Thursday, January 22, 2009

Caf Content of Your Fav Bev

Hopefully after reading the post from a few days ago, many of you are looking for ways to cut back on caffeine. A pretty extensive list of caffeine content of coffee, tea (iced and hot), soda, energy drinks, desserts, and over the counter pills and medications can be found at the Center for Science in the Public Interest's website but here are the basics:

Coffee (depends on the brew and brand) 8 oz. 102-200 mg
Espresso 1 oz. 75 mg
Tea (hot) 8 oz. 40-120 mg
Tea (iced) 8 0z. 5-20 mg
Soft drinks
Coke 8 oz. 23 mg
Diet Coke 8 oz. 31 mg
Vault 8 oz. 47 mg
Mountain Dew 8 oz. 28 mg
Root Beer- Barq's 8 oz. 38 mg
Mug 8 oz. 0 mg
Sprite 8 oz. 0 mg
Energy Drinks 8 oz. 48-300 mg

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