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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Helen Coffey

This is why you can’t handle coffee any more – the truth about drinking caffeine as we get older

Almost overnight, this friendly pick-me-up seems to have become a nemesis - (Getty)

Ah, coffee. It’s such an accepted vice these days, it’s even spawned its very own “live, laugh, love”-style culture, complete with cringe-making merch (T-shirts reading: “Just give me coffee and no one gets hurt!”; mugs with slogans like: “First I drink the Coffee, then I do the Things!” – you get the picture).

While I’ve never gone so far as to partake in the caffeine equivalent of an “It’s wine o’clock somewhere!” bit of tat, coffee has, for me, always remained steadfast as one of the low-key joys that make daily life worth living.

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