Big coffee drinkers, how much do you drink?

[Matryoshka]

For those who drink a lot of coffee, how many cups are you having a day?

and has anyone successfully cut down?

I really want to drink less, but with the sleep deprivation and no support, i really rely on it to keep me awake.

I drink 3-4 expresso's a day, and then something lighter in the afternoon like 1-2 iced coffees.

[Phteven]

I drink 2 or 3 big coffees a day.
During Ramadan I cut down to one in the evening - the first day I usually have a headache and feel tired but the next day I'm fine.

[AliBaby]

I dont drink coffee as I am not a big fan of it but I jsut wanted to let you know that I jsut heard on the news that coffeee drinkers have less likely chance of getting skin cancers/melanomas becuse of something in caffeine that attacks bad cells!

Sorry I dont have more info, it might be on again at the 6pm news!

[saslia]

Not me but DH has at least 8 cups a day, plus several cans of Pepsi Max.

[morgan78]

I would normally have 3-4 expressos a day. I have cut back before to 1 cup a day and found that the first day or 2 had horrid headaches, but after that actually felt better and had more energy.

[Matryoshka]

Yeah thats exactly why i want to cut down, i know i'll have more energy.

Its funny though, i have tried skipping the coffee but having caffiene in other sources, like guarana, coke etc, but i still crave the taste of coffee, strange!

[jaspen]

T, its the taste of coffee that I crave too - more so than the caffiene thus I progressively switched to the decaf so I could still have coffee and fill the taste craving but with hopefully less caffienne. I used to be almost continous coffee and coke at work and even at home a numbers of coffee in a day so over time I just started my day with the caffienne and made the others on decaf. I also made sure I had a huge glass of water before each one so I wasn't just drinking it for thirst which I had been previously. I am currently down to about 2 a day and the occasional coke - which is huge for me. It wasn't my intention to reduce the number so much as the caffienne level but it just seemed to happen..

[satya]

I have countless cups of coffee when I am at work. On weekends maybe 1 or 2 a day. When I was pregnant I somehow managed to go cold turkey.

[AngelPunks]

I drink a lot but I stop at about 2pm or else I will not sleep at night

I have my first coffee before 5am and I've probably had 2 or 3 by the time I get to work 3 hours later and I grab one when I head into work, then another at about 10:30 and then usually this is enough but I have been known to have one at lunchtime

[ACJ]

I normally have 6-8 per day and a milo at night but i have cut right back wth bing pregnant and having more hot milo's but i am desperate to find a nice de-cafe coffee cause like some of you ladies said its just the taste that i crave!!

[didispunk]

When i am in canada we drink 6-9 cups a day! love it good coffee there.

Here in OZ maybe 2 cups decaf instant