The National Institutes of Health released a study yesterday that showed a correlation between a habit of coffee-drinking and living a longer life. How much coffee do you drink? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on May 17, 2012

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“I average about three cups per day.”

— Teresa Lillis, graduate student, Lawrence

“I don’t drink coffee. I’ve never liked the taste.”

— Jeff Jasperson, student, Lawrence

“I drink more when I’m in school, but now probably only twice a week.”

— Morgan Peterson, student, Lawrence

“None. I don’t like hot drinks.”

— Rob Fletcher, works in IT, Topeka

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psycho_theclown 1 year ago

What do you mean by "cups?" Measured cups or a regular coffee cup/mugs which is two measured cups. I drink four mugs or eight cups

vertigo 1 year ago

Rob has never heard of an iced coffee... has he been living in a cave for the last 10 years?,

anticommunist 1 year ago

"i don't like hot drinks" is code for: "i'm mormon"

Phoghorn 1 year ago

Well, maybe he is like me in that he does not like iced coffee... I like my coffee black - no cream, no sugar, no nothing. Just good hot, black coffee.

vertigo 1 year ago

"I don’t like hot drinks."

Not "I don't like coffee"

Perhaps I should have been more clear. I was referring to the notion that he had not heard of iced coffee. The way I read it was that he did not like hot drinks, and he did not like coffee of any variety.

gphawk89 11 months, 4 weeks ago

More like 20 years. I first tried iced coffee in '92, I think, at Java Gaia on Southwest Blvd. in KC.

RoeDapple 1 year ago

Not so much anymore. 2 to 4 cups per month.

emily_litella 1 year ago

I drink about 12 cups per day and I sleep like a baby

RoeDapple 1 year ago

Me too. Sleep 2 hours, wake up and cry, sleep 2 hours, wake up and . . .

RoeDapple 1 year ago

Wow LJW . . . I would think a Senate rejection of the presidents budget by a 99-0 vote might be newsworthy.

vertigo 1 year ago

It wasn't the presidents budget... it was a Republican budget.

snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago

That was using the Mope's numbers... (from a source)

vertigo 1 year ago

A caricature of the President's numbers.

Andini 1 year ago

None but at least three cans of Mountain Dew.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year ago

That torques my shorts also. A cup should be a cup whether it is coffee or tequila or canola oil. 6 oz. is not a cup! It is just like when the spousal unit's car speedometer goes to 160 mph, but the damn thing wont go faster than 110 unless you flash the ECU, then it tops out at 134 mph. Why do they put a speedometer in that goes to 160 mph? Why do they call a coffee maker a 12 cup coffee maker if it only makes 7?

I drink about 4 liters of brewed coffee a day.

Starlight 1 year ago

"6 oz. is not a cup! " That's right, a cup measures 8 ounces.

rockchalker52 1 year ago

Makes for a longer life, eh? I should be good to go for a bazillion years or so. Sure hope we find that next perfect planet before the sun burns out.

RoeDapple 1 year ago

The sun should still be here for another 4 billion years, about the time the Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way are expected to collide. The sun will however begin heating up (already has) as it dies and the earth will become too hot to support life in 500 million years or less. It is estimated that 12 to 60 life ending events could occur on earth long before the sun burns out.

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rtpayton 1 year ago

Not certain if the study factored in urination. Frequent urination might actually be why coffee appears to help with living longer.

somedude20 1 year ago

I would like to drink your coffee every morning..and I don't think your cups are too small either!

Paul R. Getto 1 year ago

Hard to say, but by the way they measure it, 20+ cups a day. Z-I-N-G-!

none2 1 year ago

I cannot stand the smell, let alone the taste of coffee. It is disgusting.

FYI, I do all my internet activity from 6 feet under, so I suppose their findings must be true. It is really DARK down here. I'd go crazy if it wasn't for the internet. I've already clawed so long that my fingernails are scraped to the bone. Thank goodness the inside of the lid is satin and not slate.