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While I'm not as close with my coffee mug as you are, my experience with coffee is such that a caffeine pill replacement would be a susbstantial difference. By

While I'm not as close with my coffee mug as you are, my experience with coffee is such that a caffeine pill replacement would be a susbstantial difference. By that I mean that a key part of my coffee experience is actually making (or walking to) the cup of joe. It's a brief break in my day where I can focus on something else, clearing my head even momentarily. Similarly, the act of drinking a coffee over ten minutes slows me down, allowing me to refocus on the task/s at hand. Popping pills might provide the same amount of caffeine, but in taking away that experience would detract from my coffee outcomes.

Cmccann7 17y ago
ya my co-founder is the same way too, he love coffee for coffee's sake. The smell, relaxation, break, etc. Me on the other hand for whatever reason don't feel like that when I drink coffee. I'm almost doing it purely for the caffeine dose. Energy drinks, 5 hour energy shots, pills, whatever just to get some more caffeine. I should probably lower my caffeine intake though.. I like the 1/2 coffee 1/2 decaf suggestion above. I'll try that tomorrow!
- wanderr 17y ago
  If you don't like the taste of that (decaf tastes bad to me) or just want more control over your intake, caffeine pills aren't a terrible way to go as a temporary solution. Figure out how much caffeine you usually drink, and take that much with no liquid caffeine for a couple of days and make sure you're ok with that. Then slowly lower your dose until skipping only leaves you with a mild headache or none at all.