No jitters at all. I have 3 cups every morning and can't even speak English until half way through the 2nd one.

In my power plant days probably had 10 to 15 cups per day, so I've cut way back.

Oh....and by the end of the 1st cup, it's a race to the "library".

 

I’ve cut back to three cups a day, and make them half decaf. Tachycardia regards. It helped.

 

Try one cup.

 

Also retired. “Sort of.” Just busy with other activities.
One cup in the morning. And one around 5pm. Post afternoon nap.
If it seems too strong I put less grounds into my Bialetti Espresso Percolator. Still a nice caffeine stimulation. But no jitters. Best of luck in sorting out your individual situation.

 

Add some bourbon to the coffee.

 

I drink 2-3 large cups a day and it doesn't cause a tremor anymore.

Caffeine's half-life is about 5 hours in healthy people. On shooting days cut back to one cup and then go shooting 6 hours later.

However, you have to ask yourself, if these jitters are routine after drinking two cups then what harm are you doing to yourself?

I live by a simple rule now that I'm old and that is "Don't do that!" when contemplating things that are bad for my health, and it sounds like two cups a day is bad for your health. Maybe you should cut back to one cup of caffeinated coffee daily and drink a second cup of decaf.

 

I drink 2-3 large cups a day and it doesn't cause a tremor anymore.

Caffeine's half-life is about 5 hours in healthy people. On shooting days cut back to one cup and then go shooting 6 hours later.

However, you have to ask yourself, if these jitters are routine after drinking two cups then what harm are you doing to yourself?

I live by a simple rule now that I'm old and that is "Don't do that!" when contemplating things that are bad for my health, and it sounds like two cups a day is bad for your health. Maybe you should cut back to one cup of caffeinated coffee daily and drink a second cup of decaf.

I seriously doubt that the coffee causes any harm, just means I don't do things requiring fine motor control. Don

 

I can drink a 20 Ounce Red Bull and go to sleep. Dunno what to tell you here.

 

As a live long coffee drinker, I stopped recently. Tough, yes, but I don't have the jitters and it does help with my blood pressure. Less wound up and all.

I drink green tea in mornings now. Lots less caffeine and gives me something hot to drink on way to work.

 

Try going half caff…

 

^^ Good advice... ^^

Don, how do you brew your coffee? Try mixing your regular coffee with decaf beans before brewing. This way, you can still enjoy your morning coffee routine with your wife but drink less of the jitter-inducing caffeine. You could even tweak the mixture to include >50% decaf beans to cut your caffeine intake even more, while still getting your morning coffee fix.

 

Retired for over four years now. Not entirely sure what coffee does for a person, but I’m pretty sure that without it my head caves in.

 

No problems here, I don’t add sugar, just a little cream and a Xanax

 

Coffee and Baileys is always nice.

 

I have 1 cup first thing, and that's it for the day. It doesn't give me jitters, but maybe makes me a bit emotionally jumpy and reactive. That's not a good space to be in for shooting. It wears off in an hour or two.

For me, the big physical negative with coffee is vasoconstriction. That's very bad for strength sports. For shooting, it makes my hands cold and insensitive due to the poor circulation. That also wears off in 2 hours or so.

Outside of matches or other formal situations, I shoot almost exclusively in the afternoon. So the coffee is really never a problem.

 

I had to switch to decaf in the morning. I know it's just symbolic of real coffee, but I can't deal with the caffein anymore.

 

I drink coffee all day, no jitters at all. Retired.

 

Before I retired I drank coffee all day long in the office then a couple cups after dinner. No more, I have two, maybe three cups early in the morning and that’s it, if I drink coffee much past noon I have trouble sleeping.

 

I stopped last April, but still gotta have my KickStarts!
I really think I shoot better all amped-up!

 

I can't have caffeine, period. If I drink two cups of caffeinated coffee, I'll be up for a week.

 

Knocked off alcohol and sweets since Jan 1st so I’m on the coffee and water diet. Lots of coffee!
Definitely felt it at the range today.

 

I gave up caffeine 10 years ago and I don’t miss it at all. I read that caffeine is not good for your heart, so I figured I’d just stop using it before I noticed that it was bad for my heart...

 

Banned from caffeine by my doctors, no interest in the decaf stuff.

But yes, I did shoot poorly after drinking coffee.

 

I don’t do decaf either. Kinda like kissing your sister, or so I’ve been told.

 

You may want to give kratom a try.

 

I drink a liter of coffee before work. About 930-10, I have a quad shot of espresso. Around 2, I may have a double shot. On days that I drink that much coffee I wake up thrice to pee. If I drink half that, I wake up once. YMMV.

 

I take 4 double Cuban coffees' just to get me turbines warmed up....no problem for a good hour....

 

I usually have one cup of coffee in the morning but on occasion I will have a second cup. In the evenings sometimes I will have a cup of hot tea.