# Amazing but High Caffeine Coffee **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [November 25, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439 "2008-11-25T16:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/1 "2008-11-25T16:34:11Z")
I’m not a coffee drinker, but I would like to buy some nice stuff for a friend who is a caffeine junky. I don’t think she’s particularly a gourmet, so I’m aiming for something that would be impressively tasty (yet still very high caffeine) to even the non-connoisseur. I’ll be buying a bean blender to go with it, so whole beans are fine. Any recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/2 "2008-11-25T18:17:47Z")
We get our coffee from [Boca Java](http://www.bocajava.com/). We’ve also gotten it from [Green Mountain](http://greenmountaincoffee.com/). You want fresh fresh fresh. Don’t buy it off the store shelf…you have no idea how long it’s been there. I like the decaf flavored versions at night. Ivylad doesn’t like “blends,” but that’s a matter of taste. If he’s going to buy Hawaiian Kona or Jamacian Blue Mountain, he wants the real thing, not a “blend.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/3 "2008-11-25T18:31:38Z")
Go for the greener roasts too. The darker the roast, the more caffeine is lost. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/4 "2008-11-25T18:34:32Z")
Not really fancy or anything, but Stewart’s coffee makes [Red Eye](http://www.stewarts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=5536&Category_Code=RESBWAA), which has a whole lot of caffine in it. Seriously, this stuff should be used sparingly around those not used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/5 "2008-11-25T18:38:16Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Hawaiian Kona or Jamacian Blue Mountain So these would be the specific items I would want to look up on those sites? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/6 "2008-11-25T19:54:55Z")
Those are considered premium coffees and can be very expensive. I don’t know how much you want to spend, but the point I was trying to make is that if you’re going to buy one of those coffees, make sure it’s the real thing and not a “blend.” ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/7 "2008-11-25T19:58:39Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Those are considered premium coffees and can be very expensive. I don’t know how much you want to spend, but the point I was trying to make is that if you’re going to buy one of those coffees, make sure it’s the real thing and not a “blend.” I don’t know what is and isn’t the real thing and while I can certainly “avoid” things that have “blend” in the description, I really just want someone to link me to a page and say, “Buy that one!” And yes, I am looking for premium coffees. I’m probably targetting, dunno, a pound of coffee for under $100? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/8 "2008-11-25T20:01:42Z")
Well, there’s so many to choose from. **Qadgop** makes a good point…the less roasting, the more caffeine. You can try a sampler pack…but as long as you’re not buying Folger’s, you really can’t go wrong with the two sites that I linked to…and there may be more out there. And you can buy good coffee for easily less than $100 a pound. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-but-high-caffeine-coffee/474439/9 "2008-11-25T20:05:29Z")
Suspected. Though I would like to find something that’s not just good, but dunno, is particular, where you tried it and it while being a good coffee was distinctly its own thing and not just one of any number of high quality coffees.