I've been through this a few times. I restarted again a year ago after gifts of different coffee presses. These are some approaches that I've tried and have wor

I've been through this a few times. I restarted again a year ago after gifts of different coffee presses. These are some approaches that I've tried and have worked for me. 1. Cold turkey - usually after I get sick, then coffee is super acid for me anyway. Headache is only for a day or two, so I just suffer through it. 2. Slowly cutting back to one cup/espresso a day (try reduce by 10%-20% every 2 days). After one cup/espresso a day you can go down to half a cup/espresso a day, when you are at half a cup a day you can take it or leave it. 3. I've also had success using ceylon (black) tea as a caffeine substitute. You can also use green tea. Tea has water based caffeine which is not as intense as coffee's oil based caffeine, but it helps with the headache and energy levels. Tea is really helpful if you are cutting back on coffee. Good luck, maceurt.