Quit drinking all caffeine for two weeks to get rid of any tolerance.
Caffeine is borrowing tiredness from tomorrow.
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2026
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I've never noticed any effect after not having it for several months and I drink black tea as dark as possible (just short of using multiple teabags in a cup xD). Do you really notice that you're more awake, like beyond placebo?
I didn't know it had caffeine until recently, so I think I just never got the placebo effect of "this should keep me awake" and apparently the residual effect, at least on me, is unnoticably small. When I learned, I avoided it for a while during the evening (even though I didn't remember any effect, I wondered if maybe I sleep worse and just didn't know to attribute it?), but I've since tried it out and there's really no difference even if I drink it straight before going to sleep
Well it is not exactly a habit, more for when i have to do smth till tomorrow and i haven't yet started, which happens about twice a month, so I'm actually already doing that
Get more sleep.
Dont tell me what to do! 😠
Or don't. Whatever. ;)
In bum.
Tea bag between cheek and gum. Caffeine is absorbed transdermally.
NB its way more efficient than brewing, you will be zipping like you just took a caffeine pill. Learned this accidentally while camping.
Are you trying to convince me into snus???!!
Drink more of it maybe? I drink both hot and cold brew. Cold brew has less caffeine but I can drink more of it, faster. Sometimes I have a cup of each at the same time.
I would take small sips over a period of time if you're trying to optimize for the length of time that caffeine remains active
Add more bags.
Irish Breakfast tea like Barry's will caffinate you. Let the bag soak for 2 minutes for a normal cup. Two bags and 4 minutes and then squeeze the bags for a high octane cup. A little cream/milk (I prefer oat milk) and a touch of honey
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Good stuff
If you are drinking it first thing in the morning wait 90 minutes after you've woken up.
Why?
Basically when you wake up your brain releases the adenosine that it produced during the night that controls how tired you feel. And it takes some time for it to clear about 60-90 minutes, where as if you drink tea right when you wake up it can block the adenosine from clearing leaving you more tired. Idk if I explained it right but Im pretty sure thats the gist of it
Edit: a few words for clarity
Oooh, good to know, thanks
At the end of the day, what you need to do is either drink a lot more of it, or concentrate it somehow.
Just guessing wildly (no idea if these ideas would work), but the best options I see are to cold brew it (put in water in fridge and let steep overnight). Cold brew coffee tends to be higher in caffeine than normal brew, so it might work the saw for tea. Might also make the tea insanely bitter, idk. Second would be to essentially distill your tea. After it's done steeping, take the tea out and boil it more, until most of the water is gone. Repeat a few times until you have a lot of boiled down tea and then drink it. This might get disgusting quick, but would be effectively the same to drinking multiple cups, just with less overall liquid.
Or, I suppose, buy a kilogram of pure caffeine powder and add a few mgs to your tea for an extra boost (maybe that's more acceptable than energy drinks?).
Hope these ideas help! Just some off-the-cuff suggestions I've never tried
buy a kilogram of pure caffeine powder and add a few mgs to your tea for an extra boost
Also get a milligram scale if you're doing this. It's hard for most people to overdose on caffeine in a medically significant way with tea or coffee; it's easy with powder.
Those are some great answers, thanks!!
Of course! If you do to the caffeine powder route, please do what the other commenter also recommended: get an mg scale and dose carefully. Coffee normally runs in the ~60 - 300mg range, depending on number of shots, etc. Going too far above can be dangerous, depending on your individual tolerance, height, weight, etc.
Basically, do some research, figure out what a safe amount for your individual situation is, and go slow. Don't dump spoonfuls of powdered caffeine into your tea because of some idiot's recommendation online.
Mix cocoa powder in, maybe a sprinkle of instant coffee, and some caffeine drops. Sweeten it with sugar. Don't drink anything else. Have some dark chocolate on the side.