Waking up has never been easy for me. With two kids climbing on the bus for school at the crack of dawn, I drink a cup of English Breakfast tea or coffee every morning for a quick pick me up. Will coffee or tea going to give me more of a caffeine kick? A Starbucks Vanilla Latte sounds mellow, but it has 150 mg of caffeine compared to a 16 oz Dunkin' Donuts cup at 143-206 mg. As for tea, a 16 oz. Starbucks Tazo Chai Tea Latte has 100 mg. Who knows, maybe next time I'm feeling a bit sluggish in the morning I'll really go wild and grab a cup of ice cream. Did you know that 8 oz. of Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch has a whopping 84 mg of caffeine. And two tablets of Excedrin, Extra Strength has 130 mg.
According to research by the USDA as reported by the MayoClinic.com the following coffees, teas, and other drinks include the following amounts of caffeine. Note that the caffeine amount listed is specific to the size of the cup tested.
Coffee Caffeine
(milligrams)
Dunkin' Donuts, brewed, 16 oz (480 mL) 143-206
Generic brewed, 8 oz (240 mL) 95-200
Generic brewed, decaffeinated, 8 oz (240 mL) 2-12
Generic instant, 8 oz (240 mL) 27-173
Generic instant, decaffeinated, 8 oz (240 mL) 2-12
Starbucks Espresso, 1 oz (30 mL) 58-75
Starbucks Vanilla Latte, 16 oz (480 mL) 150
Brewed tea
Black tea, 8 oz (240 mL) 40-120
Black tea, decaffeinated, 8 oz (240 mL) 2-10
Starbucks Tazo Chai Tea Latte, 16 oz (480 mL) 100
Stash Premium Green, 6 oz (180 mL) 26
Iced Tea
AriZona Green Tea, 16 oz (480 mL) 15
Generic instant mix, unsweetened, 1 tsp (5 mL) 27
Generic instant mix, decaffeinated,
unsweetened, 1 tsp (5 mL) 1
Lipton Brisk Lemon Iced Tea, 12 oz (355 mL) 7
Nestea Iced Tea, 12 oz (355 mL) 26
Snapple Plain Unsweetened, 16 oz (480 mL) 18
Soft drink, 12 ounces (355 milliliters)
7Up, regular or diet 0
Barq's Root Beer, regular or diet 23
Coca-Cola Cherry, regular or diet 35
Coca-Cola Classic 35
Coca-Cola Zero 35
Diet Coke and Diet Coke With Lime 47
Dr Pepper, regular or diet 42-44
Fanta, all flavors 0
Mello Yello 53
Mountain Dew, regular or diet 54
Mountain Dew Code Red, regular or diet 54
Mug Root Beer, regular or diet 0
Pepsi, regular or diet 36-38
Sprite, regular or diet 0
TaB 47
Vault 71
Wild Cherry Pepsi, regular or diet 38
Sports or energy drink
AMP, 8.4 oz (250 mL) 74
Enviga, 12 oz (355 mL) 100
Full Throttle, 16 oz (480 mL) 144
Monster Energy, 16 oz (480 mL) 160
No Fear, 8 oz (240 mL) 83
No Name (formerly known as Cocaine),
8.4 oz (250 mL) 280
Red Bull, 8.3 oz (250 mL) 76
Rockstar, 8 oz (240 mL) 80
Other Products with Caffeine
Candy and gum
Foosh Energy Mints, 1 mint 100
Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar, 1.55 oz (43 g) 9
Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate bar,
1.45 oz (41 g) 31
Jolt Caffeine-Energy Gum, 1 stick 33
Ice cream
Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch,
8 oz (208 g) 84
Haagen-Dazs Coffee ice cream, 8 oz (212 g) 58
Starbucks Coffee ice cream, 8 oz (200 g) 50-60
Medication
Anacin, Maximum Strength, 2 tablets 64
Excedrin, Extra Strength, 2 tablets 130
NoDoz, Maximum Strength, 1 tablet 200
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