quikblade Junior Member Joined: 9 Sep 2009 Posts: 19 Location: Canada Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Sun Oct 25, 2009, 1:32am Subject: coffee's caffeine content
Hello group :) I have a question regarding coffee's caffeine content. I know that "old" coffee(i.e. sitting on a shelf for a while) can influence the way your coffee can taste. But can coffee that's been sitting a shelf for too long "drop down" in caffeine %? A lot of the not-so-popular coffee brands at the local grocery store appear to not give me my usual kick. The price range for these brands is in between the REALLY low end ones(Folgers, Maxwell House etc) and the expensive ones, so I'm thinking they should give out more caffeine than they do. I'm confused.
I don't believe so. Caffeine is a natural process of which the coffee bean produces to ward of predators from eating it because it's bitter. However I do know that Folgers and Maxwell House, along with many other brands, use low-end Robusta beans in their coffees. In order to make them not EXTREMELY bitter they wash them and steam them to remove any form of taste from them. This also includes removing the higher caffeine content from them.
However if they do not give you your usual kick (I'm assuming you drink it on a regular basis), do you drink coffee elsewhere? Possibly been getting a few shots of espresso from somewhere in the morning/afternoon? Caffeine is a drug and you will build a tolerance to it over time. I myself require 7 double shots to get to a point where I can feel that it is having a major effect on me.
Caffeine is a drug and you will build a tolerance to it over time. I myself require 7 double shots to get to a point where I can feel that it is having a major effect on me.
I don't believe so. Caffeine is a natural process of which the coffee bean produces to ward of predators from eating it because it's bitter. However I do know that Folgers and Maxwell House, along with many other brands, use low-end Robusta beans in their coffees. In order to make them not EXTREMELY bitter they wash them and steam them to remove any form of taste from them. This also includes removing the higher caffeine content from them.
However if they do not give you your usual kick (I'm assuming you drink it on a regular basis), do you drink coffee elsewhere? Possibly been getting a few shots of espresso from somewhere in the morning/afternoon? Caffeine is a drug and you will build a tolerance to it over time. I myself require 7 double shots to get to a point where I can feel that it is having a major effect on me.
that is actually shocking information. I didn't know my coffee beans have, in effect, been used to make coffee by other people other than i :) I only drink ONE coffee a day, and I don't believe you build any tolerance that way. If the coffee is adequate, I get a kick and energy thoughout the day, every day(using the same dosage). YMMV of course.
I've said it many times before, De-caf is the gods' way of letting us drink as much espresso as we want, even long after we've had our daily recommended allowance of caffeine.
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