How much coffee in one day is TOO much coffee?

[MaineDolFan]

I drink enough coffee to keep the industry alive, frankly, and I feel a personal responsibility to ensure this part of the economy continues.  Dunkin Donuts would fold without my support.

In all seriousness, how much coffee do you drink in any given day?  How much coffee is too much coffee?

I generally have two very large cups a day.


You?

[Dave Gray]

I drink none. 

I like coffee and I'll have it from time to time, if my girlfriend makes a pot on the weekends, but I drink none during the week.

[StL FinFan]

Zero.  I don't do caffeine.  Giving it up was one of the best things I ever did for myself.  Every once in a great while, I will have decaf after eating out, but that is it.  It's up to the rest of you to keep the industry alive, so drink on.

[MaineDolFan]

Man, I don't know how you did it.  I don't get the caffeine headaches like people do if I don't have coffee, but I certainly have that "I need my joe" thing that comes on.  I'm sure my GI track would love if I stopped.  But I looooove me some coffee.

And Dave, there is nothing cooler than sitting around on a weekend in your jammies in the morning having a nice chat with your person over a cup of home roasted beans.  That's good stuff.

[fyo]

2-3 large, strong cups.

[pintofguinness14]

About 20 oz per day in the morning. I try to avoid any caffeine after lunch since it tends to keep me up at night.

[BoSoxGrl]

It really depends on how I feel when I get up.  If I get up and go to the gym, I am usually "awake" before i need to head out to work so I don't "need" to stop.  I will also stop if I am running early....some days 2 or 3 times if I have to do stuff for the office.  "Too much" I think varies from person to person and also with how you take your coffee.  I think one blackeye (Shot of espresso in black coffee) is enough to keep me awake for a month or 4.

[Buddhagirl]

I do 2 cups (it's actually one large panda cup) in the morning and that's it. Anymore than that and I go insane. If I run that morning, I don't usually finish it. Coffee after a run is kind of gross.

[Dave Gray]

I'm actually surprised that so many people drink coffee in the mornings.  I just shows me how different everyone's body is.  Coffee JACKS ME UP, like I did an 8-ball.  I wouldn't be able to work.

[TonyB0D]

maine, i probably smoke ur ass int he cawfee dept.  i make a large pot in the AM, will probably score some more in the afternoon, then maybe even have an after-dinner cup.  

more than 1 or 2 small cups a day is to much.  it's just not good for your body and mind.  however, like you, i don't get the withdrawal symptoms.  i also don't really feel "picked up" from the cawfee, i just love the flavor.

[MaineDolFan]

Coffee JACKS ME UP, like I did an 8-ball. 

Do a lot of 8-balls do you? 

[Dolphin-UK]

3 or 4 fairly large cups a day, I try and limit myself....

I feel the withdrawal love though, you need to slow down gradually or you get the headaches.

[Sunstroke]

Man, I don't know how you did it.  I don't get the caffeine headaches like people do if I don't have coffee, but I certainly have that "I need my joe" thing that comes on.  I'm sure my GI track would love if I stopped.  But I looooove me some coffee.

I hear ya there...quitting caffeine is as difficult for me as quitting nicotine.

I am about 4-5 cups per day currently. One first thing in the morning, accompanied by a cigarette and bongload(s). After I get out of the shower, I pound the second cup. I go cold caffeine at the office (pepsi, tea), then after dinner, I brew another pot and have 2-3 more cups before I crash for the evening.

[MaineDolFan]

That is a lot of caffeine!

I can't have any caffeine after 4pm-5pm.  If I violate that I have trouble sleeping.  It's water, caffeine-free pop, etc from late afternoon on.

[Dave Gray]

Do a lot of 8-balls do you? 

Nah, coffee is cheaper.