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The caffeine chart: 46 drinks, verified and ranked

This is the caffeine chart for every drink we have verified: 46 drinks, each number checked against the manufacturer's data or USDA FoodData Central and linked to its full sourced guide. Sorted by caffeine per ounce, because concentration is what most charts hide. For a side-by-side of any two, use the interactive comparison tool.

The chart

Drink Caffeine Serving Per fl oz
5-hour Energy Extra Strength 230mg 1.93 oz shot 119.2mg
5-hour Energy (regular) 200mg 1.93 oz shot 103.6mg
espresso 63mg 1 oz shot 63.0mg
RISE Nitro Cold Brew (Original Black) 180mg 7 oz can 25.7mg
Starbucks Pike Place (grande) 310mg 16 oz grande 19.4mg
Bang 300mg 16 oz can 18.8mg
Reign Total Body Fuel 300mg 16 oz can 18.8mg
La Colombe Draft Latte 155mg 9 oz can 17.2mg
Celsius Essentials 270mg 16 oz can 16.9mg
Celsius 200mg 12 oz can 16.7mg
Prime Energy 200mg 12 oz can 16.7mg
Alani Nu 200mg 12 oz can 16.7mg
Super Coffee 200mg 12 oz bottle 16.7mg
Starbucks canned Nitro (Black) 155mg 9.6 oz can 16.1mg
Dunkin hot coffee (medium) 210mg 14 oz medium 15.0mg
SToK Extra Bold cold brew 170mg 12 oz serving 14.2mg
ZOA 160mg 12 oz can 13.3mg
Starbucks cold brew (grande) 205mg 16 oz grande 12.8mg
Dunkin iced coffee (medium) 297mg 24 oz medium 12.4mg
brewed coffee 95mg 8 oz cup 11.9mg
Monster 160mg 16 oz can 10.0mg
Rockstar Original 160mg 16 oz can 10.0mg
Baskin Robbins Cappuccino Blast (medium) 234mg 24 oz medium 9.8mg
Red Bull 80mg 8.4 oz can 9.5mg
International Delight iced coffee 88mg 12 oz serving 7.3mg
Dunkin Sparkd Energy (medium) 144mg 24 oz medium 6.0mg
brewed black tea 47mg 8 oz cup 5.9mg
English breakfast tea 47mg 8 oz cup 5.9mg
Mountain Dew Zero Sugar 68mg 12 oz can 5.7mg
Sun Drop 64mg 12 oz can 5.3mg
Mountain Dew 54mg 12 oz can 4.5mg
Mello Yello 51mg 12 oz can 4.2mg
Dunkin Refresher (medium) 99mg 24 oz medium 4.1mg
Diet Coke 46mg 12 oz can 3.8mg
Dr Pepper 41mg 12 oz can 3.4mg
Pepsi 38mg 12 oz can 3.2mg
Pure Leaf black iced tea 54mg 18.5 oz bottle 2.9mg
Diet Pepsi 35mg 12 oz can 2.9mg
Coca-Cola Classic 34mg 12 oz can 2.8mg
Big Red 34mg 12 oz can 2.8mg
Starbucks London Fog 40mg 16 oz grande (40mg at every size) 2.5mg
Twisted Tea 30mg 12 oz bottle 2.5mg
Snapple iced tea 37mg 16 oz bottle 2.3mg
Barq's root beer 22mg 12 oz can 1.8mg
Sunkist Orange 19mg 12 oz can 1.6mg
Peace Tea 23mg 23 oz can 1.0mg

Every row links to the guide where that number is verified and cited. Ranges (like hand-brewed tea that varies by steep) are deliberately excluded from this chart and covered in their own guides with honest ranges.

How to read it

Per-serving is what you drink; per-ounce is how it hits. A 1.93 oz energy shot and a 24 oz iced coffee can carry similar totals with completely different curves. For context, the FDA cites 400mg of caffeine a day as an amount generally not associated with negative effects in healthy adults. Tolerance varies; this is information, not advice.

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