Does espresso have more caffeine then coffee?

Answer 1

Yes and no. Espresso is very concentrated coffee but is served in small amounts. If you went to Starbucks and ordered a regular sized coffee (8 oz) and an espresso they'd both have about 35mg of caffeine in them. The espresso would only be about 1 oz so if you were to compare like for like amounts then the espresso would have 8 times the amount of caffeine.

These 2 websites tell you the amount of caffeine in all sorts of coffee and other drinks and lots other info as well...

http://coffeefaq.com/site/node/25
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/caffeine/caffeine_corner.htm

Answer 2

First off, espresso IS coffee. The term espresso is a type of dark roast. Evolved from French Roast which was originally used with the espresso machine.

All us Americans need to thank our Muslim friends for Coffee. They brought it to us centuries ago. Left bags of beans behind during the crusades. Franciscan monks made the first beverages from it using milk and honey. Hence the term "capuchino" for the Capuchin monk who invented it.

Back to the subject at hand, the answer to your question is YES. But not for the reason you think.

Coffee beans come in two kinds. Arabica and Robusta. Canned coffee, like Yuban and Folders comes from Robusta beans. Cheap, prolific coffee. Robusta beans have TWO percent caffeine. Coffee that you get in specialty stores like Pete's, Starbuck's and Gloria Jeans is Arabica Beans. More difficult to grow. Arabica has ONE percent caffeine.

So if you're buying canned espresso, it has twice the caffeine of a latte you got from Pete's.

Also perked coffee contains far more caffeine because it is repeatedly cycled through the beans. Drip coffee contains less caffeine.

As I said, Espresso is a roast. Like French, Espresso is a very dark roast. The coffee flavor comes from oil in the beans more than the beans themselves. So the darker the roast the more dried the beans have become. The more dry, the less oil remains. You can use espresso roast in your drip coffee maker, but that doesn't have any more caffeine than any other roast. It actually contains less than some lighter roasts.

A 'light roast' or a "green" coffee will have more caffeine because it has been dried less. It retains more oil and thus more flavor.

We silly people just like to think because it is dark and tastes strong it has more caffeine and "amps us up." Just like when you give someone a non-alcoholic beer but you put it in a glass so they can't see the bottle, then don't tell them it's non alcoholic. After two or three they're start acting like they're drunk.

Unless you meant the machine. Drip coffee vs Pressure.

The amount of caffeine is the same as long as the type of coffee you use is the same and the same amount OF coffee.

A single shot of espresso has more caffeine than your average cup of coffee - because:

Your average cup of drip coffee is ONE scoop of coffee per 6 ounce of water. Your average shot of espresso is TWO scoops of coffee to one ounce of water.

Double the coffee, double the caffeine.

However, if you're having a latte, you're adding heated milk which will put you to sleep. Unless it's soy.

Answer 3

No, espresso coffee has less caffeine than a normal coffee
this happens because time for brewing an espresso is only about 20 seconds

Answer 4

A single serving of espresso may contain less caffeine than a cup of regular coffee. One factor is the darkness of the roast. Darker roasts contain less caffeine. Also, many specialty coffee shops use arabica coffee beans, which contain significantly less caffeine than the robusta beans used in many of the canned supermarket coffees.
Check out the website below, it's very interesting!

Answer 5

True to the above, no there's actually less. since the water is forced thru SO fast there's not a lot of time for the water to pull out as much caffine as there would be in a slow drip coffee!!
Kinda makes sense huh? slow drip coffee takes 5+ minutes to make....espresso...15-20 seconds! on average!

Answer 6

No, espresso actually has less caffeine than coffee. The general rule is the darker the bean = the stronger the flavor = the less caffeine actually present in the bean.

Answer 7

No. One serving of espresso has the same amount of caffeine as one serving of coffee, despite what most people think.

Answer 8

Espresso is roasted longer than regular coffee beans, the longer the roast, the less caffeniated the resulting beverage is.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Yes it does. More effective and bitter. But great! Specially if it came from Starbucks Coffee!