ThomasVogel via Getty Images You’re reading First Thing, a weekly series on HuffPost UK helping to make your mornings happier and healthier. Maybe your coffee maker is set to go off every morning at 7am so you can roll out of bed and pour yourself a cup, or maybe you’re the kind of person who has ready-made cold brew waiting for you in your fridge at all times. Either way, if you rely on coffee to get you from bleary-eyed and barely functioning to sharp and ready to take on the world, we can’t blame you. Advertisement