First, a latte is not comparable to a brewed coffee. Dunkin’s latte is above average at 250mg/20oz, but their Starbucks’ brewed coffee is actually substantially stronger, containing 410mg/20oz (!!!). Their blonde roast is sitting at 475mg/20oz.
Second, while Dunkin is above average in many regards, I wouldn’t call it particularly “extreme”. That terminology is a consequence of the objectives of the website. The figure you originally cited (95mg) is for a generic 8oz cup of coffee. Multiplying that by 2.5 yields 237.5mg/20oz, which isn’t all that much lower than Dunkin’s 270mg.
As you pointed out, energy drinks traditionally have a lower caffeine content than coffee. This is starting to change with newer offerings in the space, but I have no disagreement there.
Once again, the caffeine content of the lemonade isn’t the problem, but rather the insane number of reports of people buying it without knowing that it is caffeinated.
Sounds simple but…
Charged lemonade has 390 milligrams of caffeine. Coffee has 95. That is an insanely caffeinated beverage.
There have been stores that haven’t marked the lemonade as caffeinated.
People don’t suspect lemonade as having caffeine let alone vastly more than a red bull (111 mg)
I just checked, and a 20 oz serving of “Charged Lemonade” contains 260mg of caffeine. For comparison, a 20 oz cup of Dunkin coffee contains 270mg.
I find it deeply concerning that a customer can buy this stuff without knowing it’s caffeinated, but it isn’t any more caffeinated than coffee.
That site says the Dunkin coffee you linked to “contains extreme levels of caffeine.”
A 20 Oz is a Venti at Starbucks as well. A venti latte has 170 mg. (data pulled from same site)
A Red Bull contains 80mg.
https://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffeine-content/red-bull
First, a latte is not comparable to a brewed coffee. Dunkin’s latte is above average at 250mg/20oz, but their Starbucks’ brewed coffee is actually substantially stronger, containing 410mg/20oz (!!!). Their blonde roast is sitting at 475mg/20oz.
Second, while Dunkin is above average in many regards, I wouldn’t call it particularly “extreme”. That terminology is a consequence of the objectives of the website. The figure you originally cited (95mg) is for a generic 8oz cup of coffee. Multiplying that by 2.5 yields 237.5mg/20oz, which isn’t all that much lower than Dunkin’s 270mg.
As you pointed out, energy drinks traditionally have a lower caffeine content than coffee. This is starting to change with newer offerings in the space, but I have no disagreement there.
Once again, the caffeine content of the lemonade isn’t the problem, but rather the insane number of reports of people buying it without knowing that it is caffeinated.
I had to look up what 20oz is in washing machines or whatever
It’s 590 ml 😳
Who the fuck is buying coffees that size?!?
I dunno, but they aren’t drinking three of them and then dropping dead like they are at Panera.