Posted on 03/18/2013 1:47:04 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
One space, one “T” = No thanks!
*GAH*
See? Life is good! Coffee, chocolate, raspberries...what more is there?
Bacon?
Oops?
Chocolate, BACON, raspberries, chocolate, bacon, coffee. Oh. And raspberries.
;o]
I can relate. Back in the ‘80’s when I was a Systems Engineer for a computer manufacturer, I had a site visit in North Miami Beach. Got pulled over going to the site. Long story short, I agreed to fly down from Jersey to take a driving test. I flew in one morning and walked up to the Cuban stand next to DMV. I asked for the strongest coffee - and they gave me a little Cafecito (Cafe Cubano). I laughed “Give me a ‘regular’ American-sized cup’. Well, two hours later I was shaking with the jitters. That’s when I learned how strong Cuban coffee is.
Not according to my research: According to the Mayo Clinic, an 8 oz expresso has between 320 mg and 600 mg of caffeine vs. 95 mg to 200 mg of caffeine for 80z brewed coffee. (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeine/AN01211)
According to Wiki, one liter of expresso has between 1,691–2,254 mg of caffeine vs. 555–845 mg of caffeine for a liter of drip coffee. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine)
It's not even close -- Espresso has more caffeine per volume than drip coffee by a long shot.
Where do people get this crap from? See my post no. 46 for the caffeine content of drip brewed coffee and espresso. The same sources that I cite show a regular Hersey's Milk Chocolate Bar ( 1.5 oz) as having only 10 mg of caffeine and a Hersey's Dark Chocolate Bar (1.5 oz) as having 31 mg of caffeine, which equates to 53 mg and 165 mg of caffeine, respectively, for an 8 oz serving. This is not even close to the caffiene content of coffee for an equivilent serving size.
Well. Call me chastised. Mea culpa.
Chocolate has caffeine, as does coffee, tea, cola and other foods.
I feel slapped upside the head, so I am leaving now. Going to bed and read about various benign foods.
And if I feel lucky, I will look for caffeine contents in other foods tomorrow. You have bested me (for the moment) and I don’t take it lightly.
Ta.
Well. Call me chastised. Mea culpa.
Chocolate has caffeine, as does coffee, tea, cola and other foods.
I feel slapped upside the head, so I am leaving now. Going to bed and read about various benign foods.
And if I feel lucky, I will look for caffeine contents in other foods tomorrow. You have bested me (for the moment) and I don’t take it lightly.
Ta.
Chocolate, tea, and coffee all contain a methylated xanthine. Chemically they look similar, but they are different drugs with different effects. The methylxanthine in chocolate is theobromine; tea contains theophylline, which works to relax smooth muscle, and coffee contains caffeine. They’re all central nervous system stimulants and it’s possible to have seizures and die from any of them.
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