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    Bureaucratically Efficient Senior Member TinCow's Avatar
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    I'm addicted. Need it every morning. Who else and how much?


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    None. I drink tea instead.


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    Quote Originally Posted by discovery1
    None. I drink tea instead.
    dto here - I only occasionally drink a cup of coffee during the weekend or when I meet somebody over lunch.

    I used to drink 4-5 large cups during my first year in my current job - the coffee we ahd here tasted like **** and by afternoon I usually was a a bit fidgety due to too much caffeine. So at some point I decided that it might be a good idea to switch to tea...
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    I'm just not human till I have 3-4 cups of coffee in the morning. When they bury me, my wife has promised to slip my coffee machine and mug into the coffin. Right next to my salt shaker. Everyone should be so blessed to have such a dutiful woman.
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    just a tea man. I am on my 2nd cup today though
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    I got addicted to coke over the summer... That ruined the old teeth.

    But not coffee. Mochas maybe, but I'm not man enough for proper coffee.

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    I usually drink 3-4 cups a day, but it dosent affect me..... I only drink it for the warmth after these cold wet irish mornings...
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    Used to average 9 or more cups per day. Four by 10 am.
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    0 a day, i have coke instead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SwordsMaster
    I usually drink 3-4 cups a day, but it dosent affect me..... I only drink it for the warmth after these cold wet irish mornings...
    Ahh, the insiduous caffeine monster slowly creeps into position to claim another soul. "I can quit anytime I want", he says.
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    Coffee? Occassionally. I love tea --when made well! Have a couple glasses daily at least; usually ten or so.

    I like weed teas too.
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    No caffeine at all...I wake up very quickly.

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    I've actually read that an apple in the morning is more condusive to pepping up than coffee.

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    No caffeine at all...I wake up very quickly.

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    No coffee. Coffeine has no effect on me and I don´t like the taste. I occasionally drink tea. Most of the time I´m drinking mineral water.

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    No coffee, tea or coke (coca cola?).
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    Quote Originally Posted by A.Saturnus
    Most of the time I´m drinking mineral water.
    Good choice. I have at least one bottle (200 mg) daily.
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    I drink tea, 2 cups in the morning and 1 or 2 before i go to bed.

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    I am a tea and coke man really. Drink 2 cups of tea a day and around 3 500ml bottles of coke a day, though sometimes I have the occasional coffee, in fact I have one sitting right next to me as I speak.
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    Started drinking coffee at 7.

    Most coffees in one day was 24. After that my face had a numb feeling like going to the dentist for a day. Was all in a exam lead up... so I decided to have no coffee for a six week period before study week at uni from then on... to maximise any alertness from coffee.

    I gave up coffee for an entire year when I was 24 ... ironically this happened when I was working in gold exploration and was working in Sumatran mountains (exploring in and around coffee plantations).
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    I can't imagine the horror of trying to rein in a 7 year old boy after he slugs down a cup o' joe. I bet the term rambunctious was an understatement.

    My personal record for coffee consumption in a day (16 hours) was 30 cups, three 10 cup pots worth. We were on lock down at the jail for 6 days straight to search for contraband and weapons after an officer was beaten and stabbed to death by an inmate gang. I was wired enough from the situation alone, that I didn't sleep much for those 6 days, the amount of coffee I consumed guaranteed it.
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    I gave the beans up when my wife was pregnant. She couldn't drink, so I didn't either. After a very brief withdrawal, I found I slept better, so I haven't gone back.

    They make some really great decafs these days, so if you like the taste and the warmth and the whole ritual of the thing, there's plenty of goodness out there.

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    I've been migrating over to Red Bulls and Soda. Tastes a lot better, plus it has more chemical junk in it.
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