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On a side note, I really enjoy the taste of coffee. I try not to drink more than one cup a day, but I wonder now about what would happen if I stopped cold turkey.

Maybe a couple days reset wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

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I find weaning off with following a gradual path of half-caf -> decaf* or black tea -> herbal tea helps greatly with withdrawal symptoms. Then staying off caffeine for a few weeks really brings the rush back when I inevitably resume drinking coffee

*I should point out that decaf still has a little caffeine in it

I usually take coffee tolerance breaks, 3 days withdrawal symptoms like headache and 20 days coffee-free, when I come back, it hits better than if I were stayed so it is rewarding.

I used to do this too. You know instead of cold-turkey with withdrawal symptoms you can just gradually lower your intake.

On the first day or of the break I'll just drink half the amount I normally drink. Then by day 2 I'll drink a third. Probably nicer to ease into it.

I drink a cup of coffee in the morning, maybe have a green tea in the afternoon. I've gone off caffeine and the only negative impact is I just take a little longer to wake up. I am sure everyone's tolerance is different, but I think I would need to start drinking more coffee to feel any kind of withdrawal affects.

Nothing changed for me, went from 2 cups to 0 cold turkey. Zero effects.

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