I cut back sometime ago to only one black coffee a day in the mornings, it was tough breaking the habit. Used to get a headache in the afternoons when I’d skip my afternoon coffee.

Instant’s not THAT bad once you get used to it.. some of the really cheap ones are much worse than others though

[–] Floofah 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting to see your comment about a coffee seemingly stopping your pm headaches.

Mrs Floofah sometimes suffers from Hypnic headaches at night. Always has a coffee shot in a glass ready to hand and it stops the headache very quickly. Her headaches seem to come in phases, 2 weeks every night, then nothing for 2 weeks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That is interesting. For me it was more that I pretty much had a coffee at the same time every afternoon every single day. I'm guessing my body expected that caffeine hit every afternoon and wasn't happy when I started cutting it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also recently cut down on my caffeine consumption and have felt a lot better.

I used to feel a bit weird sometimes in the afternoon - a nauseous/sickly feeling, and after doing the math on how much caffeine I was having on a regular basis (morning capsule coffee, 3~4 cups of green tea during the work day, and a drip coffee just after lunch), figured it might of been the cause.

Have really cut down to a coffee in the morning, and a cup or two of tea throughout the day, and haven't felt ill since.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I realised I needed to try cutting down when skipping or delaying that afternoon coffee would leave me with a headache. I'm pretty much just drinking one in the morning now. The only tea I really drink is rooibos at night which happens to be caffeine free.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ooh I love rooibos. Just a really nice drink to have :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like instance coffee is just a different flavour. I prefer making coffee from grinds, but like you I'm typically just a one black coffee in the morning kind of guy. Sometimes I go weeks without having any.

Today I had two because I made one before remembering about the bourbon beans I got, so I had to have a second.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I could do the weeks without. It's so ingrained as part of my morning routine now.. get up, boil water, make coffee.

I do find mixing the instant with some cold water first then filling with the boiled water tastes better though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only a barbarian would pour boiling water right onto their coffee 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well I am drinking instant, so it's not like taste is high priority 😅