Archive for June 10th, 2010
It’s no secret that Americans love their caffeine, but do you really know how much you are consuming? I was baffled when I recently discovered that a Venti latte from Starbucks contains over 400mg of caffeine; I used to be concerned about Red Bull, which in comparison has a paltry 75mg. As a frequent patron of Starbucks—I go at least twice a day—it became apparent that I would have to do something to curtail my coffee fixation.
Eliminating coffee from my daily routine was out of the question, so I decided to begin brewing my own java in order to monitor my caffeine intake. One of my friends had a couple of Solis espresso machines and offered to let me have the extra at a discount. Now I can brew my own coffee and carefully measure each serving.