# How much caffeine have you had today? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795 "2008-09-23T04:03:28Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/1 "2008-09-23T04:03:28Z")
According to [this](http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database) little website, I have consumed 397mg of caffeine today. I got up obscenely early with the hopes of finishing a lab write-up before class (which I didn’t manage to pull off) and chugged a can of Rockstar. Then I picked up a cup of coffee on my way to class. I had a Coke with lunch/throughout the afternoon, and then shortly before my evening class I had a mocha. How about you? ---
### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/2 "2008-09-23T04:08:03Z")
I have a pot of French Roast on weekends and telecommuting days, and today I had a Coke too. So… 1,200mg? 1,250? Somewhere around there. ---
### Author: ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/3 "2008-09-23T04:11:54Z")
None. So far today I’ve drunk only orange juice and water. ---
### Author: ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/4 "2008-09-23T04:16:06Z")
Also none. I pretty much just drink water. (Mostly because it’s free, from water fountains.) ---
### Author: ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/5 "2008-09-23T04:54:48Z")
None. Some days I eat some chocolate, but that’s usually my only source of caffeine. ---
### Author: ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/6 "2008-09-23T04:59:14Z")
None here, though I am running on very little sleep, so maybe I’ll dig into some 99% chocolate. Mmm, good stuff. ---
### Author: ![Azhure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Azhure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azhure) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/7 "2008-09-23T05:28:56Z")
About 78mg - my daily 250ml can of V. Some people at work try and tell me I shouldn’t drink a can of V every day - but then I ask how many coffees they have per day, compared to my 1 V and no coffee 😛 ---
### Author: ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/8 "2008-09-23T05:44:02Z")
2 twenty ounce bottles and 1 one liter bottle of Pepsi. 234 mg. ---
### Author: ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/9 "2008-09-23T05:53:36Z")
Wow, look at AMMO. 171 mg. per ounce. Yeah, they don’t reccommend doing it undiluted, because your brain would probably explode. ---
### Author: ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/10 "2008-09-23T12:17:07Z")
No so far. But some is bound to be had later in the day. ---
### Author: ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/11 "2008-09-23T12:20:20Z")
I have a Starbucks medium coffee sitting in front of me, so it will be 330 mgs soon enough. ---
### Author: ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/12 "2008-09-23T12:25:18Z")
1. It’s the end of the day, here, though. ---
### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/13 "2008-09-23T12:52:00Z")
Zero. ---
### Author: ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/14 "2008-09-23T13:04:14Z")
None, but I am waiting on my co-worker…and he just walked in! ---
### Author: ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/15 "2008-09-23T13:42:22Z")
None. I can’t have caffeine, it exacerbates my GERD. ---
### Author: ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/16 "2008-09-23T15:25:16Z")
Morning lattee, made in my own machine. About 5oz @ 51mg/oz: 255mg Store Brand diet cola (assume like Coke): 45 mg. At least two more cups of office Drip coffee are in my future before lunch: 210 mg each (it’s a big mug). A mere 721 mg is my likely intake before noon. I often have an afternoon cup, too, around 3:00 to get through the afternoon doldrums. Sleep is just a crutch, you know, for those who can’t handle caffeine. I got stuck up last night playing _Spore_. Damn space phase. ---
### Author: ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/17 "2008-09-23T16:15:57Z")
I’m working on my second glass of (home brewed) iced Earl Grey tea. I also had a can of Coke after breakfast. After this glass of iced tea, that will be it for the day, and almost never after 3:00 in the afternoon. ---
### Author: ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/18 "2008-09-23T16:49:38Z")
I start the day with four shots of espresso, or two doubles. That’s about 204 mg. ---
### Author: ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/19 "2008-09-23T17:01:04Z")
You know, I thought I consumed quite a lot but compared to some of you I am a featherweight. I appear to consume around 500 mg a day. Today is somewhat lacking as I skipped stopping at the coffee shop on my way back from the gym (oh who here in the humid deep south doesn’t want to cool down with a big ol’ cup of sugar free soy latte?). I feel strangely like I am cheating on the barista… ---
### Author: ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil) #### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795/20 "2008-09-23T17:59:27Z")
That’s a nifty little website. I’ve only had a Mountain Dew so far today, so my status is only “Caffeinated.” That’s probably all I’ll have, maybe a Pepsi. I don’t drink coffee or energy drinks, and honestly caffeine doesn’t actually affect me that much. Neither does sugar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-caffeine-have-you-had-today/464795.md?page=2)