{"id":10620,"date":"2026-02-13T19:13:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=10620"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:13:23","slug":"when-is-the-best-time-to-drink-coffee-and-how-late-is-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/when-is-the-best-time-to-drink-coffee-and-how-late-is-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"When is The Best Time to Drink Coffee? And How Late is Too Late?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many people wake up and have a cup of coffee to start their day. And some\u00a0people\u00a0drink several cups of coffee throughout the day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Depending on the type of coffee grounds and how they are brewed, an 8-ounce cup of coffee can contain close to 100 milligrams of caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant, and it helps wake you up by increasing the amount of cortisol, the stress hormone, in your body.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cortisol levels usually peak between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. and gradually drop throughout the day, reaching their lowest point in the middle of the night while you\u2019re sleeping. Cortisol helps the body maintain its sleep-wake cycle. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, drinking caffeinated coffee first thing in the morning can increase cortisol production.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you drink coffee later\u00a0in the day or at night,\u00a0it could affect your sleep. Depending on your metabolism,\u00a0it may take two to ten hours\u00a0to get rid of half the caffeine from one cup of coffee.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Certain people have a \u201ccoffee gene\u201d, CYP1A2, that helps the body break down and get rid of caffeine, and some people have two copies of this gene, which helps them break down caffeine faster than those with one copy of the gene. If a person has two copies of the gene, they may not be affected after drinking a late-night cup of coffee.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no scientific evidence that supports a \u201cbest time\u201d to drink coffee. However, drinking a mid- to late-morning cup of coffee between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. may help you receive the most benefits from coffee.\u00a0This is\u00a0the range of time\u00a0when\u00a0cortisol levels begin to drop, and\u00a0the caffeine in a cup of\u00a0coffee may be most effective.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The best time to drink coffee is\u00a0ultimately determined\u00a0by your metabolism and how the caffeine in coffee affects your body.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more about how caffeine may affect your body, you can schedule an appointment\u00a0at Flushing Hospital Medical Center\u2019s\u202f<\/span>Ambulatory Care Center<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Please call (718) 670-5486.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page. You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter. PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people wake up and have a cup of coffee to start their day. And some\u00a0people\u00a0drink several cups of coffee throughout the day.\u00a0\u00a0 Depending on the type of coffee grounds and how they are brewed, an 8-ounce cup of coffee … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,510,14,4],"tags":[437,234,1586,2506],"class_list":["post-10620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","category-health","category-lifestyle","category-mens-health","category-womens-health","tag-coffee","tag-stress","tag-cortisol","tag-when-is-the-best-time-to-drink-coffee-and-how-late-is-too-late"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10623,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10620\/revisions\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}