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Absolutely not.

I'm a home brewer, and there's nothing better than that first sip of coffee in the morning while standing in my kitchen.

I don't know what it is, but that feeling just can't be duplicated in a coffee house.

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Life's too short.

How come there's no "I never started" option?

I'm still young, so perhaps I just haven't gotten to the coffee-obsessive phase yet. But with all its pitfalls in regards to production and health effects, I don't see why I should even start. The smell is nice, though.

I'm not a daily user, but I like having a hot beverage pretty much every day. If I had to give it up, yes, but I wouldn't chose to .

i won't quit for the sake of my co-workers... i think i am physically addicted. i am so mean if i don't drink coffee, completely unwittingly.

It wasn't that hard for me. I loved the ritual of getting up and making coffee, but now i get up and make tea, which might not be far behind coffee in terms of its rating on the green scale... don't know.

i already switched from coffee to tea mainly because i wanted to get rid of the dairy associated with coffee for me. i cannot drink coffee black! yuck. so when i wanted to boot dairy from my fridge i made the switch. i drink black and green teas sans milk. though, i do treat myself to some coffee with milk when i meet people at coffee shops which isn't often. it's a treat then!

I *could,* but this is one of those little indulgences that keeps frugal-green living from feeling like deprivation. I don't have the house/car/clothes/jewelry/travel/electronics that most people around me do. But I have coffee. Not every day, but most days.

Of course I COULD. There's no way I'm going to, though. And there are no negative health effects from coffee, as someone mentioned above. There's plenty of negative health effects from not getting enough sleep, but I don't use it in that way.

Why apologize for drinking coffee? If you source your beans responsibly, you're helping independent or co-op farmers feed their families across the world. If you go into home roasting (www.sweetmarias.com) you put the DIY back into the equation, fight mass consumerism, and avoid even more green conflict that way.

Not to leap upon the AT soapbox, but I feel pretty strongly about the coffee question - calling it an indulgence is placing it in the Naughty category - is that where it belongs? I'm just sayin....

*grins and jumps off of soapbox*

This is a question that has been plaguing me lately! Partially because it's not terribly green (hello, food miles!) and partially because I consume waaaay too much caffeine. Here's my ultimate thought -- ween myself from coffee to black tea, then down to herbal tea (thus kicking caffeine), and then start making herbal tea from my own organic herbs. Let's call that the LONG range plan as I sit here sipping my coffee.

I recently tried for a week...I really tried. I switched to Yerba Mate. It was a miserable experience. Tea, no matter how good, was no substitute. I've had a love affair with coffee for 18 years and we're not breaking up anytime soon.

I guess you could say that I'm a de facto coffee quitter. The quality of the coffee matters and I can't afford really good, fair trade, organic stuff so I'd rather do without.

No.

I've given up a LOT already for love the environment, including bananas (aka, my favorite fruit of ALL TIME. Haven't had one in at least 2 years). I've got to keep something. :)