Why don't you drink coffee?

[Swede]

I like mine straight up and strong.

[edbermac]

1. Used to, but I get this burn sensation in my chest if I drink it.

I might have half a cup of decaf once a month just for the taste.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. But I do!

I'm confused....

[supernova]

3. I drink 1.5 cups every week day

Just enough to keep me alert all day and not enough to keep me up at night. And not get dehydrated either.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. I don't like the taste and I try not to consume a lot of caffeine.

[RebelOne]

5. I don't drink coffee anymore. I used to drink it in the morning

to wake up. Now, I just pop a caffeine pill. That works much quicker.

[Rhythm]

6. I don't care for the taste of it...

maybe my tastes are just not 'grown up' enough, but i think it's bitter, and my life's too short for bitter things.

[Silver Swan]

7. Because

I never learned to like the taste and "coffee breath" odor is terrible!

[hippywife]

8. Because

I have an edgy enough personality without it and it ends up making me jittery and sick to my stomach. I do like it tho but not the caffeine. I still use a little in my instant cocoa in the winter instead of water.

[EstimatedProphet]

9. What is this, some kind of Jedi Mind Trick?

Are you trying to hypnotize us all into drinking coffee?

[Swede]

22. This is the drink you are looking for.

You don't need to try others.

You can go about your business.

[EstimatedProphet]

39. This is the drink i am looking for

I don't need to try others

I can go about my business

[ileus]

10. Waste of money, and it's normally hot.

I refuse to drink anything hot....and I'm not going to pay a crazy price for something that tastes like crap.

[mainegreen]

16. "I refuse to drink anything hot"

Wow. I don't think I've heard that before.
Not even hot mulled cider?
:wow:

[Swede]

23. I just about spit out my coffee.

Would have ruined a perfectly good keyboard.

[tekisui]

11. Never, ever turn down an offered cup of coffee.

I don't. :)

[Lyric]

12. I don't like the taste very much, and I try to limit my caffeine intake.

I *can* drink it, but it has to be practically smothered in sugar, cream, or mocha-chocolate flavoring so that it tastes more like "sweet treat" and less like "coffee". :hi:

[kedrys]

13. Because it's the most bitter substance in the universe

after Xanax. Honestly, if I have to mix it half and half with cream and put an inch of sugar in it to make it palatable, what's the point? :P

It does gross out my cow-irkers when I have the occasional cup at work though. :evilgrin:

[Deja Q]

14. Because I'm already hyper enough as it is.

:P

[femmocrat]

15. I avoid caffeine, including soda. n/t

[mainegreen]

17. Coffee, not blood, flows through my veins.

:P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. It upsets my stomach and gives me serious jitters...

Though every now and then I'll have a cup...after a big meal, or when I have sinus headaches.

[cuke]

19. I have an anxiety disorder

and caffiene makes me anxious

[bigwillq]

20. Makes me too jittery and anxious.

Too much caffeine is not good for me.

[mike_c]

21. this is the saddest thread ever....

You're making me CRY! :cry:

They can have my coffee when they pry the french press from my cold dead hands....

[MilesColtrane]

24. Coffee (any caffiene really) gives me an irregular heart beat.

God, I miss a good cupa Joe.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. Swtiched to tea. Trying to fight the insomnia...

[Indi Guy]

26. I don't drink coffee, Juan Valdez works hard enough already. nt

[Dulcinea]

27. I don't like coffee.

Nothing anyone can put in it changes its bitter, nasty, burnt taste. :puke:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

34. Ex-frigging-actly.

How the hell do people drink it? One of life's mysteries, for sure.

[enigmatic]

28. I snort the coffee grounds instead!

:D

[SoxFan]

45. Since you brought it up...

In the military, we used to take the little packets of instant coffee from the MRE and use the stuff like dip. We'd pur it behind our bottom lip and just let it soak in. It took three weeks to get the taste out of your mouth, but sometimes you just need a good caffeine rush.

[Random_Australian]

29. Because I have no reason to. I get a full nights sleep.

[tjwmason]

30. Hey there R_A

Been far too long since I saw you around.

How are you? :hi: :hug:

[Random_Australian]

48. It's exam season. Be very afraid!

:)

[FunkyLeprechaun]

31. I used to drink coffee

Then all of a sudden whenever I finished a cup of coffee I'd feel nauseous and throw up the coffee.

So no longer coffee... just tea all the time for me!

[qdemn7]

32. I like my coffee, like I like my women...

Cold and white! :rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

33. Because it's vile.

Tastes like--I dunno what it tastes like, even. Just pure vileness.

:puke::puke:

[Perry Logan]

35. Turns me into a newt.

[TommyO]

36. I do!

Lightly sweetened with Splenda, along with a splash of half-and-half. I need to make a pot now.

[HughBeaumont]

37. First of all, it tastes terrible.

That aftertaste . . . how can ANYone get used to that?

It makes the entire surrounding area smell bad. It makes breath smell horrid. Then having to watch the stuff people do to it with the creamers and foams and sugars to make it white and worse-smelling . . .

Bad news all around. I'd rather just drink water.

[stuntcat]

42. it does taste like hell

I drink it every morning but I don't enjoy it.
What the hell is up with people drinking decaf coffie?? :puke:

[baldguy]

38. I've emptied my mug

[Orsino]

40. I don't like that much bitterness.

But gimme a little coffee in a lot of milk, sweetened sufficiently, and I love it.

[stuntcat]

41. I don't don't >:^/

I mean I DO. Extra strong, I don't play when it comes to coffee.

[LibertyLover]

43. Um, because I don't like the taste.

I love the smell of coffee brewing, the scent of ground coffee, coffee ice cream and drinking Kahlua, but I don't like the taste of coffee. My husband keeps trying to tell me that if I try this type or that brand, I'll love it. Hasn't happened yet, and at 54 years of age, I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen. I do love me tea however - hot or cold, strong and nothing in it to dilute the taste.

[LeftyMom]

44. Digestive issues and it gives me the shakes.

I'm sensitive to caffeine.

[MrCoffee]

46. best. question. ever.

[Swede]

52. I figured you'd like this one.

:hi:

[LSK]

47. why should I?

[redqueen]

49. I like mine with two fake sweeteners.

Love the stuff. Two cups a day, at least.

[Mike03]

50. Because I take the caffeine pills instead

At some point, making coffee seemed pointless to me, so I started taking caffeine tablets.

But one of my longer term goals is to get off of caffeine altogether. But quite honestly, it is the last thing on my list. Caffeine seems to have some scientifically validated medical health benefits, and it is not truly addictive--at least according to the latest textbooks on addiction.

For me, Nicotine gum and meat come before quitting caffeine. Also, it is probably healthier to drink coffee than to take pills because there are many antioxidants in the coffee itself.

[WinkyDink]

51. Don't like hot drinks; goes for tea, too. I like my caffeine cold and in a can.

[Wapsie B]

53. I love it!

3 cups a day for me with a little half & half. What a nice way to start the day. But it's gotta be strong. Nothing worse than weak coffee. I can handle overly strong coffee much better than weak.

[Xipe Totec]

54. I find caffeine IVs more convenient nt

[Mojorabbit]

55. I used to tease my sister that

she was a wuss to drink her coffee with milk and sugar. I drank mine black like a big girl. Then I discovered french vanilla creamer and was hooked. I can no longer drink my joe black. I have been corrupted by the vanilla bean.

[ecstatic]

56. By the time people add the milk, creme, sugar... it's like Kool Aid

No thanks. Anything that needs that much dressing up isn't worth my time (not saying that it's nasty, but I'm too lazy for all that).