# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/61 "2018-01-19T22:28:23Z")
0-2, for which there is no poll option. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/62 "2018-01-20T00:11:36Z")
Define ‘cup’. (Actually, I think I started such a thread.) When I commute to Seattle, I drink one cup of coffee. It’s a 30-ounce cup. I may have more in the office. When I telecommute, I drink two ‘12-cup’ pots of coffee (minus a mug and a half that Mrs. L.A. drinks). Currently, that’s about 7 ‘cups’ of coffee. I drink more ‘cups’ of coffee when I use a smaller mug. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/63 "2018-01-20T11:21:33Z")
Less than 1 a day, but I voted for 1-2. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/64 "2018-01-20T11:30:19Z")
I drink anything from five to 10, depending how tight the deadline I’m on is. Even when I’m not working, it’s highly unusual for me to drink less than three cups per day. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/65 "2018-01-20T13:15:14Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > 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. It smells foul. Really foul. I got sucked into smoking and that took a ridiculous amount of effort to quit, and you think I should be interested in taking up another foul addiction? Really? And finally I hate all the fuss people make over their stupid smelly addiction. Coffee drinkers are worse than smokers; at least smokers have the wit to be ashamed of their stupid smelly addiction and to shut up about it. I would literally rather listen to stoners drone on about _their_ stupid smelly addiction like it was the cure for cancer. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/66 "2018-01-20T13:18:23Z")
Never been into coffee or tea or hot beverages generally. I used to drink cocoa as a kid, but only because that was expected of me. If I ever need something warm, such as during recovery of an illness, I’ll have soup. I do, however, drink rather too much Coke Zero, so I can’t claim I don’t consume caffeine, just considerably less than coffee. I doubt I have any kind of addiction to it. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/67 "2018-01-21T05:21:15Z")
Zero, I rarely drink coffee because I dislike it. No matter how much cream, sugar and accessories I throw at it, I don’t like coffee. I only enjoy cold coffee drinks, like ice blended mocha. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/68 "2018-01-21T06:15:24Z")
My coffeemaker considers a cup 5 oz (I think). If I make 4 “cups” it fills a large cup (it’s that brand/style there was a post about here one time that assumed everyone knew what it was, but I don’t remember the name). I drink that 20 oz-ish cup one per day max. Some days I don’t have it. I take 100 mg caffeine in pill form around 4 days per week also, while avoiding any caffeinated sugar water and “energy drinks.” ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/69 "2018-01-21T06:28:51Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > It smells foul. Really foul. > > I got sucked into smoking and that took a ridiculous amount of effort to quit, and you think I should be interested in taking up another foul addiction? Really? > > And finally I hate all the fuss people make over their stupid smelly addiction. Coffee drinkers are worse than smokers; at least smokers have the wit to be ashamed of their stupid smelly addiction and to shut up about it. I would literally rather listen to stoners drone on about _their_ stupid smelly addiction like it was the cure for cancer. There’s a big difference between coffee and smoking. Smoking is extremely unhealthy and shortens your life, whereas research points towards [coffee being good for you.](http://www.newsweek.com/coffee-health-benefits-three-cups-day-720658) Also, tobacco smoke deposits itself on things and the odor lingers even after the smoke is gone. It ruins clothes, furniture and other things. The smell of coffee fades away once the coffee is gone. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/70 "2018-01-21T07:46:16Z")
It’s a shame coffee sizes in the US aren’t measured in ml. ---
**Author:** ![scarduus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@scarduus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarduus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/71 "2018-01-26T21:33:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Same here. What I do have is about 3/4 of a kilo of pure anhydrous caffeine. Roughly the equivalent of 1-1.5 cups. You have 750 grams (0.75 kilo ) of pure caffeine? A cup of coffee normal contains 75 to 125 MILLIGRAMS of caffeine. What you have is equivalent to 10 000 cups of coffee,so either you have very peculiar math or you mistyped something. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/72 "2018-01-26T21:38:15Z")
> [@scarduus](#): > > You have 750 grams (0.75 kilo ) of pure caffeine? A cup of coffee normal contains 75 to 125 MILLIGRAMS of caffeine. What you have is equivalent to 10 000 cups of coffee,so either you have very peculiar math or you mistyped something. No, that’s my supply. I consume about the equivalent of 1-1.5 cups of coffee. About 150-250mg day. ---
**Author:** ![scarduus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@scarduus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarduus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/73 "2018-01-26T21:39:57Z")
I drink coffee very occasionally (perhaps once a month now). I drink tea at work for the sake of my nerves. I find coffee makes me snippy at people. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/74 "2018-01-26T21:47:05Z")
Once or twice a week. Neither my wife or I normally drink coffee, but my FIL _needed_ to have coffee every couple of hours so we kept a can of Maxwell House crystals for whenever he stayed with us. After he passed away last year, we still had the coffee, so I brought it to work and have a cup every few days. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/75 "2018-01-27T06:55:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > One decaf. I quit caffeine a few months ago, as I was tired of the post-caf crash. You know, if you don’t stop drinking the caffeine during the day, you never get the crash. 😛 I drink 0 cups of coffee. I watched my mother fail to function in the mornings until after her second cup, and decided I didn’t need that in my life. Besides, it tastes like battery acid. Bad battery acid.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/76 "2018-01-27T12:45:12Z")
Usually 2. Occasinally 3, or 1, or zero. On “zero” days, I’ll usually drink tea at some point during the day. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/77 "2018-01-27T13:02:22Z")
I’m surprised at how many non-coffee-drinkers there are among Dopers (though there may be something of a poll response bias). ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/78 "2018-01-27T15:24:34Z")
Blech. I won’t even eat coffee ice cream. There’s not enough cream and sugar in the world to get rid of the bitterness. And there are many other ways to get a caffeine infusion if you need it. Iced tea for breakfast and at restaurants, or water with lemon after 3pm if I have to get up in the morning. Where I grew up, no one had to ask if I wanted that tea sweetened or unsweetened, because if I wanted sweet tea I would have asked for it if it was on the menu. If the menu didn’t specify, iced tea was just iced tea. I like hot tea, but not enough to make it regularly. Does anyone make sugar-free hot cocoa mix? We are avoiding sugar, so no hot cocoa for me unless I’m really, really cold. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779/79 "2018-01-27T15:32:09Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Zero, I rarely drink coffee because I dislike it. No matter how much cream, sugar and accessories I throw at it, I don’t like coffee. I only enjoy cold coffee drinks, like ice blended mocha. maybe I’m reading it wrong, but your statement does not add up. Also, I’ve never understood how or why anyone would or could actually _enjoy_ cold coffee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779.md?page=3)