How late in the evening do you drink caffeine?

[connoisseur series500]

I stop around 10:00.

But then I don't sleep so well sometimes...

[connoisseur series500]

Having some now and it's past 10:00.

I do it to forget my problems.

[danasgoodstuff]

Too late, consistently.

[Joe G]

Green tea after dinner, or around 7pm.

I never think about my problems when I'm having a spot of tea.

Note to Big Al: have you read my signature?

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

I stop anywhere from 9:45 to 10:15 and then have dinner....and not a drop after that. Oh, this is about caffeine? Sorry, I thought it was about brew.

[Soulstation1]

sometimes in the middle of the night i"ll have a big swig of coke

ss1

[scottb]

Been trying to cut down lately, but previously required a caffeinated beverage at bedtime to be able to sleep. Granted I drink colas and not coffee but usually the warmth of a late night cup of coffee puts me right to sleep.

[RDK]

Doesn't affect me at...

[jazzbo]

I try not to drink caffeine after 1:00 pm or so.

But lately a love of chai, hot or cold, has made me have a glass or cup before dinner. And I sometimes pay for that with a restless night. . . .

[Claude]

I can drink caffeine and sleep at any time of the day

I drink 3 (sometimes 4) cups of coffee a day and it helps me wake up in the morning and not to fall asleep when I want or need to stay up late. But I could go to bed immediately after drinking coffee and sleep without a problem.

[king ubu]

  Claude said:

I can drink caffeine and sleep at any time of the day

I drink 3 (sometimes 4) cups of coffee a day and it helps me wake up in the morning and not to fall asleep when I want or need to stay up late. But I could go to bed immediately after drinking coffee and sleep without a problem.

Same here, except there are days completely without, and days with 5, 6 or 7 cups... not a problem. Usually when I feel like having a strong (black, of course) coffee late at night, I've had a good dinner before and are dead-tired anyway, and coffee won't keep me awake a second longer.

ubu

[Dan Gould]

I drink quite a bit of regular coffee in the morning, but none thereafter, and its almost always decaffinated sodas in the house, so unless I'm out drinking caffenated Diet Coke, I'd say the caffeine intake ceases by about 9 AM for me.

[B. Goren.]

  connoisseur series500 said:

I do it to forget my problems. 

Try whiskey. That's what I do (single malt of course). The whiskey does a much better job…

Maybe we have to open a thread "what is your preferred whiskey?".

[Guest Chaney]

I don't drink more than three cups of coffee per day. If I have that third cup, it's usually in my cup and ready to drink at around 7:00 p.m. Anything past that and I'm asking for trouble. (I head for bed at the embarrassingly early hour of 10:00 p.m.) With the weather being hot, I most often skip cup number three.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

If I drink a coffee after about 3 PM, I can't fall asleep.

[Shawn]

I basically drink caffeine all day. Have countless cups of coffee at work, then when I get home I'm usually drinking either ice tea or coke. I usually switch to water about an hour before I go to bed.

The caffeine doesn't really seem to bother my sleep.

[Eric]

24/7 baby ...

seriously, unless I am dragging butt in the evening, try to call it quits at the end of the work day ...

Edited July 15, 2004 by Eric

[Guest Chaney]

  Shawn said:

I basically drink caffeine all day.  Have countless cups of coffee at work, then when I get home I'm usually drinking either ice tea or coke.  I usually switch to water about an hour before I go to bed.

The caffeine doesn't really seem to bother my sleep.

Maybe we should have a follow-up question: How many time do you visit the facilities each day?

[J.A.W.]

  Shawn said:

I basically drink caffeine all day.

The caffeine doesn't really seem to bother my sleep.

Same here.

[king ubu]

  B. Goren. said:

Maybe we have to open a thread "what is your preferred whiskey?".

Here you are!

[Upright Bill]

My name is Bill and I'm a coffee-aholic.

My last cup of coffee for the day is at bedtime. Quite often the empty cup spends the night on my bed side stand. The day starts with an expresso followed by a crema on the way to work. Four or five 20 ounce mugs at work. A couple of cremas while making and eating dinner. A cappacino while practicing and one more to mellow out the day with my wife.

[Dan Gould]

  Chaney said:

  Shawn said:

I basically drink caffeine all day.  Have countless cups of coffee at work, then when I get home I'm usually drinking either ice tea or coke.  I usually switch to water about an hour before I go to bed.

The caffeine doesn't really seem to bother my sleep.

Maybe we should have a follow-up question: How many time do you visit the facilities each day?

I'd answer that but I'm running out the door right now to answer nature's call.

[MartyJazz]

Recently was diagnosed with esophagitis (frequently caused by backflow of acid-containing fluid from the stomach to the esophagus which can cause the tissues to become inflamed and can occasionally cause ulcers). Among other things, the doctor advised to cut out caffeine. Forget it. I rely solely on the medication (Prevacid) to control the reflux.

Every day, I drink 2 hearty mugs of dark French roast in the morning and one similarly sized mug of Earl Grey tea after dinner. Won't give up this indulgence. I walk around in a fog and develop quite a headache without my caffeine fix.

[Jazzmoose]

I got the doctor's advice as well, due to high blood pressure. Now the most I go through is a cup in the morning around 8 at work. After that it's decaf all day. How the mighty have fallen. On the other hand, I don't wake up two or three times a night to hit the bathroom anymore...

[Swinger]

I try to avoid drinking coffee after 7PM.I don't get any sleep easily if I drink coffee in the early evening hours.

I usually drink around 7-10 cups of coffee every day.I should definitely cut down a little bit.