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(01-13-2015 11:55 AM)rudebwoy Wrote:  

Anyone tried giving up coffee?

My dad would give it up once a year and get sick for a day or two (flu-like, headache, etc), but he drank stronger and more coffee than I've ever regularly drank.

I have days when I don't get coffee till late afternoon, sometimes not at all.

I've never had symptoms, but ----vv

(04-22-2015 10:03 AM)Nascimento Wrote:  

How often do you guys drink coffee? I'm making the assumption coffee drinkers drink on a daily basis.

I've always enjoyed coffee, more than just for the benefits of caffeine. For the past several months I've always drank it on a weekly basis, somewhere between 3-4 times a week.

I'd like to drink it daily, one full cup in the morning and that's it.. Would I develop a tolerance, or does that only happen when you drink 2-3 cups daily?

Would I get intense withdrawal symptoms going one day without it?

If there was a coffee newbie thread I'd post there, but this one should suffice

I usually only drink one large 20 oz coffee from a good coffee shop or two Keurig k cups per day.

When I'm with family I'll drink more, and they make stronger stuff...I love drinking coffee, but I hate the effects of caffiene (shaking, etc).

Never had withdrawal symptoms. Everyone is different, but I'd bet you wouldn't have symptoms.

[Nascimento]

I'm finding caffeine to be a really interesting thing.

Only on a few occasions do I remember having the jitters effect of caffeine. Maybe it's because I've never drank excessive amounts in a single day.

Every time I drink a cup, I always feel a boost in alertness and focus. Though sometimes, this boost is *much* greater than at other times. Like profoundly, I feel greatly perceptive of my surroundings, but with the option to go full tunnel-vision if I choose to. Seems to be quite random.

I'm going to keep experimenting with caffeine. I remember when I first started drinking on nights out I'd make mental notes of how I felt at different stages of the night, drinking different amounts, how it affected me socially.. Kind of like that, but more specific to caffeine.

[SeanBateman]

(04-22-2015 10:56 AM)Nascimento Wrote:  

Every time I drink a cup, I always feel a boost in alertness and focus. Though sometimes, this boost is *much* greater than at other times. Like profoundly, I feel greatly perceptive of my surroundings, but with the option to go full tunnel-vision if I choose to. Seems to be quite random.

The two factors that affect how strongly I feel caffeine are how much caffeine I have been consuming in preceding days and whether or not I have an empty stomach. With low or zero caffeine intake in the preceding days and an empty stomach, when I have a cup I'll get a good coffee buzz. With higher prior caffeine intake and a breakfast burrito in my stomach the buzz will be minial. Quite a big difference.

[Tokyo Joe]

Gents: Some fairly good ideas here in this thread but who are we kidding? There's only one real way to get your coffee fix...