How Much Coffee Is Too Much? – 9 Ways To Tell!

David Cheung at Coffee Finesse shared that drinking coffee is the primary way most of us get our caffeine fix for the day.

It’s delicious and has a lot of benefits. This begs the question: How much coffee is too much? Caffeine IS a drug, after all. Most health experts agree that most adults should not exceed 400 mg of caffeine per day. This equates to 4-5 8 ounce cups with 95 mg of caffeine each. For children, cut that number down to 100 mg or 1 cup.

As someone who drinks multiple cups of coffee daily, this question has definitely run through David’s mind before. Because of this, he invested a couple of hours of research to find out the definitive answer of how much coffee can we safely drink per day.

In this article, he shares his findings on this research, which is based on health experts and websites. You’ll learn the benefits and negatives of drinking coffee, as well as tips on how to cut down.

How Much Coffee Is Too Much?

• For most healthy adults, no more than 400 mg of caffeine. This equates to 4-5 cups (8 ounces each) with 95 mg of caffeine each.
• For most children, no more than 100 mg of caffeine. This equates to 1 cup (8 ounces each) with 95 mg of caffeine each.

Caffeine Tolerance Differs and Is Based On:

• Gender – Men are more vulnerable to caffeine side effects compared to women.
• Weight
• Daily caffeine intake.
• Anxiety disorders (if any).
• Medications (if any).

Source: Driftaway Coffee

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