for Coffee Lovers

[ambersummer]

I drink a lot of coffee. Today I found this i nfographic, illustrating the best times to drink coffee and explaining why.

I found it really accurate, at least for me, as someone who wakes up really early and works an 8-5 job Monday-Friday. The writer/illustrator explains when your body is naturally producing cortisol to keep you awake/alert and when that cortisol slumps and you need to create the awake/alert feeling by caffeinating with coffee. Definitely made me rethink starting the coffee pot right away in the mornings, and waiting until I get to work and start feeling that morning slump about 10 a.m. A good way to drink less coffee but still get the great effects!!

 

[christine]

That's interesting. I wonder if your body would have the same affect if it were tea?

 

[ambersummer]

It would probably depend on how much caffeine is in the tea. If it's almost as much as coffee, I'd assume your body would have the same reaction.

 

[christine]

Thanks amber summer, I will have to look into that.

 

[TheresaL]

That is interesting. So many people drink it first thing in the morning, myself included, to help wake up. This is suggesting we shouldn't. I might have to give it a try.

 

[Sarah Johnson]

That's interesting! I usually feel like a zombie if I *don't* drink it first thing in the morning.