The best time to have a coffee

Is there a best time during the day to drink your coffee? We asked our customers...

Coffee and your day

What makes for the best time for a coffee? Is it about routine, or breaking it? Is it about about the individual experience, or sharing coffee with a group? To get to the bottom of this ageless question, we've asked you, the avid coffee drinkers and connoisseurs of the world, to tell us when you think the best time to drink coffee is? Here are some of the answers we got, and, unsurprisingly, your answers were as unique as you are.

"Coffee for me is the sign my day has officially begun. As someone who rises early, with a busy work/life balance, I feel the need like my day hasn't truly started without that first cup of coffee for the day. Coffee to me signals the start of my next adventure: early morning run? coffee time. big day at work? coffee time. Time to pick up the kids? coffee again. For me, the best time to have coffee is whenever I need to sharpen my mind, improve my mood, and get ready to take on the world" - Susanne Bates

"When ISN'T it a good time to drink coffee? That should be the real question. I'm someone who finds that coffee is a great way to bring people together, at home and far away. Nothing brings a smile to my partner's face more than being brought one of my delicious coffees in bed on a Sunday morning, and nothing brings a smile to mine more than making it. Even when we're away, coffee is the one thing that can remind us of home. I can be away at a work conference, on the other side of the world, late at night, facetiming home, drinking the same coffee, and feeling like I'm right where I want to be. So when you ask me when is the best time to drink coffee, the answer is simple: whenever I want to feel connected! - Gabriel Le Tisser

"Mornings. Plain and simple. You know the people walking into work looking like zombies either haven't had themselves a cuppa, or they're still telling themselves instant coffee counts. The best time for a coffee has to be the morning; get your day off to a delicious start and look alive people!" - Mario Dennis

"I'm a bit picky when it comes to coffee and when I drink it. It has to be at breakfast time, every day. Nothing quite like starting the day with the smell of freshly ground beans wafting through the house as you're cooking up a storm. I'd go as far to say a great coffee at breakfast can make even the most rushed brekky feel calm, soothing, and worth sitting down for." - Nadia Tiote

"Right before bed, and I won't let anybody tell me otherwise. Sitting back and appreciating my day's high and lows over a hot mug of coffee is just what I need to wind down before I sleep. I've been doing it as long as I can remember, and I wouldn't change a thing." - Laura Thauvin-Banks

As you can see from some of these wonderful submissions, there's just so many possible answers, for so many different people. It goes to show how important coffee can be in someone's daily life. Is there a right time to drink coffee? We'll leave that up to you...