Coffee drinkers: Do you take breaks?

I feel like weekends and vacations are when I can mostly get away from it due to additional sleep and less urgency to get going in the mornings.

The amount of sleep I get and my lunch break can heavily influence if I drink it daily and how much. Heavy lunch = potential food coma and a need for a second cup. ☕

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NEVER! Haha. I have my 1 pour over every morning as it makes my day much better. I spend a good bit of effort making sure my coffee is excellent (selecting beans, roasting, careful brewing) so it makes me happy when I wake up and get ready then finally enjoy my coffee.

If I was at the point where I needed multiple cups just to get through the day though...I'd probably take a break a few days a month.

Yup I do 🙋‍♂️. So after everymonth I spend an entire week without coffee. First few days suck 😖 but after that it’s normal. I think breaks are important to maintain your coffee tolerance and when you drink again after break.

It is easier said than done. But I sometimes juggle between Coffee and Tea just because I reached my Coffee limit for the day 😛. On a daily basis, I used to have Coffee at least 2 times. We have this Coffee called "Filter Coffee" which is with milk.

If you guys ever visit South India especially the state of Tamilnadu or a South Indian owned coffee shop in your place check if they have authentic "Filter Coffee" you will definitely love it.

I had to take a 3 day break recently because the coffee grinder broke. :'( But got a new (and better!) one, so back on the coffee track again.

As for coffee intake, I'm usually between 2 and 4 cups a day. Not too much, not too little, imho.

Yes, I find coffee makes my mind "linear", for lack of a better word. I think it's sometimes important to let it be "fluid". I also try to balance out my coffee drinking with tea drinking (especially matcha), because although tea also has caffeine, the l-theanine seems to buffer the anxiety-filled burnout feeling that excessive coffee brings.

NEVER. I take it almost every day, or I can't work.

Actually, even if the coffee's effects are too much, I can still sleep to ease palpitations.

I generally drink coffee even on vacations and weekends just to feel awake.

I drink espresso every day, I don't notice any difference whether I keep to the schedule, omit a day or two, or even have an espresso late at night (around 9-10pm!). I may be desensitized to caffeine perhaps?

I'm at a point where no caffeine means a headache.

I'm not a coffee drinker, I'm a coffee addict.

Luckily I don't actually need to drink much, I need to drink less than 1 cup, however I need to drink some daily.

Tea drinker here, but same same I guess. Yes I do and mostly when I am away (hiking, whatever), but also when I feel I have been in "need" of cafeine. Sometimes, I take a break just to remind my body that I don't need it, I enjoy it.

Like you, free time tea is the best, so I try to have it only I really enjoy it, not when I swallow it uncounsciously.

I only really drink coffee Monday - Friday. It's not for the caffeine or a "kick-start", it's more just part of the routine. I rarely have a coffee on a weekend, and really don't miss it at the time.

I purely have coffee for the taste and part of the routine it brings. It's also why I hate bad coffee. If it doesn't taste nice, I simply won't drink it, so I avoid instant coffee at all costs.

Almost daily here, one or two cups per day.

For those who are worried about their coffee consumption, I wanted to leave this note:

Do coffee drinkers live longer than non-coffee drinkers? Is it, “Wake up and smell the coffee,” or “Don’t wake up at all?”
The largest study ever conducted on diet and health put that question to the test, examining the association between coffee drinking and subsequent mortality among hundreds of thousands of older men and women in the United States. Coffee drinkers won, though the effect was modest. 10 to 15% lower risk of death for those drinking six or more cups a day, specifically due to lower risk of dying from heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries and accidents, diabetes, and infections.

That much coffee was found to increase the death rates of younger people, though—under age 55. Hence, based on this study, it may be appropriate to recommend that you avoid drinking more than four cups a day. But, if you put all the studies together, the bottom line is that coffee consumption is associated with no change or a small reduction in mortality starting around one or two cups a day, for both men and women.

Source: nutritionfacts.org/video/coffee-an...
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Cheers!
Gustavo.

Used to drink 8-10 cups a day. But that sometimes lead to me having shaking hands. Which I'm sure is not healthy. So not I drink a cup in the morning and one around 3pm. For the rest I drink wanted and sometimes a can of soda.

I'm having a break right now - on decaf for the week since I'm feeling too jittery even without it. I used to be properly addicted but broke that due to circumstances a few years ago and haven't allowed it to happen again - try to do only one proper coffee per workday and usually none on weekends.

Wow - what a timely thread. I decided to give up my daily morning coffee dose today and OMG- did I get one heck of a headache. Worst. Headache. Ever. I'm definitely addicted. I think I'm just going to try and cut down a little rather than completely giving it up.