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Espresso vs. Drip Coffee - Which Has More Caffeine?

by Acm Aust CEO
Ever since the first espresso maker was invented, the coffee type has gained tremendous popularity for plenty of things. Two of the main reasons for this astounding fame are that espresso packs in a lot of caffeine and it is snobby. Although the latter has been settled, the former one still stands to be a matter of belief. Because many people are of the opinion that drip coffee contains more caffeine than espresso. In order to see if this conjecture is true or not, we will have to take a look at how different are the brewing methods of the two java types:

Uncommon Grounds
First of all, let’s start by going through the distinctions between the grounds. Beans that are destined to be espresso are grinded more finely than those utilised in drip brewers. This is because espresso coffee machines make use of pressurised water which would shoot directly through coarse grounds. As soon as hot water comes into contact with the grinded beans, it extracts caffeine and oils from it. The less is the surface area of the grounds, the less caffeine they would release. In that regard, espresso has an upper hand over drip due to its fine grounds.

Temperature
The next step is adding water, and there are only two ways by which water can affect extraction. Beginning with the temperature, cold water extracts better than hot water. Espresso makers keep the temperature of water higher than drip machines, which means that they can pull out more caffeine from the grinded beans.

Time plays an important role as well, because grounds that stay in the water longer would add more caffeine to it. But this is where drip machines have the edge over their rival espresso makers. The former ones have a brewing time of 3 to 6 minutes, while the latter take about 22 seconds for brewing coffee.

By Numbers
Now is the time to see which coffee type actually packs in a higher concentration of caffeine. According to coffee connoisseurs, 28 grams of espresso contains about 30 to 50 milligrams of caffeine, whereas the same amount of its drip counterpart holds around 8 to 15 milligrams.

From the above mentioned differences, it is clearly evident that espresso is the winner. This takes us back to the fact we stated earlier about the reputation of espresso at the beginning of this article. It is the same reason why many a reputed espresso coffee machine supplier is seeing a rise in their overall sales nowadays.

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