• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8
• Day 9
• Day 10
• Day 11
• Day 12
• Day 13

Day 1 Consumption – Thursday, July 23

• Milk
• English Breakfast Tea
• Exotic Chi Tea
• Water
• Water (Starting to want coffee – 1:40pm)
• Green Tea (realizing this is a pain to constantly update)
• Half a Sprite
• Beer

Gave myself a little dig about this

Day 2 Consumption – Friday, July 24

• Green Tea
• Water (realizing I’m not drinking enough today – 2:15pm)
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Beer

Day 3 Consumption – Monday, July 27

• Caffe Mocha
• Office coffee
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water

Day 4 Consumption – Tuesday, July 28

• Green Tea
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water

Day 5 Consumption – Wednesday, July 29

• Green Tea
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Green Tea
• Water
• Milk

Day 6 Consumption – Thursday, July 30

• Green Tea
• Water
• Water
• Water
• English Breakfast tea
• Water
• Milk

Day 7 Consumption – Friday, July 31

• Green Tea
• Green Tea
• Water
• Water
• Beer
• Beer

Day 8 Consumption – Saturday, August 1

• Water
• Water
• Chamomile Tea
• Chamomile Tea
• Sprite

Day 9 Consumption – Sunday, August 2

• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water

Day 10 Consumption – Monday, August 3

• Milk
• Green Tea
• Water
• English Breakfast Tea
• Water
• Water
• Peppermint Tea (trying to mix things up a bit)
• Milk

Day 11 Consumption – Tuesday, August 4

• Water
• Orange Juice
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Water
• Milk

Day 12 Consumption – Wednesday, August 5

• Water
• English Breakfast Tea
• Green Tea
• Water
• Water
• Milk
• Water

Day 13 Consumption – Wednesday, August 6

• Water
• English Breakfast Tea
• Water
• English Breakfast Tea

I started drinking coffee in 2005, with my first real office job after college. Before that, I absolutely HATED it.

It started off as a social thing, I was the new guy in the office and I wanted to get to know some people in what was a relatively small office. Everyone seemed to hangout around the coffee pot, so I started drinking tea.

Eventually I got tired of boiling my water in the microwave and brewing the tea, so I decided wanted to try coffee. I tried it, and OH MAN, I hated it! It was so bitter I couldn’t get through more than 3 sips.

At the time, I was dating a quasi-avid coffee drinker and she got me a gift card to Starbucks so I could try some not-so-bitter coffees. There I was, everyday before work, stopping at Starbucks to grab my White Chocolate Mocha (no whipped cream) and heading on my way.

It was delicious and I was hooked.

The Java Chip Incident

One day, towards the end of my gift card, I decided to try and get something a little more “coffee” . So I tried a Java Chip.

It’s important to keep in mind that this is January in Blacksburg, VA. So it’s pretty freezing out.

I get my coffee, and to my surprise, it’s a frozen drink. The lady behind the counter didn’t even flinch when I ordered it. Didn’t even seem alarmed that I ordered an iced drink in the dead of winter.

But anyway, I headed to work, drinking my freezing coffee purely out of principle. It was the last of my gift card, I had to finished it. It as actually pretty great, I was diggin’ the chocolate chunks.

By the time I got to work I so cold I needed some real coffee to warm up. Unfortunately, it was still gross and bitter. So I put something like 4 sugar packets in it to kill the taste, made it quite bearable.

After that I gradually reduced my sugar to 1 packet, and the rest is (as they say) history.

Quitting

From time to time I give up coffee / caffeine and I actually feel pretty good about it, but usually slip back in.

Maybe I’ll quit again next week.