3 cups

11/8/2013 7:14:13 PM

I have never been a coffee drinker, but want to get into it. What should I start with? Should I even bother with instant coffees, or are they all shit? I want to make it myself, so I guess I need to buy equipment? Noob question: is it possible to just add the ground coffee to boiled water in a container and then strain it in to a cup, to avoid having to buy a coffee machine of some sort?


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11/8/2013 7:18:18 PM

just buy a french press

11/8/2013 7:22:33 PM

Oh yeah, nice idea. Just saw a nice German one recently in a store.

11/8/2013 7:26:44 PM

I've had nearly an entire pot and I still don't feel like it has been enough

#mondays

2/19/2018 11:32:13 AM

I do not drink coffee

2/19/2018 12:20:29 PM

Stopped in 2012. Less than 5 cups since.

2/19/2018 12:25:48 PM

I usually stop for the day whenever my pee starts to smell like coffee.

2/19/2018 1:15:16 PM

I drink as many cups as 2chainz got chainz

2/19/2018 2:02:50 PM

Not a one this year so far.

2/19/2018 2:06:50 PM

1-2 cups per week. Only started drinking it at all in the past year or two as well.

2/19/2018 2:22:06 PM

my answer hasn't really changed from page 1. 2-3 cups/day. little half and half, no sugar.

2/19/2018 2:56:18 PM

4-6 times/year.

(But 2-3 cups of strong black tea with milk/day)

2/19/2018 3:21:47 PM

2/19/2018 3:32:47 PM

usually 1 cup in the morning on days that i work. every once in a while, 2 cups. black.

2/19/2018 7:34:28 PM

1 cup every morning, work or no. Second cup around 2:00 pm, depending on how tired/bored I am.

These numbers get thrown out the window if I have to get up extra early, or if I'm at a conference with free coffee. Because (a) free, and (b) conferences are the most soporific experience to which the working professional can be subjected.

2/19/2018 10:31:35 PM

5-6 cups when at home or in the office, a little less at clients since we usually have to go out to grab coffee

2/19/2018 11:38:12 PM

Preferably a 5 shot Americano followed by a cup black early/mid afternoon.

2/20/2018 12:54:44 AM

4-6 cups a day. Black.

2/21/2018 10:51:54 PM

Usually 4-5 cups.

If it’s a long day, sometimes I fill my carafe up to the 10 cup line, then take the whole carafe to work.

2/21/2018 11:58:06 PM

^^&^ Cant imagine drinking that much! Usually 2, sometimes 1, and very rarely 3, one sugar packet, little half and half

I am thinking of quitting. Didn't have any today, might keep it going for a little while

9/21/2025 12:21:04 AM

when I say "cups" I'm talking about fill lines on the coffee maker

I might fill it to 6 cups and drink it all, but that's really 2 big mugs.

(half and half, but no sugar)

9/21/2025 4:06:26 AM

16 oz cold brew and usually one other. Probably something like 350mg of caffeine.

Knew a guy in Seal training that did 1000mg. Would use the Starbucks Vio packs as dip.

9/21/2025 7:40:23 AM

None.

It takes nasty.
It's expensive.
I don't require constant stimulants to function in life.
I don't inadvertently support Colombian drug lords like Juan Valdez.

9/21/2025 8:05:41 AM

https://youtu.be/mCjBspxuUmU?si=lIGEYGkRivHvMiIb

9/21/2025 8:07:14 AM

^^a k cup is only like .3, sugar packet .02, and creamer like .05

9/21/2025 9:03:51 AM

K

9/21/2025 9:10:56 AM

^^^^^just noticed on my maker, every 10oz is "2 cups" so your consumption doesn't seem too high now. I have 1-2 10oz cups a day, so 2-4 using those stupid ass lines

9/21/2025 10:08:03 AM

Quote :

"STUPID ASS LINES"

9/21/2025 10:37:42 AM

like three 16 oz mugs per day, at least

9/21/2025 10:59:39 AM

I removed most of the caffeine from my diet years ago but I'll sometimes have a soft drink here or there

9/21/2025 11:20:26 AM

Here or there like once a month or like once a quarter? Whats your soda of choice?

9/21/2025 11:27:15 AM

usually just a coke or pepsi at a restaurant

9/21/2025 11:31:27 AM

I typically get sprite if I get a soda at a restaurant because I try not to drink caffeine after noon anyways. Outside of coffee, green tea is my only other caffeine source, but I only have maybe 2-3 cups a month of that

9/21/2025 11:36:48 AM

I drink 0 cups of disgusting bean water a day

9/21/2025 11:39:37 AM

2-3x/year: cappuccino or some other milky coffee drink

2-3x/week: some Chinese tea (pu'er, green, or white)

2-3x/day: strong black tea with spices (cinnamon, cardamom, ginger) and soymilk


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9/21/2025 12:08:38 PM

Probably way too much, usually 2 big cups a day (basically drinking coffee and water the whole time I work).

I've stopped before for a week or two (but switched to tea, which still has some caffeine), and felt fine.

Maybe I'll stop for a month and see if I feel any different

9/21/2025 2:56:51 PM

2 cups during breakfast. One more after arriving at the office.
Then two more after lunch immediately.
I know it’s a lot.

9/21/2025 5:44:01 PM

7 cups before 7:30am then a dew zero after lunch

9/21/2025 6:23:05 PM

Any of you have any short term negative side effects from quitting coffee and how long did they last?

9/22/2025 1:26:59 PM

YES. im about 45 days off caffiene.

first 1 week was hell. tired, felt like i got hit by a car. brain fog etc.

after week 2 it got better and my resting heart rate has improved quite a bit and i sleep better.

coffee really aint good fer ya.

i also quit alcohol, so my overall heatlh has improved nicely.

next up: Zyns and THC

9/22/2025 2:08:32 PM

Ok. Def going through being tired...Today up at like 6:15, back asleep by 8:15, up at 9:15, immediately back to sleep til like 11:15.

No alcohol since Aug 31, no nicotine since Nov 29, no THC since Aug 31...so this like the last thing I got. I had a green tea yesterday

9/22/2025 3:20:18 PM

^nice. just so you know, green tea has caffiene in it. so does decaf.

i made it a point to eliminate all sources of caffiene because if i have matcha or cocoa i know ill be right back to 4 cups of regular coffee in no time. some people are OK with tea tho.

9/22/2025 3:26:38 PM

On average, less than 1. But I've had days of having 4-5 cups of coffee. It just depends on how accessible it is. I haven't ever noticed it affecting my ability to work, it's more so about it just being a hot drink.

9/22/2025 3:32:50 PM

^^I partly had it to ween myself off. Coffee i believe has 100mg of caffeine, green tea around half that. Def had a few headaches last few days. The other difficulty I have in not having stuff like green tea is that it is healthy...so it seems weird or wrong to limit something I know is healthy

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9/22/2025 3:33:44 PM

If you're worried about healthy just drink water even if it's easier said than done

9/22/2025 4:44:08 PM

Water is very healthy!

9/22/2025 5:21:32 PM

Those sparkling ice drinks are good too

9/22/2025 5:53:25 PM

200-400 mg of caffeine before noon. Then mostly water the rest of the day.

9/22/2025 8:50:17 PM