Unpopular Opinion

• 1 Not mine
• 2, 3, 4 You really think drinking coffee is about caffeine? What's next, you should eat sugar instead of drinking soda?

It's not unpopular, it's being ignorant.

Sure, if your goal is literally just to get a dose of caffeine. Some people actually like the taste and experience of drinking it in liquid form.

Not every way. Coffee is better:

Coffee tastes good.

Coffee is reasonably healthy, it's a food not a pill.

Coffee is nice to relax with friends, it's overall a pleasant experience.

On dose only, I agree. But why be efficient about eating and drinking? That doesn't seem like a reasonable goal. I want to be inefficient about that. Stop and relax.

Caffeine pills are the functionally superior caffeine delivery solution, but when pleasure is taken into account, they fall short.

I don't just drink coffee for the caffeine delivery, I also like how it tastes, and I value the social ritual around coffee.

Every possible way? How about the fact that I drink coffee for the taste and ritual - not for the caffeine.

Just say you don't like coffee and go take your pills mate some of us enjoy the flavor of the beverage

Can't dip no cookies into a pill, and that's a fact, Jack

I love going on a date with a woman to
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take caffeine pills. lol

Somebody hasn't seen Saved by the Bell

Yeah its more efficient for sure, but coffee/tea/other caffeine producing plants have more alkaloids than just caffeine in them. Pure THC feels different than cannabis, plain nicotine is different than tobacco, etc. Yeah it will do the job, but elements of the experience are missing. Ever notice that the caffeine buzz from tea feels different than from coffee? Its not just the amount. Also, coffee and tea are tasty and come with a ritual that in my opinion is just as important as the drug itself. Pulling a shot of espresso and sipping on it does more for me in the morning than just chugging something caffeinated. And you can control the amount of caffeine you get to a certain degree. Most Arabica coffee contains close to 0.5%-1% caffeine by weight after roasting, so I know my shot of espresso made with 18g of beans is going to be a little under 130mg of caffeine on average accounting for less than perfect extraction.

Drinking Everclear makes more sense than having a beer.

Here to say that people need to up vote OP more. They actually posted an unpopular opinion.

And we should just get rid of sex, all insemination should be done in a lab because it's much easier.

People downvoting seem to have forgotten this unpopular opinions.

I love the taste of coffee and it’s the only thing I drink other than water. It’s not just about caffeine intake and happily drink decaf along with 2 regular coffees.

By the same logic, Soylent is better than food...

Except you're forgetting that it's about the enjoyment of the whole experience, not just getting caffeine into your body as efficiently as possible. That would be an IV drip.

edit: I've just realised where I am. Well played, excellent content, 10/10, take your upvote

Well, I love coffee but at the moment I'd better avoid caffeine, thus I'm drinking a lot of decaffeinated. What I mean, coffee isn't just about caffeine.

Have someone jet wash your skin makes more sense than having a shower

What's for dinner tonight honey?

McDonald's At-Home Nourishment Cube 2.0! Now available in green flavor!

Oh boy, I was getting tired of red flavor!

Bro dropping the pro tip. folks out here digesting food for energy when you can get energy out of the wall for free with a clothes hanger.

Teas contains more psychoactive ingredients than just caffeine, including some with stabilizing effects to knock down that jittery unpleasant part. Broad spectrum stimulants are better than straight caffeine.

True ...... Your opinion isn't gonna be popular any time soon ;) . It's not (just) about caffeine. The problem seems to me you never had a decent cup coffee in your life.

This is all true, but thankfully tea exists which is both caffeinated and unlike coffee doesn't taste like somebody already digested it.

I drink decaf. Where's your god now?

Coffee is a very good source of fiber, which protects against aging, while the drug caffeine does nothing.

My teeth are never stained.

Coffee is delicious.

So wrong on every point.

Indeed unpopular, well done!

Meh, I travel a fair bit, and go hiking quite a lot, and keep a little pouch with a bunch of essentials in it, in my bag. Among those things are some caffeine pills. They're light, cheap, and easily accessible when I need them.

I was never a coffee fan, but I do drink tea, and sometimes that experience is just plainly more pleasant than popping a pill.

Caffeine pills are probably a lot easier to accidentally overdose on. If you make coffee you can see the beans for yourself and have a rough idea of how much caffeine you could be getting (if imprecise). With pills you have to take the manufacturer's word for it. Maybe one of them decides to cut corners and put way less caffeine than they say, you think you've been taking X milligrams of caffeine and know how you react to it, but then try a different brand and get surprised with way more than you were expecting. Not to mention how it's easy to take a bunch of pills as opposed to the more time consuming and unpleasant process of brewing and drinking large volumes of coffee, which isn't something an unaware person can easily do by mistake.

You miss out on all the phytonutrients.

One important difference about price: my job has free coffee in every break room. They do not offer free caffeine pills.

I would agree with you if they made caffeine pills in a range of doses. Though admittedly it's been a while since I've looked into caffeine pills, I don't remember seeing anything that less than 200mg of caffeine per dose. Which is a fairly high dose. Most energy drinks contain a little more than half of that.

This also ignores the fact that for a lot of people the act of preparing and drinking their beverage of choice is part of their daily morning preparation. That morning ritual is part of good sleep hygiene as it helps you transition into being awake and alert for the day.

Plus there are other health benefits to drinking coffee or tea that you don't get from the caffeine alone.

Coffee is healthier and brush your teeth lol