Coffee Adiction

Mart2912 · 21 Mar 2018 at 17:31

The only time I drink coffee is my 1 a day from Costa. Just a large latte, nothing added. And your right OP, £626 a year roughly. But, the Costa club card/app helps a bit

B@Th*nG · 21 Mar 2018 at 17:35

I'm with you up until a point - so yes, but costa and starbucks coffee is bloody awful..

B@

scottomus0 · 21 Mar 2018 at 17:47

i can spend up to £15 a day on coffee if im out early away with work. Usually drink filter which comes in at £3.50 a time!

Helps that i work for a speciality coffee company though so get my beans for free and usually make a v60 most mornings!

ttaskmaster · 21 Mar 2018 at 17:50

willhub said:
Who else suffers from the above problem?

's not a problem if you don't suffer....

willhub said:
Apparently the average person spends £600 a year on coffee, imagine if we could all kick this addiction in the balls and get rid, it's like a free top end GPU a year!

I spend maybe £5 a month on a big jar of coffee, so maybe a tenth of this 'average' spend... Used to get Carte Noire, but they sold up to Dowe Egberts. Now I'm on these little jars of hazelnut coffee, although they're a bit pricey.
Between that and the free stuff at work (switch between normal and decaff, depending how I feel at the time), I'm drinking about 5 or 6 pints a day.

I rarely buy from coffee shops because they're ridiculously priced and rarely taste any good. A few small shops do stuff that isn't boiled mud seasoned with dirt, but big brand name shops are just a waste of money. I do also keep some stuff for the stovetop espresso maker, but that's more of a Summer drink. Can't warm your hands wrapping them round an espresso thimble!

Malevolence · 21 Mar 2018 at 17:56

I have one bucket of coffee when I get up, strong NATO standard, and then it's mugs of tea for the rest of the day. I do like a good mocha with double, or triple, espresso and glug of hazelnut syrup though.

bobbyspangles · 21 Mar 2018 at 18:09

If you're going to be addicted to coffee at least do it right. Find an independent cafe that makes a proper coffee, or learn to do it yourself, and save yourself some money at the same time.

bainbridge · 21 Mar 2018 at 18:10

I have a cup of instant with breakfast and a cup of vending machine coffee after lunch at work, then a cup of tea in the evening.

Gave up caffeine for a few days and got blinding headaches and constipation! Quick cup of coffee and everything was regular as clockwork and the headache disappeared

We have a grinder and cafetiere but I can't be bothered any more, just a cup if instant is fine.

Lopéz · 21 Mar 2018 at 18:11

I don't drink tea or coffee, so not an issue for me.

Tee Hee Johnson · 21 Mar 2018 at 19:07

I do, but the majority of it is supplied by work!

XeNoN89 · 21 Mar 2018 at 19:25

I love a nice coffee but definitely not addicted. The caffeine doesn't affect me and I feel fine If I don't have some in a day, I just miss the taste!

neil_g · 21 Mar 2018 at 19:33

Yup. Got grinder, aeropress, cafetiere, chemex, v40 etc etc. Still end up in Starbucks most weekdays, on the bright side I get cashback for reward card top ups and get free extra shots for gold rewards level

MooMoo444 said:
'Average person' spends £600, so given a lot of us don't use overpriced coffee chains, the regulars probably spend double that. Baffles me.

£3.60 for a large extra shot latte. Multiply that by days a year..

Boycey0211 · 21 Mar 2018 at 20:04

Is it an addiction if its one cup of warm milk with a hint of coffee a day? I'd say thats just more of a habit tbh.

The addiction is genuine though. I'm irritable at the best of times, cut coffee out of that too and I don't even enjoy my own company.

rubberduck · 21 Mar 2018 at 20:11

willhub said:
Apparently the average person spends £600 a year on coffee, imagine if we could all kick this addiction in the balls and get rid, it's like a free top end GPU a year!

At first glance this seems a horribly wrong stat....

sith · 21 Mar 2018 at 20:16

Same as neil_g, I have a coffee addiction! Can't really stand the high street chains now I've gone down the coffee micro roaster route, grind and pour my own. I have subscriptions to Extract, North Star and Square Mile. Costs roughly £25 a month but plenty of coffee to cover me and lots of origins/flavours to choose from depending on my preference.

Housey · 21 Mar 2018 at 20:18

I was close to 20 cups/pods a day, urologist made me drink less....lots less after he explained why had to see him and why coffee was the cause!

Haggisman · 21 Mar 2018 at 20:18

MooMoo444 said:
'Average person' spends £600, so given a lot of us don't use overpriced coffee chains, the regulars probably spend double that. Baffles me.

This! Given I would say I like my coffee, and I've just worked out I spend maybe £100/year on it, then someone out there must be doing a good job making up for my apparent poor performance

Azza · 21 Mar 2018 at 20:19

Lopéz said:
I don't drink tea or coffee, so not an issue for me.

+1

Doesn't taste nice and I don't need the energy.

Nitefly · 21 Mar 2018 at 20:20

I probably have 4-6 cups a day. I find going to get a coffee at work, and reaching for my cup, a handy distraction and ‘knick knack’ habit.

Street · 21 Mar 2018 at 22:17

I generally have three cups a day but very rarely buy it out. I have a Gaggia at home and Aeropress in the office so am reluctant to spend £3 on an overpriced cup from somewhere. All in all it works out that I spend about £30 a month on beans.

willhub · 21 Mar 2018 at 22:23

Street said:
I generally have three cups a day but very rarely buy it out. I have a Gaggia at home and Aeropress in the office so am reluctant to spend £3 on an overpriced cup from somewhere. All in all it works out that I spend about £30 a month on beans.

I'd be happier buying beans, I guess it's just I don't like black coffee, I like lattes and it's hard to make them the same as buying them.