How Old Were You When You Started Drinking...Coffee?? (55, grandparents, retired) - Retirement -Social Security, age, moving, relocation, finance, savings, early, hobbies, nursing homes - City-Data Forum

2 Scoops · 12-23-2021, 01:06 AM

Don't mean to get too personal.

I was always a tea drinker (still am). But I started liking coffee in my mid 30s! I guess I liked it at some
restaurants.

Do you have to drink it every day? Did you ever stop drinking it?

skimbro000 · 12-23-2021, 04:29 AM

I was about 5 when I had my first cup of “coffee milk.” I spent the night with my grandparents every Friday night (how lucky were my parents!), and my grandmother gave me some. I started drinking it for real in high school and have never stopped. We do drink 1/2 caffeine now. I have about 2 large mugs every morning and then no other caffeine the rest of the day.

heySkippy · 12-23-2021, 04:30 AM

18 - when I joined the Army. Never stopped.

BalloonLady · 12-23-2021, 05:53 AM

I was 40 years old and I drink it daily. There are a few days I'll forget to make it but not many

odanny · 12-23-2021, 05:54 AM

I was around 28 or 29, I'm 55 now and can't function without it.

EllieKay56 · 12-23-2021, 06:00 AM

Never. Can't stand the taste or anything coffee flavored. Both of my parents were coffee drinkers. All 4 of their kids never have drank coffee. I once bought Edy's ice cream. I thought it was chocolate but it also had coffee flavoring in it. Took one spoonful and gagged. Told my husband he could finish it.

springfieldva · 12-23-2021, 06:18 AM

18 when I was in college studying for exams. I started drinking it black then and have continued to do so ever since.

I have at least 2 cups a day. Love, love coffee. Jamoca Almond Fudge is my absolute favorite ice cream. I don't have it often but when I do - yum!

VA Yankee · 12-23-2021, 06:43 AM

18, I was in the Navy, still drinking it black.

Mightyqueen801 · 12-23-2021, 07:03 AM

20s. Grew up drinking tea.

I was a secretary and part of the job was making coffee. There was no way to boil water in the office, so I tried coffee. Still drink two cups in the morning. Tea usually later.

BOBNCHI · 12-23-2021, 07:09 AM

I hated the smell of it when I was growing up. At age 22 or so I had a job on the midnight shift and to help keep me awake, I suddenly didn't mind the smell or the taste. A monster was born and now retired, I still drink 4-5 cups a day, black.