How much coffee do you drink

[Lordosis]

Ever have a patient that cant afford a cheap prescription but they still smoke 1-2 PPD? Taxing tobacco hasnt stopped poor decision making, nor will a sugar tax.

An additional irony is that the $4 amox rx is often related to the caries linked to that sugar.... And no data but I suspect bad teeth lead to worse employment leading to lower income leading to no dentist and worse teeth.

I have never once seen that

[Anne]

I love coffee but it doesn’t make a difference for how I feel in the morning so often skip it on weekdays if I don’t want to bother making it.

Weekends as much as I want. Doesn’t seem to interfere with my sleep. We often make homemade hot chocolate from solid chocolate on the weekends too...mmm mocha.

I used to need cream in it but since following the excellent recommendations here and getting a technivorm moccamaster and baratza encore black is delicious. Still love a good cappuccino though.

[ENT Doc]

Ever have a patient that cant afford a cheap prescription but they still smoke 1-2 PPD? Taxing tobacco hasnt stopped poor decision making, nor will a sugar tax.

An additional irony is that the $4 amox rx is often related to the caries linked to that sugar.... And no data but I suspect bad teeth lead to worse employment leading to lower income leading to no dentist and worse teeth.

That's actually not true. Taxing sugary drinks has reduced their consumption, just like taxing cigarettes has reduced smoking.

[Rose Boy]

I don't drink anything with caffeine. Realized 20+ years ago I sleep much better without it.

And I've never understood the appeal of drinking hot liquids.

So, no coffee for me.

[Zaphod]

Hmm...well, I have 2-3 cups, but they say 16z on them so Idk....but Im from the PNW, we drank coffee all day growing up and I love it. I dont drink it after I leave for work though, cant sleep now that Im not a resident.

[abds]

1 cup.

which is 6 oz.

which is 3 double shots of espresso.

[Lordosis]

I am pretty sure I could drink a cup as I am climbing into bed and it would not bother me.

[Tyche]

I dilute the coffee my good doctor makes before I'm conscious. I like the taste if I don't have to chew it. Even then, 1-2 cups Max and rarely any caffeine after 11-12am. I fight night owl-ism.

I also enjoy Nuun caffeinated vitamins and Progenex pre-workout but still, not after 12.

Peak caffeine years were during college. At one point I carried espresso beans in a Ziploc bc I couldn't afford the ones covered in chocolate. By grad school I started purposefully quitting so I knew I could. Led to overall less consumption long term.

[MSooner]

I am pretty sure I could drink a cup as I am climbing into bed and it would not bother me.

I've done this before. ~12-16 oz a day. The caffeine still affects me but not that much. I used to switch to Coke Zero at lunchtime, but it was really becoming a horrific habit, so I gave that up for lent.

My in-laws (both doctors who had small children in residency) drink coffee like it is going out of style. Very strong coffee. All day long. I've learned to make a full pot everytime my FIL is at my house.

[Lordosis]

I've done this before. ~12-16 oz a day. The caffeine still affects me but not that much. I used to switch to Coke Zero at lunchtime, but it was really becoming a horrific habit, so I gave that up for lent.

My in-laws (both doctors who had small children in residency) drink coffee like it is going out of style. Very strong coffee. All day long. I've learned to make a full pot everytime my FIL is at my house.

Why would you ever make less then a full pot?

[Zaphod]

I am pretty sure I could drink a cup as I am climbing into bed and it would not bother me.

Used to be the case, something warm before bed. After residency I would just lay awake if I did that. Was a big change.

[Budgetmaestra]

5 cups a day???? Please have yourself checked into rehab immediately.

My coffee pot measures a cup as something very small. So a normal size coffee mug is 2 cups, a car travel cup takes 4. So my 6 cups a day are not as bad as they first seem.

[Lordosis]

Used to be the case, something warm before bed. After residency I would just lay awake if I did that. Was a big change.

It will likely change for me as my kids get older and have more ability to sleep. I'm chronically getting 2 to 3 hours less sleep than I would like and even that is highly interrupted. My tune might change if I am able to sleep better. I have never given myself a chance to have insomnia. At least not in the past five or six years.

[ENT Doc]

My coffee pot measures a cup as something very small. So a normal size coffee mug is 2 cups, a car travel cup takes 4. So my 6 cups a day are not as bad as they first seem.

I suppose caffeine content is probably a better way to assess all of this. Sure you could have a small Starbucks coffee and say you’ve had one cup (me), but that’s equivalent to 3 of someone else’s. I’m perplexed that someone can order a large Starbucks coffee and not have their heart explode.

[StarTrekDoc]

Cafe Bustelo - ever since going down to Miami. straight up or a cortadito when i'm low on sugar. Since I've become lazy, i moved to the Kurieg bustelo which is a far cry, but workable for my daily commute and jumpstart to work.