Caffeine - Nectar of the Gods
The drug of choice for most working parents. How could we cope through the day without our caffeine?
Having so much to do we often have to stay up late at night. When the kids go to sleep and the husband winds down, the magic hour begins. No kids to interrupt. No phones to interrupt. No husband to interrupt. Email is quieter as most of my clients are offline (although there are two right now who still insist on emailing me at 11:30 at night, then wanting to know why I haven’t responded yet at 8:30 a.m. the next morning).
But… I’m tired too… I’ve been up since 6 a.m. and my nice warm bed with my nice warm husband in it is beckoning.
But… my day starts early tomorrow with a 6:45 a.m. BNI meeting, then followed by a Membership Committee meeting, then a committee meeting at UB, then after all those meetings only about 45 minutes left to do any actual work before I have to come home to get my kids off the bus. I hate meetings, as nothing productive ever seems to happen.
Tonight is it. Time for Caffeine! It will give me at least an hour and a half of productive work before I crash and burn.
How much caffeine is in a cup of coffee?
A typical cup of coffee has about 85 mg, if you brewed it yourself and don’t make it too strong. I heard somewhere that Starbucks has about 3 times the amount of caffeine — so about 210 mg.
Tea usually contains less caffeine — on average about 27 mg per cup, but that ranges again by how strong you make it, how long you brew it.
Surprisingly — chocolate seems to have more caffeine. A cup of hot chocolate can contain over 150 mg.
Colas usually are fairly low, like tea. They contain on average about 40 mg of caffeine per can.
Here is some more information: http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/poison/caffeine/caffeine.htm
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