How many cups of coffee do YOU drink in a day???

[CuddlyKumquat]

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Hmmm....as the application process goes on, along with working long hours in the lab...im finding myself drinking more and more of the brown beverage. Im up to about a venti a day...maybe more. I know post-docs who drink like, 3 of these. So how many do you drink???? 😉

 

[medhacker]

Hmmm....as the application process goes on, along with working long hours in the lab...im finding myself drinking more and more of the brown beverage. Im up to about a venti a day...maybe more. I know post-docs who drink like, 3 of these. So how many do you drink???? 😉

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[Thundrstorm]

I'm in a particularly busy stretch and I've been steadily increasing my consumption of coffee all summer (though I'm still below the crazy level I was at during finals in May). I'm currently working in an office, where there's always coffee on the pot and I probably average 2-3cups/day, plus often a bottled frappucino in the morning, plus often a cup or two (or maybe espresso) at night if I'm at a meeting or go out with friends. I keep trying to cut back, but I've just given in to the fact that I am a lifelong addict and I should just embrace it.

 

[Bluntman]

One cup when I get to work in the morning. Another after lunch. Then one in the evening when I start lagging as I try to write secondary essays.

Damn you caffeine! Damn you and the vicious grip you have on my life!

 

[Labslave]

One cup when I get to work in the morning. Another after lunch. Then one in the evening when I start lagging as I try to write secondary essays.

Damn you caffeine! Damn you and the vicious grip you have on my life!

I go through the same vicious cycle every day, although if I have that evening coffee, I find it almost impossible to go to sleep at night. Without at least 2 a day, the headaches and fatigue are a little too much to bear. Anybody else get the headaches without drinking coffee???

 

[Thundrstorm]

I go through the same vicious cycle every day, although if I have that evening coffee, I find it almost impossible to go to sleep at night. Without at least 2 a day, the headaches and fatigue are a little too much to bear. Anybody else get the headaches without drinking coffee???

The last couple of times I tried to stop cold turkey, the headaches nearly killed me.

 

[jbrice1639]

i tend to drink a lot of plain black coffee, but i drink it more because it's a healthier alternative to the amount of coke i used to drink...and, after working at starbucks back in the day, the caffeine doesn't really have much effect on me anymore...i usually drink a few cups in the evening while i study and have no trouble falling asleep...but, on a normal day, i definitely go through at least one pot between work/class/home.

 

[CuddlyKumquat]

I go through the same vicious cycle every day, although if I have that evening coffee, I find it almost impossible to go to sleep at night. Without at least 2 a day, the headaches and fatigue are a little too much to bear. Anybody else get the headaches without drinking coffee???

Im beginning to feel headaches without caffeine which scares me into staying away for a bit, suffering the withdraw, then do it over again

 

[musiclink213]

I don't drink coffee, don't drink soda. Occasionally, very rarely, I'll have a coke, and then I'm so wired, it's crazy. I used to drink coffee, only not anymore. I drink coffee, and forget it, I get all shaky and jittery, it's not a pretty sight. Although I do drink iced coffees, especially the iced French vanilla from Dunkin Donuts with skim milk and 2 Equals. For some reason, that doesn't affect me. It's only hot coffee.

 

[mustangsally65]

I haven't had coffee in years. I miss it. I have diet restrictions that prevent me from drinking just about anything except water and milk. I drink Propel which tastes so much better than water, but when I have a coke if I go out to eat and can't bear the thought of water with my meal (about once every 6 months!) I can hardly stand all the fizz and sugar. It's funny how once you get off of a certain drink, you don't really have the taste for it anymore.

I used to work at a gas station and made tons of pots of coffee everyday. It was hard having all that fresh coffee every day (and free to me!) and not cheating every once in a while. Even decaf coffee bothers my stomach, though.

But I can live vicariously through people like you guys on this thread!

 

[Indryd]

OK, so uhh 3 cups? How about a mug that holds 32 oz in the morning, and at least 3 refills throughout the day.

If the poll asked "how many POTS of coffee a day" that would make more sense to me.

I also tend to go in cycles though: Cold turkey: 1 cup when I really need to stay up/get up early: 1 cup a couple times a day to stay alert: ->->-> descending into utter dependence where basically I keep a constant flow of caffiene going all day and 2-3 pots go down.

Right now I am just finishing up summer term, have an interview in a couple weeks, and will be quitting cold-turkey the day after my last final. Hopefully I won't touch it until after a couple of interviews are under my belt, but my guess is when fall term starts it will all begin again 🙁

 

[CTSballer11]

None

 

[67192]

2-3 cups in the morning (or a double/triple shot espresso); a double espresso at lunch and sometimes a double/triple espresso in evening if i have lots of work to do. mmm.... coffee makes me happy... 😳

 

[tomorrowgirl99]

I love tea!!!

 

[DrMike24]

I have drank about 3 cups total in my life...I am saving my tolerance for med school and residency 🙂

 

[frostynorthwind]

assuming by cup/ serving, you mean 1 drink with a double espresso shot or a large GLASS of coffee then I'd say 2-3 per day. 🙂

I love caffeine... soy adicto.

 

[Sundarban1]

i tend to drink a lot of plain black coffee, but i drink it more because it's a healthier alternative to the amount of coke i used to drink...and, after working at starbucks back in the day, the caffeine doesn't really have much effect on me anymore...i usually drink a few cups in the evening while i study and have no trouble falling asleep...but, on a normal day, i definitely go through at least one pot between work/class/home.

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i tend to snort a lot of plain black cocoa beans, but i grind them up and eat them more because it's a healthier alternative the amount of coke I used to snort...and, after having my name called out 5 times a day a starbucks just to get a damn latte, the caffine really doesn't have much effect on me anymore...i usually snort a few lines in the evening while I try to study and have no trouble falling asleep...but, on a normal day i definitely go through at least one pound of pot between work/class/home.

 

[Dr2010]

I drink coffee occasionally, never at home, usually when I'm out with friends or near a coffee shop. It just doesn't do it for me, although there was the time with the quadruple shot of espresso that kept me wired well into the wee hours of the morning.

 

[BlinkyCat]

Hi I am a coffee addict. Without it, I get headaches. I tried to quit before mcat...but I got right back into it...I'll quit after I get into med school..if not...after I get into a residence program...if not...after I get through residency... 😱

 

[tigress]

In college I was completely addicted to caffeine. I never drank coffee, but I'd have a Mountain Dew (diet) with breakfast, and that was just my first of the day. After college I stopped with the caffeine. Now I rarely drink caffeine, but I'll have a Diet Coke or diet Dr. Pepper every once in a while. Sometimes if there's soda at work or something. But most of the time if there are soft drinks around I'll drink diet Sprite (I guess it's called Sprite Zero now). And I drink a lot of tea, but I try to stick to decaf. Mostly it's water, though, and tons of it. I bring a 32-oz bottle of water to work and refill it several times during the day.

 

[nlyoung]

I drink coffee for the sake of those around me.... all of my friends know not to talk to me in the mornings till I have a cup in my hand. Its my drug of choice, I'll admit it.

 

[Nakhrewali]

I've gotta have it. It gets me through the morning and alert through my food coma in the afternoon. Gotta have the java! 😛

 

[tank you]

usually one frapuccino and a white mocha

 

[NPursuit]

2-3 cups a day. A dash of cream in each. Coffee is a gift from God. You know, it's loaded in antioxidants. I'd rather have to give up beer than coffee, but that's just me. 😉

 

[45408]

I love how coffee smells, but I hate how it tastes. Mountain Dew is my poison of choice, and I rarely go more than two a day.

 

[humuhumu]

Former caffeine addict here. No coffee, but I used to drink at least 4 cans of diet soda a day, or maybe half a liter. It was pretty much a non-stop infusion of caffeine from morning to late evening. But there was a problem: I had to urinate all the time. Once an hour wasn't unusual. And it wasn't just the frequency, it was the intensity: when I had to go, I really had to go. Holding it was not an option.

So when I decided, in January, to take the April MCAT, one of the first things I wondered was how on earth I was going to make it through each section without using the john. I wondered about Depends. At that point I realized something was seriously wrong with me. Caffeine was controlling my life, and I decided that enough was enough. I quit cold turkey on a Friday so that I could "recover" over the weekend. It was hell -- headaches, fatigue, irritability -- but after a few days I was free. I found that I could make it through a long day of work just fine without caffeine. And I was relieved that I could go for hours on end without needing to relieve myself. Potty breaks during the MCAT were a non-issue. The incessant urge to pee was gone.

I still drink a lot of diet soda, but it's mostly caffeine-free (I know, I should just drink water, and I do sometimes, but it's so boring). I still drink caffeinated beverages too, sometimes, but never more than one a day. I often go caffeine-free for a few weeks at a time. When I do have caffeine, it definitely picks me up, but I'm determined to never become physically dependent again.

 

[Thundrstorm]

I can relate to the above post. I was drinking so much coffee this spring that I had to frequently run for the bathroom. I didn't drink coffee the morning of the MCAT, and had no need for bathroom breaks.





bu I'm drinking coffee right now. 😀

 

[C.P. Jones]

i love the smell of coffee as prowler said, but it's just way too bitter....so what i do is fill a glass w/ milk...have a little coffee in it (and i really mean, a little, about a half inch at most?) and then like 4 or 5 teaspoons of sugar....w/o the sugar, even that small amount of coffee in all that milk will still be too bitter for me to drink......i'm addicted to sugar

also, i'm volunteering at the YMCA, and it's so amazing how many ppl think that you can drink caffeine and have instant effects (esp. in just drinking one of those sports drinks w/ caffeine in them, which i have never had and immediately lifting), but it takes about an hour for caffeine to be metabolized and have a true effect...the initial stuff is just mental

 

[Saluki]

I don't drink coffee, but I have 3 or 4 diet cokes every day. Maybe that's why my hands shake....

 

[Psycho Doctor]

3??? that's not even close 🙁

 

[glp]

half a pot before i leave my apt in the morning. more if there is fresh coffee anywhere after i leave my apt for the day.

 

[BaylorGuy]

OK, so uhh 3 cups? How about a mug that holds 32 oz in the morning, and at least 3 refills throughout the day.

If the poll asked "how many POTS of coffee a day" that would make more sense to me.

I also tend to go in cycles though: Cold turkey: 1 cup when I really need to stay up/get up early: 1 cup a couple times a day to stay alert: ->->-> descending into utter dependence where basically I keep a constant flow of caffiene going all day and 2-3 pots go down.

Right now I am just finishing up summer term, have an interview in a couple weeks, and will be quitting cold-turkey the day after my last final. Hopefully I won't touch it until after a couple of interviews are under my belt, but my guess is when fall term starts it will all begin again 🙁

This is what I'm talking about. Its the only way to get me through a relatively uneventful day at the lab...besides, the late nights tend to feed my crave.

 

[gozeemer]

im at over 5 a day..i just walk around with a cup in my hand contemplating life and what to do with it hehe..

my mind goes...allopathic pleaaaase...then goes allo caribbean or osteopathic hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[BAM!]

mint anyone?

 

[gozeemer]

mint anyone?

ill take 5

 

[morgan]

icky.

my dad let me taste his coffee when i was little and i've never had the desire to try it again.

 

[jon stewart]

I love how coffee smells, but I hate how it tastes. Mountain Dew is my poison of choice, and I rarely go more than two a day.

🙂 🙂 I feel the exact same way

i dont like how it tastes? i dont get why poeple drink coffee, does it really help you stay awake that much? I drank some once, i didnt like the taste and it didnt help me stay awake either. I do drink coke somtimes, not for the caffine but beacause it tastes good.

Sometimes in my morning lectures, i get really drowsy...its motsly in the morning lectures like the ones that start at 8 or 9. Do you guys think i should start drinking coffee so i wont be soooo drowsy in class?

How exaclty do you make coffee...sorry if this is stupid question. I know these are those machines which make the coffee

So do i just take the jug and pour some coffee into a cup and add some sugar and thats it???

what are the different kinds of coffee? i dont know anything about coffee.....but i do like those startbucks mocha frappicino

thanks- one confused coffee guy

 

[dr.z]

I hardly drink any coffee.

 

[bwells46]

I don't drink coffee.

 

[scooter31]

I average 7-9 cups a day; I'm on my 3rd cup by 9am normally.

Kind of a weird aside: Troy Percival (when he was with the Angels) went on the 15 day disabled list due to caffeine/nicotine withdrawal symptoms. He cut out his 10 cup/pack a day habit cold during the season and got the shakes and some nasty headaches, so bad he couldnt pitch. 😱

 

[PineappleGirl]

I am a caffeine ADDICT. I have this huge coffee mug at work which I fill every morning with 2 cups from the coffeemaker. After lunch I have some more coffee and around 3:30 or 4 when I start to get sleepy, I have another few cups. If I go out to dinner or need to stay up for any particular reason I will often have more coffee after dinner, however usually I just go to the gym and then go home and chill, in which case there is no need for the evening coffee.

This is not nearly as bad as when I was in college. Then I would have to have a cup of coffee before I went to bed, which as one psych professor told was "bad, really bad".

 

[LJDHC05]

I am a caffeine ADDICT

Me too...I commute to work, so I have a pretty big cup while I'm driving/sitting on the T. Usually, I hit up starbucks on the way into work (DAMN YOU STARBUCK FOR BEING CONVENIENTLY LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET::angrily shakes fist out window:🙂 But that's usually it for me on lab days. In clinic, there was always a pot brewing, so I'd pretty much have a cup of coffee in my hand constantly to keep me on the same energy level as the kids I had to hold still and to be friendly to the families. Right now though, I'm trying to knock down my addiction with Irish Breakfast Tea with some ginger in it to clear up my sinuses.

I dont know if anyone saw the National Geographic from earlier this year all about caffiene. They showed brain scans of a non-coffee drinker versus a coffee drinker before coffee and after coffee: before coffee the coffee drinker was nearly braindead...explaining my catatonic state most mornings. Caffiene is the world's oldest psychoactive, unregulated and completely legal drug. It was a pretty cool article, I highly recommend it.

 

[firebird69guy]

I work graves... 10pm-8:30am Saturday-Tuesday


4 x 10 hour shifts... but Rockstar energy drink keeps me going!


got a huge case at Costco

 

[sunnyjohn]

Coffee gives me the runs. 😀