How much coffee is to much

miky · 20th April 2010, 10:13 AM

Try diet coke, that's pretty good at keeping you awake.

**isuzurover** · 20th April 2010, 10:19 AM

Hope you find the prawns soon Ean!

25 cups is anywhere up to 3000 mg caffeine. A fair bit... If you put sugar in your coffee that would also be a significant sugar intake.

**VladTepes** · 20th April 2010, 10:50 AM

Pedro that Billy Joel song isa favourite of mine. "Leningrad" from theh same album (Stormfront) is also a beauty.

Ean Austral - I knew a girl in Uni who had maybe 15 cups a day. Mind you the caffeine was the least of her problems... she used to put 8 sugars in each cup !

She was nuts, too.

**ozscott** · 20th April 2010, 11:58 AM

Hello...my name is Oz...and I am a coffeesnob....

I buy it green, roast it myself, grind it in Mazzer Super Jolly and then lovingly extract it using a 2 group commercial FAEMA Due Volumetric...I am one sick pupply but love great coffee. I have anywhere from 6-8 shots a day and never felt anything but good on it. Having said that instant coffee (its not really coffee people but lets stick with the same nonclemature), even one, makes me sick in the guts.

Cheers

PS. Too much is when you have heart palpitations...and espressed coffee has about half the caffeine of instant

**VladTepes** · 20th April 2010, 12:20 PM

oz you are a tragic ! Having said that I see no location in your profile (better fix that) - where are tyou ? I'll drop in for a coffee one day

**isuzurover** · 20th April 2010, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by ozscott

...and espressed coffee has about half the caffeine of instant

Not really true... Espresso has the highest concentration of caffeine, it is just that if you only have 1 shot, you usually will have less total caffeine than in a cup of any other normal coffee.

A quick search gives these numbers - which seem about right based on what I have read before. Note the instant values are actually quite low - however there is a huge dependance on how much you actually put in the mug.

Espresso 40-90 mg / 30 ml shot
Drip coffee 75-125 mg / 250 ml cup
Instant coffee 20-40 mg / 250 ml cup
Tea 10-50 mg / 250 ml cup
Energy drink 80 mg / 250 ml can
Cola drink 49 mg / 375 ml can

(but I can't drink instant either - tastes like paint to me).

Ean Austral · 20th April 2010, 01:05 PM

Yep know all about the heart pulpitation thing,been to the doc before thinking I was having a heart attack, after a very highly charged meeting where we had to cut our fishery by half..Verdict, too much stress and drip coffee in a short time, not good for the heart..

Have made a effort to cut down, so have only had 4 cups since 4am, going great guns, its going to be from 9pm till midnight that will test the resolve..

Some interesting reply's thats for sure,still no prawns today

Cheers Ean

**banjo** · 20th April 2010, 01:05 PM

I can't stand coffee don't even realy like the smell. But i will drink me black bushels all day ...

**isuzurover** · 20th April 2010, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

still no prawns today

Cheers Ean

Bugger... We had hoped to get a few boxes before the canning...

I hope things improve soon. Are you catching anything at all at the moment (that you are allowed to keep).

**ozscott** · 20th April 2010, 01:28 PM

Hi Vlad - Brisbane matey...anytime your welcome! It certainly gets some comments when people roll into the kitchen and see the set up...its like a live animal in the room. I lagged the boiler to make the pressurestat cut in less and now it costs about 50c a day to run 24/7 and cause it has a boiling water tap I make teas with it, and run it for vege water for steaming etc. They are also very easy to work on and replace seals and the like.

I will fix my profile - been slack.

As for the amount of caffeine in a shot, my shots are ristretto, so you dont get the tail end Charlie bitterness of a shot that is starting to blond out and I also get a lot less caffeine that those stats above suggest.

Cheers

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