Coffee and Caffeine FAQ

I love coffee. I enjoyed strong coffee yet have discovered that it is not always best for me to indulge- or overindulge.

I had been using 60 grams of ground coffee ( I buy the roasted beans and then grind them as and when needed ) for a 1050 ml.

this makes a truly strong coffee.

much too strong actually.

a more reasonable coffee amount for the average coffee drinker would be 25- 30 grams.

I have a scale that I use to measure the amount.

My scoop contains 25 grams of ground coffee.

So i have been using that amount now to make my coffee.

This amount of coffee with it's caffeine is much easier on my system than drinking coffee made with twice that amount.

The comment about a tbsp being 15 grams refers to the fact that a tablespoon is equivalent to 15 ml. Based upon it's density , 15 ml of water has a mass of 15 grams.
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Many people assume thereafter that a tablespoon of anything has a mass of 15 grams.

The amount of caffeine that was in my original recipe ( 60 grams of ground coffee ) would have been closer to the far end of the scale of reported caffeine amounts per 175ml.
the ranges I have read state amounts anywhere from 70- 150 grams.

based upon the effects, I would hazard a guess that i was getting 150 grams minimum per cup of coffee. ~ 175 ml - 220ml suggested serving size.
I don't know anyone who drinks that piddly amount of coffee. maybe 9 year olds do. I don't know.

The cup I use is larger than that. It was about 425 ml.

I was having 3 of these per day.

So my caffeine intake was 450- 600 mg per day. minimum. quite possibly more than that.

After a week, I realized that something wasn't right. and adjusted accordingly.

Now the 25 grams works. Friends can enjoy a cup of my coffee without using excessive amounts of cream and sugar.

I am working on getting my coffeine consumption down to one of my cups per day.

it is a hard habit to break. ( chicago sings a song of the same name about something else yet it applies equally well to coffee )