I like coffee.  On cold, dreary, rainy or snowy days I can drink an entire pot though that might only happen once or twice a year.  Most of the cooler days are just one full mug and, during the hot days, I can go for days without it.

I should add that all those years, on top of all the coffee, I also drank lots of cola, and smoke 2 packs a day. Not surprisingly, I spent about half my life convinced that I was about to have a heart attack.
 
The combination most have been as lethal as 1/2 energy drink...

Rain
I started drinking coffee in college - I needed a routine of some kind to help me out of bed and I made myself addicted to coffee to that end.
 
For the following 20-some years, I drank coffee from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to bed. Pots and pots and pots.
 
Then, last year, I realized I didn't finish half my cup most of the time, so I decreased my intake quite radically - two cups in the morning, max. Tea the rest of the day. Exceptionally, I'd sometimes have a cup after dinner.
 
Immediately, my energy level became a lot more even throughout the day. No more crashing at random intervals...
 
As of one month ago (a month tomorrow, actually), I finally lost all taste for coffee. One morning I didn't even finish that first cup. The next morning, I made breakfast and then had tea. It used to be that I couldn't possibly exist before that first sip of coffee, much less eat or function...
 
It wasn't a decision - I just lost my taste for coffee. Tea is just much "fresher". And my energy levels are even better than they were. 
 
 

I bet you'll have a "welcome back to coffee" moment at some point. I drank it thoughtlessly for years until one day, like you, deciding I was sick of it and then I drank nothing but tea for a good 3 or 4 years. Recently I had a really nice cup of coffee and thought wow, this stuff tastes great. And of course the caffeine buzz is a novelty after being off it for so long. I find that as long as I stick to 2 or 3 cups a day the caffeine still continues to have the desired effect. 
 
Mind you, matcha tea is a great way to get caffeine as well. Not quite as strong as coffee but it's a more sustained hit with less of a crash. Plus you get all of those antioxidants. 

Hi,
 
You guys need a trip to Brazil, or Colombia!

there is recent research suggesting drinking coffee is useful and possibly preventative for prostrate and liver cancer.
worth googling,from memory.
 
edit:
found it:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/291686.php
worth reading
cheers

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Moshkito
Hi,
 
You guys need a trip to Brazil, or Colombia!

No, we prefer to keep our heads attached to the rest of our bodies (despite what others may think they look like).

I drank the percolated swill in the 90`s in N.J. and was glad to get back to Melbourne with it`s Italian heritage.but,:
http://travelinsider.qantas.com.au/north-america/usa/new-york/the-best-australian-coffee-in-new-york/
cheers

 

I'm down to 3 pots a day.