61 Coffee Quotes and Sayings to Energize & Kick Start the Day

Can you get up and get going without having a cup of coffee? Many of us seek our caffeine fixes every morning. From the coffee brew on the Arabian peninsula in the mid-15th century to the various creative and artisanal brewing techniques of the modern day, coffee drinking has come a long way. Our list of coffee quotes shows our love for and the global impact of this globally popular drink.

One of the many slang terms for a cup of coffee is a cup of joe. There are multiple theories to explain its origin—one of which stems from a separate term, "average joe," which describes an average man.

Thus, the coffee slang describes how it is an ordinary person's drink. Other interesting nicknames for coffee are java, jitter juice, liquid energy, and rocket fuel.

Energize your day as you read our coffee quotes below and exciting facts about this famous drink.

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Water is essential for human life, but if your favorite drink is just coffee, you will find this report interesting. According to the Fall 2022 National Coffee Association USA Report, 66% of Americans chose coffee as the most frequently consumed drink, while bottled water came in second at 60%.

It's a crazy number, but it explains the growing number of artisan and mainstream coffee shops and instant coffee products worldwide, not just in America.

Yet the environmental impact of our coffee habit is far from perfect, whether growing beans sustainably, or the polluting miles clocked up shipping coffee to all corners of the world. Further, coffee in plastic jars, plastic-lined cups, and single-use packaging further adds to the impact of our morning brew.

To help, have a read of our tips for zero-waste coffee and grab a reusable coffee cup to carry along to your local coffee shop.

Is coffee also your favorite beverage? Then, brew over the following coffee quotes below during your coffee break.

"Having charged your heart and brain with a cup of coffee, you’re ready to face the challenges of life."
- Sahara Sanders

"Never underestimate the power of a good cup of coffee."
- Ursula Vernon

"Coffee connects us in so many ways - to each other, to our senses, and to the earth that supports the coffee trees."
- Rohan Marley

"A morning coffee is my favorite way of starting the day, settling the nerves so that they don't later fray."
- Marcia Carrington

"What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup."
- Henry Rollins

"People say money can't buy happiness. They lie. Money buys coffee, coffee makes me happy!"
- Unknown

"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."
- T.S. Eliot

Relatable Coffee Quotes To Read While Drinking Your Morning Coffee

Do you know you need to nap right after a drink to benefit from caffeine fully? As counterintuitive as it sounds, there's a science behind it. Adenosine fills our bodies as we get drowsy and breaks down as we sleep.

Caffeine, on the other hand, competes with adenosine for receptors in our brains. When we take a coffee nap of 15-20 minutes after drinking, we will have more available receptors for caffeine, which will block the increasing adenosine².

Grab a bag of fair trade coffee, and steep in caffeine goodness as you read the following relatable coffee quotes below.

"Coffee is the best thing to douse the sunrise with."
- Terri Guillemets

"Coffee has always been a significant part of my life. For me, it's a chance to start my day and gather my thoughts - it's fuel for my creative process."
- Connor Franta

"The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank."
- Sir James MacKintosh

"Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep."
- Fran Drescher

"We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep. We're a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup."
- Jerry Seinfeld

"No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness."
- Sheik Abd-al-Kabir

"Coffee is the great incentivizer in the office."
- Michael Scott, The Office

"The most dangerous drinking game is seeing how long I can go without coffee."
- Unknown

"I like instant gratification. It's like instant coffee, only it won't keep you up at night."
- Jarod Kintz

"What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?"
- Anthony Trollope

I'm going to start measuring the complexity of coding tasks in coffee cups. 'This was a five-espresso algorithm.'

~ Unknown

It doesn't matter where you're from—or how you feel…there's always peace in a strong cup of coffee.

~ Gabriel Bá

Quotes About Coffee And How It Brings People Together

United by the heavenly smell, many countries have intricate and unique coffee cultures that we can explore. For example, you should not order an espresso in Italy since it is a coffee machine set. Instead, say un caffè. 

In Japan, you can conveniently order canned coffee in vending machines or lattes with cute foam tops in gourmet cafes. In Turkey, they brew coffee in a pot called cezve over hot sand. Whereas an iced cold coffee on a sunny day is some people's perfect refresher. Whatever the setting or method of preparation, Coffee drunk together can fill our need for belongingness.

As you explore the world of how coffee tastes, immerse yourself in each coffee culture too. In the meantime, read the following coffee quotes about building a community around good coffee.

"I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community."
- Howard Schultz

"You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together."
- Adam Gopnik

"One of my favorite things is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone."
- Andy Grammer

"A cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent."
- Unknown

"It's when you look over the top of your coffee cup, that you can smile at life."
- Anthony T. Hincks

"Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break."
- Earl Wilson

"Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard."
- Anne Spencer

"Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis – a good hot cup of coffee."
- Alexander King

"To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions."
- Hugh Jackman

Funny Coffee Quotes To Brighten Your Day

If you’re a coffee lover, you will relate to funny coffee quotes about extreme attachment to caffeinated drinks. But do you know how much is way too much coffee? 

There are multiple factors to consider, but for a healthy adult, FDA mentioned that the maximum safe consumption is 400 mg of caffeine per day. And if you're pregnant or taking medication, you should consult your physician accordingly. 

Coffee is not only famous for its taste and aroma. We enjoy sipping it to make us alert and awake at times we need it the most. Still, we should be wary of its adverse effects on our sleep and mental health¹. Watch your coffee intake as you laugh at the following coffee quotes below.

"Without my morning coffee, I'm just like a dried-up piece of goat."
- Johann Sebastian Bach

"Never trust anyone who doesn't drink coffee."
- AJ Lee

"Doctors found traces of blood in my coffee stream."
- Unknown

"I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits."
- Taylor Hanson

"Coffee in England is just toasted milk."
- Christopher Fry

"No matter what historians claimed, BC really stood for Before Coffee."
- Cherise Sinclair

"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."
- Alfred Renyi

"Television is not real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs."
- Charles J. Sykes

"If it wasn't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever."
- David Letterman

"Decaffeinated coffee is like a hairless cat, it exists, but that doesn’t make it right."
- Unknown

"Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a full cup of coffee in your hand and you start to sneeze?"
- Jean Kerr

I'll quit coffee. It won't be easy drinking my Bailey's straight, but I'll get used to it. It''ll still be the best part of waking up.

~ Megan Mullally

How far behind would technology be, if no one ever discovered coffee?

~ Unknown

Perfect Coffee Captions To Post On Social Media

The world celebrates the aromatic drink every October 1. To celebrate, you can promote small coffee shops, learn about the local coffee culture, or post your morning coffee on social media.

If you want to participate in a bigger goal, you can join the programs of the International Coffee Organization. For 2022, ICO celebrates International Coffee Day by focusing on the circular economy, which aims to make the industry of this commodity sustainable.

Feel the caffeine seep through your body as you drink coffee, and read the rest of our coffee quotes below. Feel free to share some of these on your socials during your coffee breaks, and remember, say no to bad coffee!

"Life's too short for bad coffee."
- Gord Downie

"Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven."
- Jesse Lane Adams

"But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all."
- David Lynch

"Life’s too short to drink cheap coffee."
- Unknown

"Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee."
- Stephanie Piro

"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time."
- Steven Wright

"Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks."
- Holly Black

"Given enough coffee, I could rule the world."
- Terry Pratchett

"My coffee machine is the most beautiful person in the world to me."
- Unknown

"I don't like coffee but I need caffeine."
- Preet Bharara

"Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Coffee: creative lighter fluid."
- Floyd Maxwell

"Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation."
- Unknown

A few more short coffee sayings and quotes to share with coffee lovers

There's nothing sweeter than a cup of bitter coffee

~ Rian Aditia

Sometimes I go hours without drinking coffee…it's called sleeping.

~ Unknown

Drinking beer in a coffee mug. I feel like I am cheating on my coffee.

~ Unknown

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.

~ Jennifer Lopez

May your coffee kick in before reality does.

~ Anonymous

I think if I were a woman I'd wear coffee as a perfume.

~ John Van Druten

A cup of gourmet coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent.

~ Unknown

The most dangerous drinking game is seeing how long I can go without coffee.

~ Anonymous