Caffinated....

[Umbran]

Ah, I imagine someone was exaggerating a bit, but still, 1+ pounds of chocolate for as much caffeine as a cup of coffee? Yuck.

Well, yes, I wouldn't want to eat that much in a sitting either. However, beign off by a factor of ten should not be allowed to stand, on general principle

Yeah, everyone makes a big deal of how much caffeine is in Mt. Dew, but it's really only a lot compared to other sodas, things like coffee and tea have more or an equal amount.

To summarize - volume for volume, coffee has three times the caffeine of Mt. Dew, and black tea has twice the caffeine of the soda. Jolt, at least, lives up to its reputation.

 

[Angrydad]

Jolt. Gross. I think I tried this once in my life, and that was enough. I don't want a cold drink that gives me the jitters.

 

[ssampier]

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To summarize - volume for volume, coffee has three times the caffeine of Mt. Dew, and black tea has twice the caffeine of the soda. Jolt, at least, lives up to its reputation.

Is there any difference between natural occurring caffeine, like in chocolate, tea, and coffee, and added caffeine like sodas?

 

[Umbran]

Is there any difference between natural occurring caffeine, like in chocolate, tea, and coffee, and added caffeine like sodas?

Chemically speaking, the caffeine itself is the same. It is the same molecule. However, as I noted for tea, the effect of caffeine can vary somewhat depending on what else it might be with.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

To summarize - volume for volume, coffee has three times the caffeine of Mt. Dew, and black tea has twice the caffeine of the soda. Jolt, at least, lives up to its reputation.

BTW, there is a book on the market, "Eat this, not that!" that has all kinds of nutritional details about food available in fast food places, chain restaurants, and even grocery stores. I don't have it with me at this moment, but there are some interesting details on the caffeine content of various beverages...as well as others that talk about the caloric punch of various alcoholic ones.

 

[Demongirl]

I managed to down an entire two liter of Pepsi the other day on a dare.....I was on such a high that I was seeing spots; won't be doing that again, nope.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I have always proclaimed to my friends that my blood has been replaced by caffeine (given that my limbs get cold quite fast but not my chest, and I think that ties into caffeine in your system it is somewhat true ). I don't think I have ever gone in... Years without some kind of caffeine drink.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Chemically speaking, the caffeine itself is the same. It is the same molecule. However, as I noted for tea, the effect of caffeine can vary somewhat depending on what else it might be with.

Maybe it's just an "urban myth", but the story I head about caffeeine is they first discovered the molecule in coffee. Years later, someone else noticed a particular molecule in tea and called it "teein" (at least that's the German version, I think).
Again a while later, someone noticed that if he turned the molecule schema used for both the right way, they would look identical, and it was finally understood that it's actually the same, people just wrote them down differently.

 

[Umbran]

I managed to down an entire two liter of Pepsi the other day on a dare.....I was on such a high that I was seeing spots; won't be doing that again, nope.

I don't expect that effect was from the caffeine.

2 liters of soda is equivalent to about 5.6 cans of soda. At roughly 34 mg of caffeine per can, that's 192 mg of caffeine.

So, that entire 2 liter bottle has less caffeine than 2 cups of coffee. Most folks don't see spots after 2 cups of coffee...

 

[Switchblade]

Mind you, tea also contains chemicals that slow the uptake of the caffeine, so it is a bit more time-release.

Ah. That explains so much. I had wondered why one cup of coffee hit me so much harder than a constant flow of tea. I was beginning to think it was psychosomatic.

Thanks for the info.