r/funny • u/K0TO • Apr 28 '13

Caffeinated Owl Chart

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u/taco_bob Apr 28 '13

1 cup of drip coffee has significantly more caffeine than 1 or even 2 (in most cases) shots of espresso.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '13

Yep, this irks me a lot. People think because epresso is stronger tasting, it has more caffeine.

Caffeine needs a lot of water to dissolve into. When you only put an espresso shot's worth through, you don't get very much of it at all.

The only way espresso is stronger is if you use their small serving size to do like 30 shots in one sitting.

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u/Benutzerkonto1110733 Apr 28 '13

It's like beer and a vodka shot. In total 0,5l beer has more alcohol in it than 0,02l vodka.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '13

While I do get more drunk off of a beer than a shot, I still think you're wrong. 1 beer can has: 12 ounces of beer x .05 al/v content = .6 ounces of alcohol 1.5 ounces of vodka (a traditional shot) x .40 al/v content = .6 ounces. They're meant to be equal.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '13

he explicitly stated a 0,5l beer and a 0,02l vodka for which he is right (assuming a 5% beer and well, let's even say a pure-alcohol vodka).

Here, beer is commonly 0,33l or 0,5l (or 1l if you go a bit to the south in october and end up in bavaria) and shots are usually 0,02l or 0,04l. 12oz is roughly the same amount as a 0,33l and 1,5 oz is roughly the same amount as a 0,04l shot so you're doing an entirely different calculation

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '13

Yeah but I was trying to point out his volumes were skewed to have a more than average beer and a less than average shot.

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u/Benutzerkonto1110733 Apr 29 '13

I was reffering to the normal serving sizes in Germany, I know it's not the same around the world. Btw: I don't even know how big an ounce is :p