How much caffeine do you consume each day?

[Deleted]

Tea > Coffee.

[Zoldor]

Mostly none. I might have a green tea once every two weeks or so give or take. I used to be a heavy caffeine user, but cut back to basically zero.

I have fairly intense anxiety and caffeine was a trigger for it and I didn't realize it for a long period of time. The first few weeks were brutal. But now I don't really miss it. I do miss the taste as a nice hot coffee when it is cold outside. I do drink some hot fruit "teas" there is no tea in them mostly dried fruits and aromatics. Not bad, but a poor substitute.

[May90]

Maybe about 200-400mg. I like the taste of coffee, however. I don't drink coffee for the caffeine boast at all. Some days I go without coffee just because there wasn't time to get a cup. Or it's too hot, I wanted something else to drink, etc.

Not a sweets person. I had a bite sized snickers bar like a month and a half ago. Don't like tea at all.

Think I am pretty good on the caffeine front honestly.

Same, I just like the taste of coffee. It actually affects me oppositely to how it affects most people: it makes me more sleepy, rather than more awake, and one of the best ways for me to assure a nice night is to drink a bit of coffee before going to bed.

[Queen of Hamsters]

I drink only a small spoon of coffee a day. I drink quite a bit of tea though, but I don't know how caffeine-rich it is.

What I'm unhappy with is how much I like cola. This is one element I reeeeeeally would like to remove from my diet, but... It just tastes so good! Cold cola just taken out of a fridge... Haaaalp!

Was in your position, and found Coke Zero. It gives me the fizzy that I crave, but without the sugar. It tastes way WAY better than Light in my book, since I can't drink a sip of Light without spitting it out. XD

Have you tried coke zero? There's Cherry flavor as well which is quite nice

[PizzaSHARK]

Yes. That was the interesting part of the course, when we had to abstain from a given substance. Several of us chose caffeine, we were all surprised that we experienced withdrawal symptoms.

And yes, I included the caffeine chart so people had a better idea of how much their caffeine intake is on a daily basis, 90-100 mg = approximately one eight ounce cup of coffee but commercial coffees like Starbucks have serving sizes that are typically much larger.

Not to mention, many of those drinks are made using espresso, which has about as much caffeine in a single shot (about 2 oz) as a normal 8 oz cup of coffee. It's not unusual for them to add two shots of espresso to a typical 16-20oz drink. The type of coffee also has an effect - dark roasts have more caffeine than lighter roasts.

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Maybe about 200-400mg. I like the taste of coffee, however. I don't drink coffee for the caffeine boast at all. Some days I go without coffee just because there wasn't time to get a cup. Or it's too hot, I wanted something else to drink, etc.

Not a sweets person. I had a bite sized snickers bar like a month and a half ago. Don't like tea at all.

Think I am pretty good on the caffeine front honestly.

Why not just get the coffee decaffeinated? It tastes different, but if you like the taste of coffee itself, it shouldn't be so different that you wouldn't enjoy it.

[unbound]

2 to 4 cups a day most of the time. Actually a decent source of potassium...at 3 to 4 cups, it is as much as a medium banana.

[Dezerte]

Dislike the taste of coffee so I never drink that. I drink the occasional coke, and that's about it.

[PizzaSHARK]

2 to 4 cups a day most of the time. Actually a decent source of potassium...at 3 to 4 cups, it is as much as a medium banana.

Eh, I'd look elsewhere if you're really concerned about potassium intake

[Fencers]

Same, I just like the taste of coffee. It actually affects me oppositely to how it affects most people: it makes me more sleepy, rather than more awake, and one of the best ways for me to assure a nice night is to drink a bit of coffee before going to bed.

Yea, it doesn't make me jumpy at all. I have a cup before bed occasionally. I drink coffee at all hours- just whenever I want a nice hot cup of joe.

Why not just get the coffee decaffeinated? It tastes different, but if you like the taste of coffee itself, it shouldn't be so different that you wouldn't enjoy it.

Taste, availability and costs. Good quality decaf is pricey. Manufacturer's have to use a lot more beans to make good quality decaf.

Also decaf is not necessarily 100% caffeine free. A decaf product can still contain a given amount of caffeine per volume under the law.

[Felicia]

Usually one 9oz black coffee in the morning... and then a diet dr. pepper with my lunch a few hours later. That's it... otherwise I drink only water, decaf green tea, or chamomile tea.

[Celista]

Usually one 9oz black coffee in the morning... and then a diet dr. pepper with my lunch a few hours later. That's it... otherwise I drink only water, decaf green tea, or chamomile tea.

I've been trying to wean myself off of a morning cup of coffee, because I end up wanting to keep drinking coffee all day long. I tend to feel sluggish around 2-3 pm and I don't end up craving another cup before bed, so it works for me to have my first cup around then.

Green tea <3 Been drinking this stuff which is awesome (not caffeine-free).

[Powerogue]

Soda once in a while, but I avoid coffee entirely. Soda is basically liquid sugar, and coffee pretty much becomes liquid sugar once you add enough junk to it to make it palatable.

As much as people who are in a hurry all the time would like to think so, caffeine is not an adequate long-term substitute for sleep.

[Truhan]

None, I quit caffeine over two and a half years ago.

[Dug]

Usually a cup of joe in the morning, a diet soda for lunch and pre-workout which has uh I forgot but more than a cup of coffee so I must be in the 400mg day, likely more than that.

[Metallourlante]

I think around 200 to 400mg, I drink 4-5 espresso daily and 1 espresso should have 50ish mg of caffeine. I don't drink coke or redbull or any other energy drink

[Rudkobing]

12 million gallons a day.

[Forgettable]

None. I don't like coffee and I abstain from sugary drinks (of doom).

[Deleted]

And, do you consider your caffeine intake to be a problem?

https://authoritynutrition.com/top-1...its-of-coffee/
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/fe...ew-health-food
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-li...h/faq-20058339
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutriti...erage-options/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/up...hink.html?_r=0
http://www.onemedical.com/blog/newsw...rink-coffee-2/

And, since I'm Finnish, as for how much I consume, the answer is more than the rest of you;

http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/t...g-nations.html
https://fusiontables.google.com/Data...bqdk#rows:id=1

[PizzaSHARK]

I've been trying to wean myself off of a morning cup of coffee, because I end up wanting to keep drinking coffee all day long. I tend to feel sluggish around 2-3 pm and I don't end up craving another cup before bed, so it works for me to have my first cup around then.

Green tea <3 Been drinking this stuff which is awesome (not caffeine-free).

Matcha's awesome! Give yerba mate a try sometime. Tastes similar to tea. There's a grocery store near me that sells these yerba mate energy drinks... I'm pretty sure it's just brewed yerba mate with some flavors and a little sugar, based on the ingredients list. Pretty good. Seems to have less of a crash than other energy drinks have, but that's probably just confirmation bias.

[May90]

Was in your position, and found Coke Zero. It gives me the fizzy that I crave, but without the sugar. It tastes way WAY better than Light in my book, since I can't drink a sip of Light without spitting it out. XD

Have you tried coke zero? There's Cherry flavor as well which is quite nice

Eh, I tried both Zero and Light, of different varieties, and the taste just wasn't the same. The original Coca-Cola, as well as Mug Root Beer and Dr. Pepper, are pretty much unmatched by any sodas I've tried, although I've been buying recently substitutes, cola and root beer made by local company:

https://t2s.spartanstores.com/in-sto...s/spartan-soda

They taste just as good, and at 1/3 of the price. I try not to drink much, a couple of 2l bottles a week, at most - but even that is waaaaaay more than I would prefer. :/