Coffee per day
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fourstardan

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6,546 posts

174 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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How much coffee are you consuming per day?

I'm trying to get my cup count down to 2 but hard and I have 3 a day, 4 if its a boring afternoon at work!

First coffee will be at 6am when I wake up.

I drink Doewe Egbert's instant.


Stuart70

4,163 posts

213 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Bean to cup - double espresso - Japanese strong mix. 3 per day.

Belle427

11,892 posts

263 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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About 5 for me, i dont really worry about it and think its all bks personally.

greygoose

9,663 posts

225 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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About 3 if at home, 5 if working. There will always be studies saying something is good for you, then a year later one saying it is actually bad for you, best to just have what you want.

Jamescrs

6,405 posts

95 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Probably 3 at max on a working day, one when I first get in and one more at most during the day.

I drink a coffee on an evening but that’s always decaf.

If I’m not at work then 1-2 a day.

Jordie Barretts sock

6,018 posts

49 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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I can't start the day with coffee. It's always been tea. But if I'm somewhere that doesn't do tea - Caribbean for instance, I will drink coffee. But as soon as I'm up, it's Gold Blend or Alta Rica. I'm not a coffee snob, as long as it's not weak, it's fine. If I'm on the road, Maccies coffee is decent for £1.39. Greggs is OK. Not a fan of Costa or Starbucks, tastes 'burnt'.

About three or four cups of a morning. Then bizarrely, after lunch it has to be tea again. Don't usually drink either after dinner unless I'm out for a meal, and then it's coffee.

Sporky

12,180 posts

94 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Belle427 said:
About 5 for me, i dont really worry about it and think its all bks personally.
I think it affects different people differently.

I was on one six-cup Moka pot coffee each morning until I realised that my travel anxiety when I had to leave the house was mostly caffeine overload. Hot chocolate now - enough caffeine to get things going, not enough to set brain off.

Edited by Sporky on Saturday 9th March 08:01

grumbledoak

32,571 posts

263 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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I have two in the mornings, strong black filter cone ones. Three risks a headache. Never any in the afternoon as I find myself lying in bed wondering why I am not asleep.

Jordie Barretts sock

6,018 posts

49 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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I just get the shakes if I have too much coffee/caffeine.

I did buy a Red Bull the other day (the apricot orange can) because I was feeling a bit dozy. I was wary, because they used to be horrible and sweet overload. It was actually quite refreshing. But as my son pointed out, probably the equivalent of three coffees.

mcelliott

10,505 posts

211 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Bit of a coffee addict, so up to 9 or 10 a day, never effects sleep, I have the gene that process caffeine well according to a gene test I took a few years ago.

P1Fanatic

1,922 posts

43 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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1 americano in the morning but made with a triple espresso (21:42g shot) and maybe a flat white in the arvo.

thepritch

1,564 posts

195 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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My wife at one time was drinking 12 + cups of fresh coffee (cafetière) a day. Caffeine seemed to have no effect on her, but is suspect that’s because she was probably so dosed up! I was having 4-5 day. I was really worried about the amounts we were drinking and now she’s down to 2-3 ish and I try to keep to one cup first thing, maybe a second if my day feels a little stressful and I need a little comfort.

If we drink coffee after midday it’s always decaf. We usually drink 6-7 odd cups of hot water a day too as we realised it was difficult to drink any water with so much tea/ coffee consumption.

Impossible to say if we feel better or worse from just reducing coffee.

BoRED S2upid

21,052 posts

270 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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4 or 5 but home brewed rather than shop bought or instant. I find I use far less than a shop does so the amount of caffeine is probably equivalent to 2 shop bought.

shirt

25,417 posts

231 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Caffeine doesn’t seem to affect me unless I get into double figures. I was diagnosed with ADD several years ago which explains it. Not particularly bothered about if it’s healthy as I enjoy it.

Haven’t had a cup in over a month due to gall bladder removal. Currently sat having a flat white, hoping my guts aren’t at code red shortly.

rossub

5,959 posts

220 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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None… tried a sip 30 years ago hurl

anonymous-user

84 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Whilst I don't drink a huge amount, it has little effect on me. I can have a coffee before bed ans sleep like a log.

g3org3y

22,471 posts

221 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Only started drinking coffee once I had a kid.

Start the day with a tea (milk no sugar). 3-4 coffees in the day to follow. Latest I'll have one is 2pm. No decaf.

WyrleyD

2,333 posts

178 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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Melitta Bean-to-Cup and it's 2 cups Mon, Wed, Fri and 3 cups Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun. I'm at the gym on 3 days at morning coffee time so only get 2 in on those days. Buy my coffee from The Coffee Bean Shop, mainly single origin beans.

Tickle

6,466 posts

234 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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3 per day; one first thing, mid morning and after lunch.

Double espresso (18g basket), espresso blend beans from local roasters.

Probably the same on weekends, may have one early evening.

No issue with sleep.

thebraketester

15,780 posts

168 months

Saturday 9th March 2024
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B2C. Consumption has gone up but I don't keep count. Maybe 5. Mostly flat white with almond milk.