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It's a drug, it effects your behaviour/mood, you must have done some weird shit on it

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 40 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I hate to be that guy, but, "source?" The espresso number "feels" a bit off, and some Internet searching agrees better with intuition:

According to USDA, 1oz of espresso is 63mg and 1C coffee is 92mg.

Just googling around, and both DDG and Google summary report 64mg/shot (with the obvious disclaimer about trusting AI summaries).

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

The chart is wrong on a couple things. Honestly, I'd argue this post should be removed or edited with the correct numbers.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Almost as much caffeine in hot chocolate as in expresso? This chart doesn't look plausible.

[–] ywuduyu@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago

expresso

Ahhhhh!!!! Stop it. Please.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago

Also, it feels odd to compare them all by concentration. Red Bulls come in a specific size.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Also what roast of coffee? How long of a brew? How hot was the brewing water? What elevation did the beans grow? Way too many variables with coffee (and tea for that matter) to be this general