Too much caffeine?

Wake up and sell the coffee

We used to be a nation of tea drinkers. Now, with a coffee house on every corner, caffeine is our daily drug of choice. But is the bean habit bad for us? Simon Garfield goes on a 20-shot binge to experience the highs and lows of the new ristretto republic

I like coffee - but tend to go for a latte, cappachino or mocha. Espresso is a little bit too much for me - so perhaps I am not going to experience such dramatic caffeine withdrawal symptoms. My vice is tea - and from what I can remember, that contains nearly as much caffeine as coffee - so perhaps I should cut down on that and be boring and drink water. The new coffee shop in the foyer of the university isn't that much of an attraction anyway, as the coffee comes out of a push button machine, and I doubt very much if they grind the coffee beans they have stacked on the shelves in vacuum packed bags [but it looks impressive!]. My coffeeshop time is when I am shopping - not much beats curling up with a book you have just bought and a very large latte.