How much coffee per day is too much?

[Hankerton]

On some days I'll drink up to 30 ounces of coffee, others only 15. How much do you guys drink per day, and how much is probably too much?

Non coffee drinkers need not apply.

 

[ragazzo]

anything more than 2 16oz cups of coffee = too much. i drink 2 8oz cup of cappuccinos a day (2 shots of espresso used). less caffeine in espressos than coffee heh

 

[0roo0roo]

12-30oz depending....
just drink plenty of water and you'll be fine. if u get too much caffine u get jitters and nauseau amoung other fun fun stuff. its pretty obvious

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: ragazzo
anything more than 2 16oz cups of coffee = too much. i drink 2 8oz cup of cappuccinos a day (2 shots of espresso used). less caffeine in espressos than coffee heh

doesn't espresso have more caffeine than drip coffee?

edit: hmmm....guess not. google has spoken.

 

[Hankerton]

Originally posted by: ragazzo
anything more than 2 16oz cups of coffee = too much. i drink 2 8oz cup of cappuccinos a day (2 shots of espresso used). less caffeine in espressos than coffee heh

so drinking up to 32 oz is okay? I felt like I should probably ease up. Where did you get your numbers, and what are the adverse affects of too much coffee besides increased heart rate?

 

[Anubis]

i drink 4-6 cups of coffee a day so thats 48-72oz i guess, i have for years and im so used to it that if i dont i get a headache,

my dad has been drinking that much for like 30 years and he is in perfect health

 

[K1052]

Anything over 4 pots a day is pushing it.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: ragazzo
anything more than 2 16oz cups of coffee = too much. i drink 2 8oz cup of cappuccinos a day (2 shots of espresso used). less caffeine in espressos than coffee heh

? espresso is not low caffine at all. at the very least its equivalent of coffee.

http://coffeefaq.com/caffaq.html#IsItTrueEsp
Is it true that espresso has less caffeine than regular coffee?

Yes and no. An espresso cup has about as much caffeine as a cup of dark brew. But servings for espresso are much smaller. Which means that the content of caffeine per milliliter are much higher than with a regular brew. Moreover, caffeine is more quickly assimilated when taken in concentrated dosages, such as an espresso cup.

The myth of lower caffeine espresso comes comes from the fact that the darker roast beans used for espresso do have less caffeine than regularly roasted beans as roasting is supposed to break up or sublimate the caffeine in the beans (I have read this quote on research articles, but found no scientific studies supporting it. Anybody out there?). But espresso is prepared using pressurized water through significantly more ground (twice as much?) than regular drip coffee, resulting in a higher percentage of caffeine per milliliter. Please refer also to Does dark roast coffee have less caffeine than light roast?

Here's the caffeine content of Drip/Espresso/Brewed Coffee:

Drip 115-175
Espresso 100 1 serving (1-2oz)
Brewed 80-135

 

[Hankerton]

Originally posted by: Anubis
i drink 4-6 cups of coffee a day so thats 48-72oz i guess, i have for years and im so used to it that if i dont i get a headache,

my dad has been drinking that much for like 30 years and he is in perfect health

Wow, thats a lot. How does one drink a gallon of coffee per day? At least you made ME feel a bit better.

 

[theNEOone]

i hated coffee, but depended on it during college to stay awake. i must have had an average of 2 cups a day. after four years my teeth were ridiculously yellow. i just spent $400 a week ago to get them bleached. NO MORE COFFEE FOR ME!


=|

 

[ragazzo]

i don't have any hard stats to share with you. it's just from personal experience. it also depends on your weight and interval of consumption. i drink 1 cup in the morning and 1 in the evening. no jitters or any crazy effects. oh, and i don't always finish my cappuccinos.

moderation is key.

according to http://coffeescience.org/antioxidant, coffee has a nice source of antioxidants. caffeine may play a role in the prevention of symptomatic gallstone disease in women.

as for brewed coffee and espresso caffeine content, check out http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Hankerton
On some days I'll drink up to 30 ounces of coffee, others only 15. How much do you guys drink per day, and how much is probably too much?

Non coffee drinkers need not apply.

Well, I was expecting a poll.

Anyways. I currently drink 2-3 cups. Maybe 12 oz each. So I average about 30 oz per day.

What is to much? Well, for me, I don't drink it on the weekends, so if I drink to much during the week, my body goes through withdrawal on Sunday. That is I get a massive headache. Typcially, if I keep it to under 2 cups, I do fine. But 3+ a day and that's a problem for me.

On a sidenote, I was drinking about 1.5 pots per days several years ago. And this is not a joke. And boy, those Sundays sure did suck.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Hankerton

Originally posted by: Anubis
i drink 4-6 cups of coffee a day so thats 48-72oz i guess, i have for years and im so used to it that if i dont i get a headache,

my dad has been drinking that much for like 30 years and he is in perfect health

Wow, thats a lot. How does one drink a gallon of coffee per day? At least you made ME feel a bit better.

After two pots, I don't think you are really drinking it any more. Mearly borrowing it. It's more of a matter of directly passing it to your bladder or colon. Anything over a pot and I'm racing for the bathroom for one duty or the other.

 

[Azraele]

0 for me. I don't like coffee.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Hankerton

Originally posted by: Anubis
i drink 4-6 cups of coffee a day so thats 48-72oz i guess, i have for years and im so used to it that if i dont i get a headache,

my dad has been drinking that much for like 30 years and he is in perfect health

Wow, thats a lot. How does one drink a gallon of coffee per day? At least you made ME feel a bit better.

After two pots, I don't think you are really drinking it any more. Mearly borrowing it. It's more of a matter of directly passing it to your bladder or colon. Anything over a pot and I'm racing for the bathroom for one duty or the other.

you guys suck at math

1 US gallon = 128 US fluid ounces

4-6 cups that i drink is about a normal 12 cup pots worth, and because im used to it a use the bathroom normally

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Azraele
0 for me. I don't like coffee.

Blasphemy!

 

[Hankerton]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Azraele
0 for me. I don't like coffee.

Blasphemy!

Yeah, taking coffee away from me is like taking meat from a pack of wolves. NO GOOD

 

[0roo0roo]

yea, people confuse whats considered standard 8oz coffee cup to err real world cup..more like 16oz heh

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Azraele
0 for me. I don't like coffee.

Blasphemy!

Some folks are actually allergic to the stuff

<--- allergic to coffee

 

[Hankerton]

Originally posted by: Jero

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Azraele
0 for me. I don't like coffee.

Blasphemy!

Some folks are actually allergic to the stuff

<--- allergic to coffee

Woah, really? What happens to you if you drink it?

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Jero

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Azraele
0 for me. I don't like coffee.

Blasphemy!

Some folks are actually allergic to the stuff

<--- allergic to coffee

I guess you are excused then.

 

[imported_vr6]

Originally posted by: Hankerton

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Azraele
0 for me. I don't like coffee.

Blasphemy!

Yeah, taking coffee away from me is like taking meet from a pack of wolves. NO GOOD

exactly. The ONLY day that i don't have at least one cup of coffee is on Saturday. Every other day, its AT LEASE a 20oz.

 

[kreb]

I probably drink 2-3 cups per day. It all really depends on how much sleep I had or am trying to avoid..

Once you drink so much you can't even blink straight, then I'd say you've taken it too far.

 

[Ausm]

I usually only drink the large size cup from quick trip in the morning to get me motivated except in Dec-Feb then I might drink up to 3 cups because it is so fricking cold out

Ausm

 

[Hankerton]

Does anyone know some adverse affects of too much besides a stomach ache and nausea? Just curious.