The Case For Drinking Coffee Is Stronger Than Ever
There are few things more more ritualistic—and to many, more sacred—than a morning cup of joe. 64% of Americans drink at least one cup a day—a statistic that’s barely budged since the ’90s. Despite warnings from doctors over the years that coffee may be hard on the body, people have remained devoted to the drink.
Luckily for them, the latest science is evolving in their favor. Research is showing that coffee may have net positive effects on the body after all.
Is coffee bad for you?
For years, doctors warned people to avoid coffee because it might increase the risk of heart disease and stunt growth. They worried that people could become addicted to the energy that high amounts of caffeine provided, leading them to crave more and more coffee as they became tolerant to higher amounts of caffeine. Experts also worried that coffee had damaging effects on the digestive tract, which could lead to stomach ulcers, heartburn and other ills.
All of this concern emerged from studies done decades ago that compared coffee drinkers to non-drinkers on a number of health measures, including heart problems and mortality. Coffee drinkers, it seemed, were always worse off.
But it turns out that coffee wasn’t really to blame. Those studies didn’t always control for the many other factors that could account for poor health, such as smoking, drinking and a lack of physical activity. If people who drank a lot of coffee also happened to have some other unhealthy habits, then it’s not clear that coffee is responsible for their heart problems or higher mortality.
That understanding has led to a rehabilitated reputation for the drink. Recent research reveals that once the proper adjustments are made for confounding factors, coffee drinkers don’t seem have a higher risk for heart problems or cancer than people who don’t drink coffee. Recent studies also found no significant link between the caffeine in coffee and heart-related issues such as high cholesterol, irregular heartbeats, stroke or heart attack.
https://time.com/collection/live-well/4768860/is-coffee-good-for-you/
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After many happy coffee-drinking years, I developed a life-threatening arrhythmia that doctors were able to directly trace back to caffeine intake. It sucks. I miss coffee. 
Since it reinforces my coffee addiction, I'll accept this study and reject the negative ones!
I'm kidding about such anti-science behavior, but it would indeed take an avalanche of negative health reports regarding coffee to make me stop drinking it.
I've learned to not drink it before getting my BP checked by a doctor, though. She was trying to push BP meds on me for a slightly elevated systolic reading (a little above 120) until I returned a couple days later to get checked again... without the morning coffee.
so I'll drink matcha green tea some days.
2 cups of aeropress most work days, maybe 1 cup on weekends.
I like articles like this that validate things I like and ignore articles that say it's bad. There are similar studies with whiskey. 
to the hospital 4 times because she was having "heart attacks" (my mom was a hypochondriac, admitted to hospitals 37 different times in her life). Both the Doctor and I asked if she had been drinking coffee, "yes, I had one cup". The Doctor told her no more coffee, but she wouldn't stop. After the fourth time I went through her apartment and rooted out all of her coffee and told her, "the next time you have a 'heart attack' because you've been drinking coffee, you call the ambulance. I'm not taking you to the hospital again". She finally stopped drinking coffee. She died last year of kidney failure at 93. My point being, age has a lot to do with the "it's completely safe to drink" meme. 
I should not be here 
I don't know if it's accurate, but I'm also genetically predisposed to consuming more caffeine than typical according to 23andMe.
Edit: I don't like sugary stuff, though, so I rarely ever drink soda.
I tend to drink 3 "cups" of coffee a day.... BUT, i pour short. Probably 6 ounces of actual coffee (with cream and sugar). I prefer my java HOT (the reason for a short pour) so most times i toss the last few sips (so maybe 5 ounces coffee?). BUT i use a french press with french roast (usually), so does the method and/or the bean affect the caffeine amount? Just trying to point out that there are a lot of variables that make that statistical analysis kinda imprecise.
I only drink it in the morning but I easily drink 28 oz given the chance.
That said I get the addiction, I surely am, but though my tolerance has increased the high isn’t pleasant if I go too far.
But I’ve often said the only thing that might make me believe in a benevolent God is the fact that coffee has no calories. 
