[luzojeda]

I don't consider I drink _"plenty"_ of coffee throughout the day but I can't remember the last day I went without some form of caffeine. On average I take 1 cup in the morning with some milk and sometimes mate or black tea, both of which have caffeine as well, in the afternoon... plus Coke or other caffeinated drinks as well here and there.

Ok maybe it could be plenty for some people, but for me 4 cups a day would be plenty lol.

Maybe caffeine doesn't affect me much to this point and that's why I don't have any problem sleeping. I doze off 10' after putting my head on the pillow.

Now regarding stress... comparing myself to the people around me I'd say I have normal levels of it. But most of those people consume caffeine daily so it's hard to have an objective measure.

I'd like to carry out the experiment of going 15 days without caffeine to see if stress decreases though but it would be very hard considering how ingrained the substance is in our lives, even the social aspect. Mate for example is a drink which we usually share here in Argentina. You could maybe call it a ritual and a way of social bonding. And I like how it tastes too, of course. Add that to all the times you meet with people "for a coffee and chat", for example.