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Coffee dosage

  • 09-06-2011 8:48am
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    zagmund
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know of any sort of way to measure the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee ?

    I'm slightly interested in tracking my consumption with a view to cutting down my caffeine intake, but since I can't measure it this is going to be difficult. For example, is my morning espresso which is made at home equal to 2 of the during-the-day coffees from the machine in work ? Or is the work machine actually making coffee as strong as my home one ? Right now I have no way to tell.

    With almost everything else that you buy to consume (food, drink, etc . . .) you get information on the side of the packet regarding how much of X, Y & Z (fat, protein, alcohol, etc . . .) you get per 100mls of the product or per suggested portion size, but not with coffee. For example, with alcohol, there are guidelines indicating that you should only consume X units per week and a relatively good indicator of how much of various products equals a unit.

    So, is there any consumer friendly way to measure caffeine dosage ? I'm not talking about measuring every single coffee I ever drink, but baselining my main coffee sources (my home machine and work machine) and using that as a starting point.

    z


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