How Much Caffeine In A Cup Of Coffee, Tea, Cola or Chocolate Bar?
On humans, caffeine acts particularly on the brain and skeletal muscles while theophylline targets heart, bronchia, and kidneys.
Other data on caffeine:
Cup of coffee 90-150 mg Instant coffee 60-80 mg Tea 30-70 mg Mate 25-150 mg Cola 30-45 mg Chocolate bar 30 mg Stay-awake pill 100 mg Vivarin 200 mg Cold relief tablet 30 mg
Chocolate — – – – — mg caffeine
baking choc, unsweetened, Bakers-- 1 oz(28 g) 25 german sweet, Bakers -- 1 oz (28 g) 8 semi-sweet, Bakers -- 1 oz (28 g) 13
Choc chips
Bakers -- 1/4 cup (43 g) 13 german sweet, Bakers -- 1/4 cup (43 g) 15 Chocolate bar, Cadbury -- 1 oz (28 g) 15 1.4 oz bar of milk choc. 3-10 1.4 oz bar of white choc 2-4 1.4 oz. bar of dark choc 28 Chocolate milk 8oz 8 Chocolate milk 8 oz. glass 2-7
Desserts:
Jello Pudding Pops, Choc (47 g) 2 Choc mousse from Jell-O mix (95 g) 6 Jello choc fudge mousse (86 g) 12 Chocolate covered espresso bean 3-5
Beverages
3 heaping teaspoons of choc powder mix 8 2 tablespoons choc syrup 5 1 envelope hot cocoa mix 5
Dietary formulas
Ensure, Plus, Choc, Ross Labs -- 8 oz (259 g) 10
COFFEE VARIETALS/STRAIGHTS
Brazil Bourbons 1.20 % Celebes Kalossi 1.22 Colombia Excelso 1.37 Colombia Supremo 1.37 Ethiopian Harrar-Moka 1.13 Guatemala Antigua 1.32 Indian Mysore 1.37 Jamaican Blue Mtn/Wallensford Estate 1.24 Java Estate Kuyumas 1.20 Kenya AA 1.36 Kona Extra Prime 1.32 Mexico Pluma Altura 1.17 Mocha Mattari (Yemen) 1.01 New Guinea 1.30 Panama Organic 1.34 Sumatra Mandheling-Lintong 1.30 Tanzania Peaberry 1.42 Zimbabwe 1.10
BLENDS & DARK ROASTS
Colombia Supremo Dark 1.37 % Espresso Roast 1.32 French Roast 1.22 Vienna Roast 1.27 Mocha-Java 1.17
DECAFS–all @ .02% with Swiss Water Process
Often, people who rapidly reduce their caffeine intake have reported being irritable, finding it tough to concentrate at work, being extra nervous, restless, and feeling sleepy at odd times of the day. Headaches are common, and in extreme cases, nausea and vomiting can occur. At the same time, a major study has found fewer suicides among coffee drinkers than those who abstained from caffeine altogether. So best not to quit your caffeine fix completely, but perhaps you should wean yourself down to a healthy level- slowly.
Most people slowing their caffeine intake say that reducing their daily fix by a rate of 1/2 cup of coffee a day makes the change relatively pain-free. Others count their weekly intake and aim for three to five cups less per week.
Keep a tally of how much coffee you consume v it might surprise you v and it will definitely come in handy when you decide how to bring your coffee intake back to a healthy level.
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January 11th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
you must try coffe from a little town called Caripe, is located in Venezuela. Regards,
January 27th, 2009 at 3:09 am
My neurologist prescribed me coffee along with my medication. A strange case where a stimulant (caffeine) helps me calm down…. Don’t know much about that but it works. It is true, italian coffee(espresso) is wonderful as well as their american coffee(what we call coffee)
p.s. anyone figure out the joke behind watered down espresso being called the americano? : D
April 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
There’s a major error here. The stimulant effect in chocolate is not caused by caffeine. The responsible chemical is theobromine, which is related to caffeine chemically but is not as powerful or long-lasting in its effects. I’m surprised a site that touts itself as a source of information would make this blunder.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I tried three times to quit caffeine, but everything has caffeine in it. I was a caffeine addict for over 30 years. The last time was the charm because coffee finally had ill effects. I miss coffee terribly. I’m trying to find out how much caffeine, in mg, is in a 12 oz. can of Guarana Antartica.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Why try and quit caffeine? Just keep taking it…
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Rich,
Then you have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Riatlin and a number of other ADD medications are stimulants. They help calm us down because they stimulate the area of the brain that filters and helps us focus and stay on task. Lots of ADD folks self-medicate with caffeine. Just drink so much for so long that you wear out your adrenal glands!
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Rich,
Then you have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Riatlin and a number of other ADD medications are stimulants. They help calm us down because they stimulate the area of the brain that filters and helps us focus and stay on task. Lots of ADD folks self-medicate with caffeine. Just don’t drink so much for so long that you wear out your adrenal glands!