# How Many Cups of Coffee Do you Drink Per Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [January 16, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779 "2018-01-16T21:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/21 "2018-01-17T00:05:43Z")
This school year(teacher here), I have been buying a lot of $1 large coffees at McDonald’s. I drink it in the car on the way to work. No coffee at work. They have it, but it is Folgers and so forth and I don’t drink it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/22 "2018-01-17T00:10:00Z")
Never had a cup of coffee in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/23 "2018-01-17T00:53:27Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Never had a cup of coffee in my life. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/24 "2018-01-17T00:57:33Z")
2-4 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/25 "2018-01-17T01:09:06Z")
2 cups a day, each cup being 24 ounces. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/26 "2018-01-17T01:23:23Z")
I can’t stand the taste of coffee (and yes, friends have tried to introduce me to good-quality coffee, and my verdict was that it was slightly less foul), so zero coffee. I do drink other caffeinated beverages (tea and cola), but those, I’m generally either zero or one serving total in a day, depending on how my schedule works out. More often zero, because on days when I’m working, I don’t have time to make a cuppa before work, and by the time I get home, it’s usually getting pretty late in the day for caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/27 "2018-01-17T02:37:39Z")
One cup a day, although really half a cup or less actually get consumed. It’s the smell and that first sip that do it for me; the rest is mostly superfluous. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/28 "2018-01-17T04:08:03Z")
One decaf. I quit caffeine a few months ago, as I was tired of the post-caf crash. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/29 "2018-01-17T04:15:11Z")
I said 3 to 5 cups, but that may increase. A friend just opened a little coffee shop, and I’d like to give him some business. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/30 "2018-01-17T14:18:43Z")
I usually drink two of my 16 oz. refillable mugs a day. Sometimes a third one when life is hard or I’m out with friends. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/31 "2018-01-17T14:25:58Z")
One upon waking, one mid-morning, one mid-afternoon. 3 I’m curious about the “never had coffee” crowd. That seems to be an overly strong negative reaction, as it is such a ubiquitous product? I can see not liking it (many people claim to not like it on first trying it, but develop a taste for it), but shunning entirely? Outside of being LDS, I’m puzzled that someone would have never at least tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/32 "2018-01-17T14:33:33Z")
Just one most days. I used to drink ridiculous amounts, like 12-14 cups a day, but I cut it way back to just a morning mug (regular, not travel) when I get into the office in the morning. On Sunday mornings I’ll have more but that’s because we go out for breakfast and the server tends to fill it – probably three cups total. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/33 "2018-01-17T14:39:53Z")
My total lifetime consumption of coffee is about 0.5oz. Tried it once, found it vile, and never saw a reason to give it another shot. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/34 "2018-01-17T14:41:24Z")
I’ll drink a cup of coffee if I have to be outside in the cold (which is almost never). Other than that, I don’t drink it. What’s strange is, I LOVE the smell of coffee. Unfortunately for me, it smells better than it tastes. Which is the only consumable item I can think of that has that trait. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/35 "2018-01-17T14:45:03Z")
I drink about 16 ounces first thing in the morning, and another 12 ounces throughout the work day. I voted 3 to 5, because I didn’t read the OP very carefully and was thinking in terms of my coffee maker’s idea of a cup. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/36 "2018-01-17T14:49:00Z")
Depends on the day. Weekends maybe 1.5-3, going by the 12oz definition. Weekdays as many as six or seven. That’s not all the caffeine I drink, though — add a couple of caffeinated sodas and some water with caffeinated syrup added. That’s on top of the adderall. I may have a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/37 "2018-01-17T15:15:43Z")
Usually 1 cup, just after lunch. Occasionally I’ll have a cup of decaf in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/38 "2018-01-17T15:18:37Z")
I’m down to about 8 per week. I would like to cut out coffee complete, but I find I cannot at this point. In general this is my caffeine intake, no tea, ice tea or colas. My BP runs high these days and I’m on meds for it so I’ve told to drop coffee completely, but I can’t. But just 1 cup seems to be enough. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/39 "2018-01-17T16:01:31Z")
One cup a day in the US , but when I’m in Italy at least two. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/40 "2018-01-17T16:04:29Z")
Zero! Hate coffee, hot tea & iced tea. My hot beverage of choice is cocoa. My caffeine of choice is diet Coke - 1 or 2 per day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779.md?page=3)