On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 09:21:25PM +0800, David Savage wrote: > I was watching a documentary about the history of coffee, coffee > production & it's cultural importance a few months ago. > > They said in this program that because the water in espresso machines > is passed through the coffee grinds under pressure, it results in a > drink with a stronger flavour but with a lower caffeine content. The > drip style brewing machines stew the coffee which increases the > caffeine level.
Yep. I saw a table the other day that showed just how much caffeine there was in various kinds of coffee. A single cup of drip coffee (even freshly made) has around triple the caffeine of an espresso. That was comparing Starbucks-to-Starbucks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
