Caffeine is the internet economy's life blood
Caffeine is the internet economy's life blood. Yeah, that's a bold statement, but when your entire industry is over-worked, you should realize that there are complimentary things that we owe a great deal of debt to our success.
Personally, I'm suffering from some bad sleep depression and exhaustion right now. Today, I can not function without caffeine. My "sleep bank" has been exhausted and angry creditors beg for just a minute of rest. Not going to happen this week. I only have one cup of coffee Ghetto Mochatm (see recipe at the end of this post) a day so that I won't build too much of a caffeine tolerance. Coffee is my poison of choice, as it's convenient, ubiquitous, has less calories then Mountain Dew, and more caffeine then anything. What's your favorite pick me up?
If you are lacking sleep and you want to get the most caffeine per 12oz, the chart below should help you determine how to get your fix:
Source: Wilstar.com has breakdown of caffeine by drink taken from the National Soft drink Assoc, FDA, Bunker and McWilliams and Pepsi. My problem is they don't calculate the right quantities (ex: comparing 8oz of coffee to 12oz of soda). As such, below is the sorted list of caffeine quantities across both sodas and coffee (using the conservative estimates for coffee) for 12oz drinks. Bottom line, if you need your fix, order six espressos (2oz each * 6 = 12 oz), a 12oz coffee, or two red bulls. Aside - Who knew Pepsi One was stronger then Mountain Dew?!
Drink |
Caffeine (12oz) |
| Coffee, Espresso (12oz) | 600 |
| Coffee, Drip | 172.5 |
| Red Bull (12 oz) | 120 |
| Coffee, Brewed | 120 |
| Coffee, Instant | 97.5 |
| Tea, brewed, imported brands (avg.) | 90 |
| Jolt | 71.2 |
| Tea, iced | 70.5 |
| Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.) | 60 |
| Pepsi One | 55.5 |
| Mountain Dew | 55 |
| Mountain Dew Code Red | 55 |
| Diet Mountain Dew | 55 |
| Kick Citrus | 54 |
| Mellow Yellow | 52.8 |
| Surge | 51 |
| Tab | 46.8 |
| Diet Coke | 45.6 |
| Tea, instant | 45 |
| Shasta Cola | 44.4 |
| Shasta Cherry Cola | 44.4 |
| Shasta Diet Cola | 44.4 |
| RC Cola | 43 |
| Diet RC | 43 |
| Dr. Pepper | 41 |
| Diet Dr. Pepper | 41 |
| Diet Sunkist Orange | 41 |
| Mr. Pibb | 40 |
| Sugar-Free Mr. Pibb | 40 |
| Red Flash | 40 |
| Sunkist Orange | 40 |
| Ruby Red | 39 |
| Storm | 38 |
| Big Red | 38 |
| Pepsi-Cola | 37.5 |
| Pepsi Twist | 37.5 |
| Diet Pepsi | 36 |
| Diet Pepsi Twist | 36 |
| Aspen | 36 |
| Coca-Cola Classic | 34 |
| Cherry Coke | 34 |
| Lemon Coke | 34 |
| Vanilla Coke | 34 |
| Diet Cherry Coke | 34 |
| Snapple Flavored Teas (Reg. or Diet) | 31.5 |
| Canada Dry Cola | 30 |
| A&W Creme Soda | 29 |
| Nestea Sweet Iced Tea | 26.5 |
| Nestea Unsweetened Iced Tea | 26 |
| Barq's Root Beer | 23 |
| Tea, green | 22.5 |
| A&W Diet Creme Soda | 22 |
| Hot cocoa | 21 |
| Snapple Sweet Tea | 12 |
| Lipton Brisk, All Varieties | 9 |
| Coffee, Decaf, instant | 6 |
| Coffee, Decaf, brewed | 4.5 |
| Canada Dry Diet Cola | 1.2 |
| Diet Rite Cola | 0 |
| Sprite | 0 |
| 7-Up | 0 |
| Mug Root Beer | 0 |
| Diet Barq's Root Beer | 0 |
| Sundrop Orange | 0 |
| Minute Maid Orange | 0 |
| A&W Root Beer | 0 |
| Slice | 0 |
| Sierra Mist | 0 |
| Fresca | 0 |
Despite my Colombian heritage, I don't like the taste of coffee, I certaintly don't take it black, and I simply don't understand why anyone would ever want decaffinated coffee (unless their in coffee rehab and need a placebo). I need some cream and sugar or other flavors to offset the bitter taste. Which brings me to a delicious recipe for office/cube dwellers everywhere, the Ghetto Mochatm.
- Mix 1 packet of Farmer Brothers hot chocolate mix (No sugar added variety is better) with 12oz fresh coffee. Stir vigorously and enjoy.
Comments
Anonymous
December 09, 2004
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December 09, 2004
What about Bawls (http://www.bawls.com)? I'm suprised that isn't on the list. I couldn't find it on the website...Anonymous
December 09, 2004
According to this website, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bawls&defid=99172, Bawls has 80mg of caffeene.Anonymous
December 09, 2004
I used to study this stuff when I worked in medical research. Coffee is for wimps! Buy caffeine by the kg:
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December 09, 2004
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December 09, 2004
Scott - How many ounces are in a Bawls drink? I'll add it to the list once I get the amount of caffeine/per 12 oz measurement.
Thanks!
-DanAnonymous
December 09, 2004
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December 15, 2004
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January 07, 2005
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September 25, 2005
I'm a caffeine addict myself. Once upon a time, I was taking 13 cups a day, no kidding! I like your views, I agree with them. At my age (50 plus), I still cannot understand why on earth decaf was ever invented. It just confuses real coffee-"experts" like us. Oh, by the way, it's funny that your <a href="http://www.the-jackpot-hunter.com/">A&W</a> last part- came out to zero. Just recently, a crew of 12 or 13 from this fastfood company waged "war" with a lottery company. Only 9 were the original winners, so they wanted to cut off the other 3 or 4 people wanting to jump in their wagon. This case would probably drag on for a long time. (Can you imagine? Talk about greed, all of them would still be millionaires even if you divide the whole thing by 12 or 13.) Hahaha, after this, they might be shocked that after all the lawyers' fees, their net take home would be ZERO!Anonymous
November 04, 2006
what about cappuccino- how much caffeineAnonymous
December 03, 2006
Where I work (online marketing), we keep a dozen each of Red Bull regular and sugar-free. I have a French press on my desk and a bag of yerba mate. The entire office consumes about as much caffiene as the entire nation of Lithuania every day.