Unlike bars or restaurants, coffee dates can happen any time of day. You can do it before work, during lunch, after work, or any time over the weekend. And, if you have a big day the next day, you wont have to worry about a hangover.

Are coffee dates bad?

Coffee is the least ideal date drink. The side effects of caffeine (increased heartbeat, faster talking, restlessness, etc.) are the last thing you need when youre already nervous for a date. Sipping a hot cup of jitters wont help you stop talking so quickly that youre tripping over your words.

Is it weird to sit next to your date?

“Dates where you sit next to someone are definitely better,” says U.K. editor Hussein Kesvani. To others, though, that sounds weird. “Always across from each other on the first date. You cant break that touching threshold from across the table though.