawal symptoms.

I just like coffee better than anything else without calories (and studies suggest it is healthier than things like artificially sweetened beverages)

That said, if i inherited my system from my mother I will soon reach the age at which caffeine will impact me. Then I'll have to decide what I want to do about it.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

33. I admire your daughter's scientific approach.

[Upthevibe]

34. Lately....I've been getting my morning boost from Monster (low-carb/low-calorie)...

I've been working on a project away from home (in Texas) with a friend and she doesn't drink coffee. However, when I'm home in California and in more of a structured work situation, I normally drink two cups in the morning. I like my coffee with a healthy dose of half & half (or liquid creme of some type) and two packets of Stevia (if available - if not - Splenda).

[Awsi Dooger]

35. I have never had a sip of coffee

A hot murky liquid has absolutely no appeal to me, not when I can savor delicious ice water.

I have ice water at least 8 times per day, regardless of locale or temperature. I wish I were attending the Winter Olympics this year and enjoying ice water on the slopes.

My only vague impression of what coffee must taste like is via coffee candy, which I have had a few times.

[mnhtnbb]

36. I have always loved the flavor of coffee.

When I was a kid I would drink the last few sips my parents would leave in their cups on the table at breakfast. My favorite flavor of ice cream was coffee.

That said, I don't drink it all day long like I would when I was 20-30. I now mix half caf with a flavored coffee when. I make it in the morning. I drink 2 10 oz mugs with 1% milk and 1 teaspoon of sugar. I rarely stop for coffee out, although I like cappuccino after dinner.

[IrishEyes]

37. I only have it when it is free.

When I worked at a job that had free coffee in the lunchroom then I would mix a little in my hot chocolate which was also free. When I went to a new job that didn't have free coffee, I stopped drinking it. I didn't really miss it or have any ill effects when I stopped drinking it.

[FM123]

38. Can I just say...

Your name is awesome. Heartaches and Hangovers sounds like it should be a classic rock and roll song!

[HeartachesNhangovers]

41. Actually, it reflects my love of country music - specifically

old-time, stripped-down, electrified, honky-tonk country: Buck Owens, BR549, the Old 97's, the Two-Dollar Pistols, etc, etc.

[FM123]

42. Sounds good to me!!!

[trackfan]

39. 1+ per day nt

[BlueDog22]

40. Less then a cup a day

I drink massive quantities of soda.

[GallopingGhost]

43. One or two (max)

cups of Boyd's the morning.

Tea (caffeine free) the rest of the day.

Maybe a cup of decaf on a cold night if it sounds good.

[femmocrat]

44. None.

I switched to decaf for awhile and eventually gave it up entirely. Now the smell of strong coffee makes me queasy.

[lastlib]

45. How much is there?

(I'm NOT addicted to it; I'm STRICTLY a recreational user......)

(There is NO truth to the rumor that Juan Valdez named his donkey after me......)