Beverages that only have one thing in common with our beloved black drink: their name. If your aim is not to obtain that extra burst of energy but instead to consume less caffeine, you can try the classic light alternatives: barley coffee and chicory coffee. Quite the contrary: the larger amount of water contained in the cup means that more caffeine is extracted, between 70 and 120 mg. A characteristic that often proves misleading, as many presume that the blander flavour is the sign of a lighter beverage. Like in the classic American coffee, long coffee has a much lower concentration of aromas, as it is a beverage of approximately 130-170 millilitres. It contains a quantity of caffeine between 30 and 60 mg, which also varies depending on whether it is made using the moka pot or the espresso machine, or whether it’s a Turkish coffee etc. Caffè cortoĬaffè corto is the normal espresso, which corresponds to about 30-50 millilitres in the cup. In fact it’s the exact opposite: this is the lightest type of coffee because it contains the least amount of caffeine. But nothing could be further from the truth. The high concentration of coffee has favoured the circulation of the popular belief that ristretto coffee is as strong as it gets. The average caffè ristretto contains about 15-25 millilitres of beverage. Instead grinding coffee to a fine texture makes it stronger because in this way when the water passes through it, all the substances contained in the coffee are extracted more easily.Īside from the weather conditions and the process used to prepare the beans, how we make our cup of espresso can significantly change the content of caffeine it contains: let’s see how. In particular, this can happen due to the intensity of the roasting: if the beans are roasted until they become very dark, this can (slightly) reduce the presence of caffeine.
When the different varieties of beans arrive at the roasting house, they are subject to roasting and grinding processes, which in turn have consequences on the coffee’s caffeine content. And naturally, the next phase of the coffee-making process can also influence the presence of this substance in the beans. To answer this question, first we must make a short trip to the plantations: indeed variable weather conditions can already significantly affect the quantity of caffeine in coffee, even within the same variety of arabica or robusta. We’ve all wondered this, sooner or later: which is the strongest coffee? Long, short or ristretto? Then, there are people who must restrict their intake of caffeine during pregnancy, and those who simply don’t want to overdo it.
Some people yearn for an extra little burst of energy, while others fear having to count sheep until dawn.
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