New coffee drinker. Is this a lot?

[fuzzybabybunny]

I just started drinking coffee a week ago. Got some Seattle's Best and a cheapo 20 dollar drip machine. Every morning I make 20 ounces of coffee with two tablespoons of the ground coffee, mix wth sugar and french vanilla creamer. People in my class look at me with my big Nalgene half filled with coffee and they go holy crap. Is this considered a lot? I think I'm drinking pretty weak coffee. The directions on the packet say that one tablespoon makes about 6 ounces, which I find too bitter.

 

[torpid]

20 ounces is not a lot, but carrying coffee around in a nalgene probably looks weird to people.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Yeah thats pretty weak, and no its not a lot. Someday, when you're a fuzzydaddybunny, though you'll start making that coffee a little stronger.

 

[bignateyk]

Thats actually some pretty weak coffee. I usually put a scoop per 6oz cup, and drink at least two cups. I like my coffee strong and black. (not how I like my women)

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Facepalm.

 

[TheChort]

Meh.
Some people will easily go through double that in one day.
As a student, I probably won't go more than 1 or 2 mugs a day (1 in the morning, and 1 for night studying)
But when I was teaching, sometimes I would drink 5 styrofoam cups a day.

 

[Anubis]

i drink 12-16 cups a day, 1 big scoup = 2 cups
i drink it black

 

[darkxshade]

I don't even drink it anymore, nowadays I got a coffee IV hooked up.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Yeah thats pretty weak, and no its not a lot. Someday, when you're a fuzzydaddybunny, though you'll start making that coffee a little stronger.

We only make it strong to chase away the hangover

 

[SunnyD]

Ugh. I hate coffee. I've tried everything from black to mocha's to fraps. I just have to accept the fact that coffee tastes like ass.

 

[TwiceOver]

Half way through my second pot of the day. I usually have 20oz in me before I even shower.

 

[Siddhartha]

Don't worry, your body will let you know when you are drinking too much coffee.

 

[Ns1]

I drink that much coffee before I shower in the morning.

No not really, but 20oz is nothing.

 

[lokiju]

Who cares what they think?

I just drank a large coffee from Dunkin this morning.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

Originally posted by: torpid
20 ounces is not a lot, but carrying coffee around in a nalgene probably looks weird to people.

I agree with this; 20oz isn't that much. But I've never seen someone with coffee in a Nalgene bottle.

 

[kranky]

2 tbsp of coffee to make 20oz is very weak coffee. So it's certainly not a lot.

 

[tefleming]

It's probably because it is in a Nalgene, people are assuming it started full and she already drank the first half. They also don't know that it's weak.

 

[skace]

You said you just started drinking coffee, any particular reason why?

 

[Martin]

2 tbsp.. that's basically one regular cup's worth of caffeine. Not a lot at all.

 

[ForumMaster]

Ahh. The effects of coffee.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

That's some weakass goddamn coffee man. That's like asking if you can get drunk off two PBRs... I mean, yeah, I guess theoretically you could, but it's not likely. So no, that's not too much by any means. You'll know it's too much when you start getting jittery and your heart beats arrhythmically.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: torpid
20 ounces is not a lot, but carrying coffee around in a nalgene probably looks weird to people.

That is subjective. 20oz will effect people differently. I, for one, cannot drink that much coffee in a day without negative side effects.

That being said, sounds like fuzzybaby is making it taste like brown water

 

[Nitemare]

As has already been stated...that's pretty weak

I'll normally have 1-2 large cups of strong coffee a day

Black, strong and in a cup...kind of like the way I like my women...

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Anubis
i drink 12-16 cups a day, 1 big scoup = 2 cups
i drink it black

jesus, think of your heart! lmao

i don't drink coffee every day, as now with a single daily ephedrine pill, I have alertness nearly all day and quite a bit of energy when I want to use it (but none of that shakiness from caffeine). Great focus aid for ADD, although I'd prefer something better, like prescription meds but I also don't like the idea of a daily prescribed med. Nor can I get a prescription/diagnosis without putting my career on the line.

But yea, even when I thoroughly abuse caffeine for a caffeine high, I'll drink MAYBE 4-8 cups of coffee worth of caffeine, but usually in espresso (in high school, maybe once a week I'd brew 4 double shots, put it in a 20oz coffee cup, add some chocolate syrup and a little bit of steamed/frothed milk. Mmmm was that good).
In reality, that was a true cappuccino: 8oz espresso, some syrup, and probably 8oz-10oz of milk. Sometimes I wouldn't mix and would just drink the shots with some sugar added.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
Ahh. The effects of coffee.

lol thats one of my fave eps