how much coffee is too much coffee

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bikeguy joe · Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:37 am

Come on now, you guys have just never had good coffee!

#32 Unread post by **Sev** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:26 am

I spent the whole summer drinking coffee out of a vending machine. Any coffee compared to that is good coffee.

CNF2002 · #33 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:21 pm

Go drink at Starbucks. Its barely coffee...mostly sugar and syrup flavors and milk, but once you get addicted to the caffeine you'll eventually start drinking real coffee no matter what it tastes like!

Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:57 pm

bikeguy joe wrote:Come on now, you guys have just never had good coffee!

I'm going to have to wait until I retire to quit drinking coffee. I just purchased myself a new Cuisinart coffee grinder. Have to justify the expense. I l-o-o-o-ov-v-v-ve the aroma of freshly ground beans.

All coffees are not created equal, that's for sure. I buy good beans and grind them as I need them. So good.

Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:05 pm

Sevulturus wrote:I spent the whole summer drinking coffee out of a vending machine. Any coffee compared to that is good coffee.

So sorry to hear you had to endure vending machine coffee.

Vending machine coffee is awful. Making coffee at home and putting it in a thermal flask is even better than vending machine coffee.

#36 Unread post by **Jamers!** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:19 pm

ZooTech wrote:
iwannadie wrote:how much coffee is too much coffee
Any.

Coffee sucks.

thats right

JWF

#37 Unread post by **Sev** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:13 pm

blues2cruise wrote:
Sevulturus wrote:I spent the whole summer drinking coffee out of a vending machine. Any coffee compared to that is good coffee.
So sorry to hear you had to endure vending machine coffee. Vending machine coffee is awful. Making coffee at home and putting it in a thermal flask is even better than vending machine coffee.

I took tea leaves and a mug most days, microwaved the water and with a little tea bulb I could make all the tea I wanted. Sure, the other steelworkers made fun of me. Till they tried it.

The coffee wasn't that bad after the first 9 or 10 cups regardless.

Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:10 pm

Sevulturus wrote:
blues2cruise wrote:
Sevulturus wrote:I spent the whole summer drinking coffee out of a vending machine. Any coffee compared to that is good coffee.
So sorry to hear you had to endure vending machine coffee. Vending machine coffee is awful. Making coffee at home and putting it in a thermal flask is even better than vending machine coffee.
I took tea leaves and a mug most days, microwaved the water and with a little tea bulb I could make all the tea I wanted. Sure, the other steelworkers made fun of me. Till they tried it.

The coffee wasn't that bad after the first 9 or 10 cups regardless.

First 9 or 10 cups?

Ack! I only drink 2 maybe 3 a day.

The tea was a good idea though. It was probably quite good.

#39 Unread post by **Sev** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:19 pm

12 hour rotating shifts, 2 on 2 off was my basic summer. So you were in a constant state of flux. Cups were about 1/2 the size of a normal coffee mug. So of course we drank a lot of coffee.

MidSSouth · Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:48 am

http://coffeefaq.com/caffaq.html

Basically, overdosing on caffeine will probably be very very unpleasant but not kill or deliver permanent damage. However, People do die from it.

Toxic dose

The LD_50 of caffeine (that is the lethal dosage reported to kill 50% of the population) is estimated at 10 grams for oral administration. As it is usually the case, lethal dosage varies from individual to individual according to weight. Ingestion of 150mg/kg of caffeine seems to be the LD_50 for all people. That is, people weighting 50 kilos have an LD_50 of approx. 7.5 grams, people weighting 80 kilos have an LD_50 of about 12 grams.

In cups of coffee the LD_50 varies from 50 to 200 cups of coffee or about 50 vivarins (200mg each).

One exceptional case documents survival after ingesting 24 grams. The minimum lethal dose ever reported was 3.2 grams intravenously, this does not represent the oral MLD (minimum lethal dose).

In small children ingestion of 35 mg/kg can lead to moderate toxicity. The amount of caffeine in an average cup of coffee is 50 - 200 mg. Infants metabolize caffeine very slowly.