![]() But even that's not always true-as you can see in the fairly big ranges of caffeine levels.īut tea doesn't only have caffeine (an upper). On a general level, the darker (more oxidized) the tea leaf, the more caffeine it has. Here's a breakdown of the many kinds of tea and their natural caffeine levels: ![]() Like coffee, tea is grown all around the world, with thousands of genetic varieties, and processed several ways-and this leads to varying amounts of caffeine naturally. And if you go up to 16 ounces of black coffee, the difference is even higher.Ĭaffeine In Tea: Not As Simple As Many Think So if you drink 12 ounces, you end up with 100-180mg… which is potentially 2-3x as much caffeine as a double shot of espresso in a latte or cappuccino. When you consider serving size, it's actually pretty close, with black coffee coming in slightly higher (on average).īut there's more to the story: most people drink more than 8-ounces of black coffee. That's for an 8-ounce cup, so 8-15mg of caffeine per ounce. That's for ~2 ounces of liquid, so 30-50mg of caffeine per ounce.Ī mug of black coffee typically has between 65mg and 120mg. Most people assume that espresso drinks are way stronger than regular black coffee… but that assumption is wrong.Ī regular double shot of espresso has between 60mg and 100mg of caffeine. There's a lot of misinformation when it comes to caffeine in black coffee and espresso.
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