re: How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

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my great grandmother started putting coffee milk in my sippy cup as a toddler when she babysat me while my parents were at work

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And we didn't have ADHD when we were kids.

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Now that i have kids, i cant imagine giving them caffeine

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Now kids do

I never drank coffee until I was 23. I drove my wife to Pennsylvania for her grandfather's funeral. I didn't know anyone at the receiving of friends...it was cold and I was tired after working all week then making the trip. I stood out in the parlor of the funeral home and started drinking coffee for something to do. I've been drinking it ever since (that was nearly 25 years ago).

I'll add that I've always loved the smell of freshly ground coffee. As a kid, it was my job to grind the coffee in the manual grinder whenever we visited my grandparents. I just never acquired the taste until my 20's.

After my first kid was born so 23

Became a regular coffee addict in my mid-20s

drank a little in college , started working offshore with 5AM wake up calls, now I'm a 2-3 cups a day guy

On the reg? 45...so last year.

Never liked the taste of it but always liked the smell. even now I add a bunch of shite to it to make it palatable...

started and stopped almost immediately at 9-10, the early morning aroma of my mom's fresh brewed coffee was my wake up call till i tasted it, god awful aftertaste that stayed with me all day long, i would be addicted to it if it tasted liked it smells...

I'd have it on occasion with a little cream and sugar while I was growing up.

Really started drinking it when i worked for a couple of years between High School and College. After a few months I found myself drinking it black and the rest is history.

Except for a splash of bourbon or Frangelico during early morning hunts in the winter, anything added to coffee is just a pollutant and ruins it.

My coon arse grandparents started giving me coffee milk as early as 2-3 years old. I was drinking Cafe Au Lait by the time I was 7 or 8 and started drinking black coffee when I was in high school.

I have had at least 1 cup of coffee every weekday since my freshman year at LSU, trying to cut back now.