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Which Community Coffee has the most caffeine in it?
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:33 pm
I normally drink Community Dark Roast. A friend told me the darker the roast, the less caffeine. Is this true?
Which CC has the most caffeine?
TIA.
Which CC has the most caffeine?
TIA.
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Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:33 pm to Fishwater
quote:correct
A friend told me the darker the roast, the less caffeine. Is this true?
roasting burns off caffeine
light roast has most caffeine
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:34 pm to Fishwater
quote:
A friend told me the darker the roast, the less caffeine. Is this true?
Wow. Thought this was pretty common knowledge.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:35 pm to Rouge
so medium roast is best bet for bold-ish taste and good caffeine?
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:35 pm to Rouge
quote:
correct
roasting burns off caffeine
light roast has most caffeine
Hmm. Did not know that.
Getting OT educated, one thread at a time.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:35 pm to Fishwater
quote:
A friend told me the darker the roast, the less caffeine
your friend is a genius
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:36 pm to DLauw
quote:i would agree with this statement
so medium roast is best bet for bold-ish taste and good caffeine?
i use cafe special. it's a blend of light, med, and dark roasts
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:37 pm to Fishwater
whichever makes me shite out all the whiskey I drank the night before the quickest. 
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:38 pm to Fishwater
quote:
Which CC has the most caffeine?
They actually have a light roast out now, that would be the correct answer.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:39 pm to RealityTiger
Not coffee but chai tea FTW has the most caffeine
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:41 pm to Rouge
Yes or No, considering the information from a past issue of "Roast" Magazine--and yes, there is one.
Confused, yet?
quote:
It really depends on how you measure the caffeine. When coffee is roasted the beans loose some water content (somewhere in the 20% range give or take a few percent). At the same time it is losing weight it is gaining size. This leads to a situation that makes answering this question a little interesting.
Assuming all other variables are the same, if you measure by weight you actually have more caffeine in dark roast because the water loss is faster than the minimal caffeine loss during roasting. If you measure by volume you have less caffeine because the beans expand as they roast. This seems to confuse some people so let me restate the above. If you measure your coffee using a scoop you will have less caffeine per cup using dark roast coffee. If you measure your coffee by weight you will have more caffeine per cup using a dark roast. The difference one way or the other is small. If you are buying a cup of coffee and the coffee is measured by weight (common with prepacked coffee used in many offices and some restaurants) then dark roast will have slightly more caffeine. If you buy a cup and the restaurant measures by volume (common when coffee is fresh ground and measured on the fly) then light roast will be slightly higher in caffeine simply because you will have more coffee grounds. This is really only an issue if you are talking about two identical coffees and even then the differences are small. It is conceivable if you are comparing two available brewed coffees that a difference in varietals between them could make the have as much effect as the roast and the preparation method will almost certainly had a larger effect than the roast level or varietal. If there is a Robusta in one of the coffees it is almost guaranteed to have more caffeine. This is mostly an academic discussion because the differences in caffeine content are relatively small.
Confused, yet?
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:42 pm to Fishwater
The one that tastes like shite.
Oh wait
Oh wait
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:42 pm to Fishwater
Try their iced coffee (Sumatra). Depending on the location, they put vanilla in it. I can't stand that shite.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:51 pm to parrotdr
quote:
It really depends on how you measure the caffeine. When coffee is roasted the beans loose some water content (somewhere in the 20% range give or take a few percent). At the same time it is losing weight it is gaining size. This leads to a situation that makes answering this question a little interesting.
Assuming all other variables are the same, if you measure by weight you actually have more caffeine in dark roast because the water loss is faster than the minimal caffeine loss during roasting. If you measure by volume you have less caffeine because the beans expand as they roast. This seems to confuse some people so let me restate the above. If you measure your coffee using a scoop you will have less caffeine per cup using dark roast coffee. If you measure your coffee by weight you will have more caffeine per cup using a dark roast. The difference one way or the other is small. If you are buying a cup of coffee and the coffee is measured by weight (common with prepacked coffee used in many offices and some restaurants) then dark roast will have slightly more caffeine. If you buy a cup and the restaurant measures by volume (common when coffee is fresh ground and measured on the fly) then light roast will be slightly higher in caffeine simply because you will have more coffee grounds. This is really only an issue if you are talking about two identical coffees and even then the differences are small. It is conceivable if you are comparing two available brewed coffees that a difference in varietals between them could make the have as much effect as the roast and the preparation method will almost certainly had a larger effect than the roast level or varietal. If there is a Robusta in one of the coffees it is almost guaranteed to have more caffeine. This is mostly an academic discussion because the differences in caffeine content are relatively small.
And that is why I stick with Medium. I'm never getting the most, but I will be getting the second most.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:57 pm to Rouge
quote:
i use cafe special. it's a blend of light, med, and dark roasts
I went to the store for some Between Roast a while back and they had changed all the blends. I settled on the Cafe Special also.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 3:54 pm to Rohan2Reed
quote:
A friend told me the darker the roast, the less caffeine. Is this true?
Wow. Thought this was pretty common knowledge.
It's not common knowledge because it is not necessarily true.
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