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How many cups of coffee do you drink every day? No coffee for me, I drink tea (Original Post) debm55 Nov 21 OP
One, Maybe Two ProfessorGAC Nov 21 #1
Thank you ProfessorGAC. Thank you. debm55 Nov 21 #7
At least 4 or 5. I LOVE LOVE LOVE coffee!! Ziggysmom Nov 21 #2
Thank you Ziggysmom. I am glad your migraines are better. debm55 Nov 21 #8
2-3 MustLoveBeagles Nov 21 #3
Thank you MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Nov 21 #9
Usually one in the morning. I always have coffee when I go out to eat. Polly Hennessey Nov 21 #4
Thank you Polly Hennessey. I am surprised you can sleep debm55 Nov 21 #10
I drink both. Hot usually black coffee (2 cups in the morning) and iced or occasionally hot black, green or oolong tea hlthe2b Nov 21 #5
Thank you hlth2b. Mine is water and tea. debm55 Nov 21 #12
Two if at all possible Jilly_in_VA Nov 21 #6
Two. Aristus Nov 21 #11
Thank you Aristus., debm55 Nov 21 #14
Half a cup of coffee, then the rest of the day it's green tea😁 TommieMommy Nov 21 #13
Thank you TommieMommy. debm55 Nov 21 #16
Cups, or cups, or mugs? NotASurfer Nov 21 #15
Thank you NotASurfer. Are you able to sleep? debm55 Nov 21 #17
Ice coffee and energy drinks Cartoonist Nov 21 #18
Thank you Cartoonist. debm55 Nov 21 #20
A couple of cups of decaf for us. surfered Nov 21 #19
Thank you surfered. debm55 Nov 21 #21
Two in the morning and I take it with me all day. underpants Nov 21 #22
Thank you underpants. debm55 Nov 21 #25
Three Cirsium Nov 21 #23
Thank you Cirsium debm55 Nov 21 #28
Two, typically EYESORE 9001 Nov 21 #24
Thank you EYESORE 9001 that is interesting you can sleep after coffee. debm55 Nov 21 #30
One only kimbutgar Nov 21 #26
Thank you kimbutgar. debm55 Nov 21 #31
One mug every morning. OLDMDDEM Nov 21 #27
Thank you OLDMDDEM, debm55 Nov 21 #32
I have 1 or 2 Cokes a day liberal N proud Nov 21 #29
Thank you Liberal N Proud. debm55 Nov 21 #33
About 1 or 2 cups per month. Basso8vb Nov 21 #34
Thank you Basso8vb. That's pretty good. debm55 Nov 21 #41
Tea for me too! johnp3907 Nov 21 #35
Thank you John3907, I never liked the taste of coffee. debm55 Nov 21 #44
one Kali Nov 21 #36
Thank you Kali. Tea in the morning and water the rest of the day. debm55 Nov 21 #45
I'm thankful for you tea drinkers. cloudbase Nov 21 #37
HAHAHAHAHHA. thank you cloudbase. debm55 Nov 21 #46
Between 8 to 12... MiHale Nov 21 #38
Thank you very much. MiHale. I guess you were able to get back to half caff. debm55 Nov 21 #48
Four to six Glorfindel Nov 21 #39
Thank you Glorfindel. Are you able to sleep? debm55 Nov 21 #49
Yes. I've always been a good sleeper! Glorfindel Nov 21 #68
Thank you. You are lucky. debm55 Nov 21 #73
Two 12-oz. mugs, typically. Pinback Nov 21 #40
Thank you Pinback. Good strategy. debm55 Nov 21 #50
3 mugs minimum Americanme Nov 21 #42
Thank you Americanme. debm55 Nov 21 #51
2 cups in the morning arkielib Nov 21 #43
Thank you arkielib. I like the schedule. debm55 Nov 21 #52
My husband and I have dueling machines Marigold Nov 21 #47
Thank you Marigold. That is amazing that he is able to sleep. debm55 Nov 21 #53
I drink unsweetened Lipton Pure Leaf bottled tea ... Jeebo Nov 21 #54
Thank you Jeebo, I only had a taste of coffee in college. It was bitter and never tried it again. debm55 Nov 21 #58
One 14 oz mug Hassler Nov 21 #55
Thank you Hassler. Enjoy the brew. debm55 Nov 21 #93
One very large cup. I have a couple of 14 oz mugs that I really like yellowdogintexas Nov 21 #56
Thank you yellowdogintexas. Enjoy. debm55 Nov 21 #59
2--5 depending. pandr32 Nov 21 #57
Thank you pandr32 Enjoy your dark roasted. debm55 Nov 21 #61
Not a fan of really hot beverages (or soup) fargone Nov 21 #60
Thank you fargone. Don't you remove the bags when the tea is brewed? debm55 Nov 21 #63
You can do that? fargone Nov 21 #66
Yes you can , try it. debm55 Nov 21 #74
Usually 1/2 cup - used to be 3-4 dwayneb Nov 21 #62
Thank you very much dwayneb debm55 Nov 21 #64
2-3 cups of coffee usually morning only. Diamond_Dog Nov 21 #65
Thank you Diamond_Dog. debm55 Nov 21 #70
Just one... Mike Nelson Nov 21 #67
HAHAHAH, Thank you Mike Nelson. debm55 Nov 21 #71
Usually 3 cups depends if I'm running late in the morning FloridaBlues Nov 21 #69
Thank you very much FloridaBlue. debm55 Nov 21 #72
Zero, but I do take a 100 mg caffeine pill along with my morning meds. Midnight Writer Nov 21 #75
Thank you very much , Midnight Writer. debm55 Nov 21 #77
Zero - can't stand the stuff. I don't even like the smell. 3catwoman3 Nov 21 #76
Thank you 3catwoman3. I not only dislike the taste of coffee but also the smell. I would rather have the cookies in milk debm55 Nov 21 #79
For me, milk is the gold standard chaser for baked goods of any kind. 3catwoman3 Nov 21 #89
Usually two big cups. Elessar Zappa Nov 21 #78
Thank you very much Elessar Zappa. Thats great. debm55 Nov 21 #81
Nine Shermann Nov 21 #80
Thank you Shermann, but aren't you bouncing off the wall? debm55 Nov 21 #82
It takes that much caffeine just for me to function normally. Shermann Nov 21 #83
HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you Shermann. debm55 Nov 21 #84
Two cups of tea Wicked Blue Nov 21 #85
Thank you Wicked Blue. Enjoy your cup of tea. debm55 Nov 21 #86
I have one or two double shots of espresso every year. Harker Nov 21 #87
One cup every morning. Different Drummer Nov 21 #88
Thank you Different Drummer. Enjoy your morning brew. debm55 Nov 21 #92
Coffee lover here! KitFox Nov 21 #90
Thank you KitFox. I had tea since High School. debm55 Nov 21 #91
Too much! Emile Nov 22 #94

ProfessorGAC

(70,136 posts)
1. One, Maybe Two
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:37 PM
Nov 21

I'm super fussy about temperature. Even in a thermo mug, it gets too cold for to enjoy it fairly quickly.
I might pour 2 cups, but likely only actually drink half of each. Maybe less!

Ziggysmom

(3,614 posts)
2. At least 4 or 5. I LOVE LOVE LOVE coffee!!
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:37 PM
Nov 21

Plus, when I’ve tried to eliminate caffeine, it made my migraines worse.

Polly Hennessey

(7,476 posts)
4. Usually one in the morning. I always have coffee when I go out to eat.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:39 PM
Nov 21

I’m one of those individuals that can drink coffee before bedtime and fall instantly asleep. Coffee is one of life’s pleasures. ☕️😋

hlthe2b

(106,476 posts)
5. I drink both. Hot usually black coffee (2 cups in the morning) and iced or occasionally hot black, green or oolong tea
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:41 PM
Nov 21

throughout the day.

(I don't drink soft drinks. I tend to drink mostly water when I work out.

Jilly_in_VA

(10,942 posts)
6. Two if at all possible
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:42 PM
Nov 21

On mornings when I go to the shelter it's liable to be only one big one though. On winter afternoons I'm likely to have a cup of green tea.

Aristus

(68,439 posts)
11. Two.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 12:51 PM
Nov 21

I'm done with the day's coffee by eight am. As bad as my insomnia is, I don't want to make it worse.

NotASurfer

(2,314 posts)
15. Cups, or cups, or mugs?
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:00 PM
Nov 21

Diners tend to use 6 ounce cups which I suspect is because that's the size in a standard tea cup circa 1800. A standard cup is 8 ounces. America super sized our mugs to 10 or 12 ounces.

I go through about 3 mugs, so 4-5 cups at 8 ounces a pop, or 5-6 cups at diner sized.

Prrrrrrrrrobably too much any way you pour it

Cirsium

(894 posts)
23. Three
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:27 PM
Nov 21

I drink three cups a day. I once asked the owner of a coffee shop I used to frequent many years ago: "Jimmy, do you think 60,000 or so cups of this stuff over a stretch of, oh, say 60 years would do me any harm?" He said "no" so I just carried on.

EYESORE 9001

(27,531 posts)
24. Two, typically
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:28 PM
Nov 21

Although I use a big cup, so probably 3 ordinary human-size cups. Also, I’ll sometimes have coffee with a meal when dining out. I consider myself fortunate to have the ability to sleep fine after coffee in the evening.

liberal N proud

(60,957 posts)
29. I have 1 or 2 Cokes a day
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:32 PM
Nov 21

I drink the Coke Zero to reduce sugar intake but that’s my only source of caffeine

Kali

(55,806 posts)
36. one
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:41 PM
Nov 21

and it is a must-have. the rest of the day's caffeine is from iced tea and the occasional cola.

MiHale

(10,813 posts)
38. Between 8 to 12...
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:43 PM
Nov 21

Wake at 4-4:30…done with coffee after lunch, usually at about 12. All depends on what needs to be done. We make half-caf nowadays. Used to have a 32 cup coffee urn that went all day…never a problem sleeping and that was fully caffeinated. We were running 16-18 hour days at that point running three different businesses. Felt great to retire even if it meant half-caf.

Pinback

(12,898 posts)
40. Two 12-oz. mugs, typically.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:44 PM
Nov 21

I can get by on one if crunched for time, but 2 big cups put me in a good position to have a productive, or at least normal, day.

I’m a pourover dork, so I use good beans, a quality burr grinder, and consistent temp & technique for each cup.

Americanme

(63 posts)
42. 3 mugs minimum
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:47 PM
Nov 21

Usually more, especially when it's cold out. Some days I will drink black coffee from 4am until 6pm.

Marigold

(206 posts)
47. My husband and I have dueling machines
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 01:51 PM
Nov 21

He got me hooked on coffee when we started dating. I drink two cups of Nespresso with soy milk, and he drinks two pots of coffee, black. He sleeps like a baby.

Jeebo

(2,293 posts)
54. I drink unsweetened Lipton Pure Leaf bottled tea ...
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:02 PM
Nov 21

... sweetened with Splenda, and Dr. Pepper Zero. Rarely anything else. I have drunk coffee only once in my entire life. That was in 1966 when I and a bunch of other kids went to a local drive-in theatre and pitched a drunk. After a few hours one of the kids drove me to a drive-in restaurant and poured coffee down my throat. I was 16. That was the only time in my life that I've ever drunk coffee and almost the only time I've ever drunk anything alcoholic — beer, wine or hard liquor. I can't stand the stuff now, never touch the stuff and never have, with that one exception when I was 16.

— Ron

debm55

(36,920 posts)
58. Thank you Jeebo, I only had a taste of coffee in college. It was bitter and never tried it again.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:11 PM
Nov 21

yellowdogintexas

(22,753 posts)
56. One very large cup. I have a couple of 14 oz mugs that I really like
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:04 PM
Nov 21

and my little coffee pot makes just the right amount.

fargone

(230 posts)
60. Not a fan of really hot beverages (or soup)
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:14 PM
Nov 21

I have to let them cool substantially. I don't drink coffee, too bitter. I don't drink tea, the bags get stuck in my throat.

dwayneb

(891 posts)
62. Usually 1/2 cup - used to be 3-4
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:16 PM
Nov 21

Before retirement as an engineer I cranked down 3- 4 cups of coffee in the morning.

Now that I don't need that jolt of energy in the morning I either go decaff, or sometimes, a half cup.

Mike Nelson

(10,303 posts)
67. Just one...
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:32 PM
Nov 21

... one in the AM is my limit. More and I bounce off the walls. Next, I have tea. Limit two cups of black or green tea. then, if I must, it's decaf or water. I cut out sodas and fruit drinks, so they are off the table.

Midnight Writer

(23,018 posts)
75. Zero, but I do take a 100 mg caffeine pill along with my morning meds.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 05:58 PM
Nov 21

I used to live on coffee, working lots of odd shifts, but as I got older, it began to upset my stomach, affect my taste buds, and stain my teeth. So I gave it up and instead just take a pill for a "wake-me-up".

3catwoman3

(25,517 posts)
76. Zero - can't stand the stuff. I don't even like the smell.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:01 PM
Nov 21

I do like tiramisu as long as the coffee flavor is very mild.

When I was a kid, my dad insisted that I dunk an oatmeal cookie in coffee, which he liked to do. I didn't want to, but he wouldn't take no for an answer. I thought it tasted awful, and am quite sure this experience is the root of my dislike of coffee.

debm55

(36,920 posts)
79. Thank you 3catwoman3. I not only dislike the taste of coffee but also the smell. I would rather have the cookies in milk
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:11 PM
Nov 21

3catwoman3

(25,517 posts)
89. For me, milk is the gold standard chaser for baked goods of any kind.
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:25 PM
Nov 21

I put a mug of milk in the freezer long enough for a crust of ice to form so it is really, really cold.

Shermann

(8,682 posts)
80. Nine
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:13 PM
Nov 21

Definitions are needed, however. The cups marked on a carafe are typically 5 ounces, and I measure out 9 which works out to 45 ounces. A coffee mug is around 8 ounces, so this works out to 5 1/2 mugs. 45 ounces is what my thermos holds, and I fill 'er up every morning. A pot is typically 12 cups. So, 3/4 of a pot.

KitFox

(48 posts)
90. Coffee lover here!
Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:55 PM
Nov 21

I usually have 4 cups (black) spread throughout the day and night. I like dark French roast finely ground. I use Melita filters and a glass carafe and pour just before it boils hot water over. Sometimes in the summer I have ice coffee with a splash of 1/2 and 1/2. My folks were coffee drinkers and I started drinking it when I was in high school.

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