Coffee

[JackReacher]

About a month or six weeks ago, I started getting a cup of coffee every morning at work, around 8:30 a.m. -- two hours after I get in. Usually a 16 ouncer.

I've never been a coffee drinker, mainly because I was never awake early enough, and I cannot -- will not -- drink coffee any other time of day. Ugh.

Anyway....one cup is all I drink. Definitely gets me through the day.

How much coffee do you fine folks need to get you through the day?

 

[kingcreole]

I have a cup every morning. Have to have it too. In the winter when I'm travelling, I'll get a hot beverage as opposed to a Diet Coke or something, but other than that I don't drink much coffee.

 

[Sneed]

I try not to drink it every day since I don't like spending four bucks every day (the only coffee I can stand is a cappuccino with chocolate and a little bit of mint, and it's kinda pricey even at the family-owned place I go). But I try to get some kind of caffeine in me every morning, whether it's coffee, Mountain Dew.

Some days, you know, a Sparks.

 

[JackReacher]

I hear ya, Sneed. Fortunately, the large coffee here at work is only $1.60. And, I'm the opposite of you. The only coffee I can drink is straight regular.

When I worked nights in the journo biz, I drank a lot of Diet Dew. So good.

 

[cranberry]

A double expresso (no sugar) after breakfast and once in a while another double in mid-afternoon.

 

[Cosmo]

I drink an entire pot every morning.

 

[funky_mountain]

one 12 oz. latte daily when at home. sometimes, maybe once a week, a second one in the afternoon. when i work from home, it's easy to have that second cup more regularly.

on the road, generally two lattes, sometimes three, a day. depending on how long my days are.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

I used to drink the stuff -- at least two cups -- every morning when I was in high school.

Now, I normally only drink it at church or if I stop and get an iced coffee at McDonalds or somewhere.

 

[JackReacher]

I drink an entire pot every morning.

What's that, like 5-6 cups? More?

I'm guessing you're pretty regular.

 

[trifectarich]

When I'm in town, one large from Dunkin' Donuts every morning.

Half the sheriff's department usually is in there and it's time of the year I'll walk over and give them my annual plea: If there was a day you wanted to write 500 traffic tickets, all you have to do is sit along that road right outside the window for all the cars zipping past stopped school buses with their flashing red lights on.

These guys could wipe out the county deficit in a month.

 

[kingcreole]

I drink an entire pot every morning.

On assignment once, I ate breakfast at a little shack. Had about five cups of coffee while waiting forever for my food. I was so friggin' wired, it made Beavis look sane.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I thought coffee drank Ryan Sonner to get through the day.

 

[outofplace]

One small cup a day, two hours after I get into the office, but I get additional caffeine and sugar by drinking too much Pepsi.

 

[JR]

Paging Patchs and his Tim Horton card...................

I drink the swill here at the office....slightly better than most arena coffee.....but not much.

Usually three or four cups before noon and then, that's it

 

[outofplace]

This is sad. Within five minutes of posting on this thread, I found myself getting a cup of coffee much earlier than I had planned on it. SportsJournalists.com is taking over my brain! Granted, it's not much of a conquest, but...

 

[Karl Hungus]

I make it every morning, and take a travel mug to work. In fact, I'm going to buy a larger one today.

If it were available to me in unlimited quantities, I would drink it all the time. It's right up there with beer on my list.

When I worked in TV, we had a fresh pot on the burner (always free, and always well-stocked) from the morning all the way through the 11:00 show. I might have been going at a 5-7 cup clip at that point. And I was on the low end of the consumption spectrum.

If I had a weekend all-day desk shift, it was maybe two pots a shift. Friday football was only good for one.

Coffee isn't nearly as big a part of the culture of college athletics, and I miss that.

 

[Dyno]

I grew up in a family that had regular coffee (and cake) at 10:30-11:00 most nights. To this day, my mother seems a little put out that I don't want "something" before I go to bed. No one in my immediate family seems to be affected by caffeine, so coffee that late never seemed to affect anyone's sleep.

Drinking anything hot in the morning makes me feel a little sick for some reason, so my coffee consumption is mostly in the afternoon. I usually have a cup or two of coffee around 4. Not every day, but most days. I used to only drink it once in a long while, but when I was actively doing Weight Watchers, I started drinking more, because it was a 0 point "snack" for me. On occasion, I'll have an Americano with a splash of milk. I used to drink lattes more often, but all the milk makes it too sweet for me.

 

[JackReacher]

Some of you obviously do not mind using the facilities at work. I, however, cannot envision a time where I would do that. I'm weird that way. I need comfort, not five other guys within 10 feet of me doing the same thing. Yuck. It's probably the only reason I don't drink more than one cup a day. If not for that, I doubt I could drink more than two cups anyway.

 

[Ace]

I drink 2-3 cups of black coffee in the morning at home. Rarely any after that.

 

[Ace]

Some of you obviously do not mind using the facilities at work. I, however, cannot envision a time where I would do that. I'm weird that way. I need comfort, not five other guys within 10 feet of me doing the same thing. Yuck. It's probably the only reason I don't drink more than one cup a day. If not for that, I doubt I could drink more than two cups anyway.

The whole Super Sonner facade suddenly just crumpled.