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The Caffeine Count In Your Morning Fix [Tobacco lawyers-listen up]
Wall St Journal ^
| 4-13-04
| Michael McCarthy
Posted on 04/13/2004 2:35:29 PM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Jolt From Gourmet Brews Is 56% Greater Than 7-Eleven's; Waking Up in 'Withdrawal'
It isn't just the long lines and high prices that are outsized at Starbucks and other specialty coffeehouses. There's also the issue of caffeine.
In pursuit of a bolder taste, coffeehouses typically brew their blends much stronger than a trusty old cup of Folgers. But a powerful side effect is unusually high levels of caffeine, according to a national test of ready-made coffee run by a laboratory for The Wall Street Journal. House blends at Starbucks Corp., Gloria Jean's and other gourmet coffee chains have an average 56% more caffeine than samples tested at 7-Eleven Inc. stores and 29% more than those at Dunkin' Donuts nationwide.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: addiction; drugpushers; health
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To: blackdog
I have a pretty nice espresso maker and I guarantee it packs more caffeine into a demitasse cup than I can get in a very large cup of regular coffee.
But Turkish coffee has more than either, by far.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:13:42 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: Mr. K
First they came for the tobacco smokers, and I said nothing, because I didn't smoke. Then they came for the Big Mac eaters, and I said nothing, because I don't eat Big Macs. Then they came for the coffee drinkers...
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:14:20 PM PDT
by
jimbokun
To: Oorang
I bought proper coffee gear just so I don't have to fund Starbucks. I captured my ROI in about 90 days.
They have really good milk foamers at the Wire Wisk for $15. You just microwave the milk for a minute and pump it thru the screen inside the foamer and it's so foamed you could float a quater on top.
BTW, left over espresso is also great on ice cream, in iced coffee, and for use in baking. Never discard leftover espresso.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:16:01 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
To: SJackson
It would be easier to ban lawyers than caffeine and sugar.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:19:01 PM PDT
by
Paul C. Jesup
(The Motto: 'Live and let live' is a suicidal belief...)
To: Skooz
OK, let's have a post-athon continuously while drinking espresso.......We'll bore the pants off the forum, but let's see who can stay up the longest? No ritalin or Adderall either! That's cheating.
I can drink four shots of espresso and go right to bed and be asleep in three minutes. But maybe I'm dain bramaged?
Seriously though, my wife(who's a genius chemist person in industry for twenty years) proved it to me. We even used a mass spectrometer and gas chromatograph for analysis.
Espresso just tastes like it's super coffee.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:21:32 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
To: blackdog
Whatever melts your butter.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:23:06 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: Paul C. Jesup
More fun to ban the lawyers than coffee or Big Mac's too!
Especially if I get to round em up for the banning......
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:23:27 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
To: Dog Gone
I saw this and immediately wanted a cup of Gloria Jean's coffee. Was surprised when I went to the store locater at their website and found one very near me. Going to get a cup tomorrow.
http://www.gloriajeans.com/
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:31:46 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
To: SJackson
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the Beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:36:17 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. - Ann Coulter 4/1/04, How 9-11 Happened)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
That was my first thought also. I've never heard of Gloria Jean's coffee.
I checked your link and, alas, the closest store to me is too far.
I wonder if they franchise. I could be rich, rich, I tell ya.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:37:02 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: SJackson
Coffee makes you pee out loads of calcium, which your bones leech out in order to process the caffeine.
In light of how osteoporosis is today's health 'crisis', I'll betcha anything that BIG COFFEE will be the next target of the trial lawyers in the coming years.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:41:55 PM PDT
by
Lizavetta
(Savage is right - extreme liberalism is a mental disorder.)
To: Dog Gone
I'm kind of embarrassed. I called their number and found out that the store has been in the mall closest to me for the past 11 years and I never noticed it.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:43:03 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
To: SJackson
I used to work at a place where they had an Acorto espresso machine in the kitchen. I'd down three or more absolutely delicious hazelnut lattes every day, warm liquid candy down my throat.
I stopped when I started getting heart palpatations.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:43:55 PM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Hmmm, that is a
little unobservant of you, lol.
If you don't mind, go sample some at your convenience and give us a review on this thread. I'd be very interested to read it.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:46:35 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Skooz
My espresso is so full of caffeine I can't drink it past 7:00 pm or I'll be up all night. It is much higher in caffeine than my drip coffee.
Thats not quite true,Drip in general has more Caffine. What kind of Espresso drink do you have?
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:54:18 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
(For Gosh Sake MCI, NO MORE JAMES TAYLOR !!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: SJackson
I fail to understand why people swear off caffeine, unless they personally have a bad reaction to it. I also don't get decaffeinated coffee. That makes about as much sense To me as non-alcoholic wine or beer or no drowsiness sleeping pills.
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posted on
04/13/2004 3:59:20 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: blackdog
Yeah? Then why do I get all buzzy and wiry and my lips start tingling after I pull a few shots of espresso? Doesn't happen when I drink my normal autodrip.
THis is all kind of apples to oranges though. Only at starbucks is a small called tall and a medium called grande.
And if you read your Folgers can it says to use 1 tablespoon per 6 ounces of water. I was taught to make coffee with three scoops per pot, period. Make according to the instructions and it's going to be pretty strong.
Bottom line, they took away my beer, they're workin' on my cigarettes, and they're not gettin' my coffee away from me.
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posted on
04/13/2004 4:00:53 PM PDT
by
johnb838
("I really don't care; they're all gonna die," Lance Cpl. Ryan Christensen)
To: Skooz
He shouldn't waste his money on that cheap steam driven POC.
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posted on
04/13/2004 4:01:48 PM PDT
by
johnb838
("I really don't care; they're all gonna die," Lance Cpl. Ryan Christensen)
To: FatherOfLiberty
Coffee ping!
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posted on
04/13/2004 4:04:03 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: jimbokun
I gots a bad-ass espresso maker and a 9mm auto. They best better not come a'knockin.
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posted on
04/13/2004 4:04:18 PM PDT
by
johnb838
("I really don't care; they're all gonna die," Lance Cpl. Ryan Christensen)
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