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Starbucks Refreshers Caffeine Compared to Everything

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Starbucks Refreshers has about 45mg of caffeine per 16 oz grande. This page lines it up against every drink we have compared it to, sorted strongest first, so you can see exactly where it lands. Every number is the standard published value, sourced on each comparison page.

How Starbucks Refreshers compares

Matchup The other drink
Starbucks Refreshers vs Starbucks Pike Place (grande) 310mg per 16 oz grande
Starbucks Refreshers vs Bang 300mg per 16 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Reign Total Body Fuel 300mg per 16 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Death Wish Coffee (brewed) 300mg per 8 oz brewed
Starbucks Refreshers vs Dunkin iced coffee (medium) 297mg per 24 oz medium
Starbucks Refreshers vs Dunkin hot coffee (medium) 210mg per 14 oz medium
Starbucks Refreshers vs Starbucks cold brew (grande) 205mg per 16 oz grande
Starbucks Refreshers vs Celsius 200mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Prime Energy 200mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Alani Nu 200mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs 5-hour Energy (regular) 200mg per 1.93 oz shot
Starbucks Refreshers vs Super Coffee 200mg per 12 oz bottle
Starbucks Refreshers vs C4 Performance Energy 200mg per 16 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Monster 160mg per 16 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Rockstar Original 160mg per 16 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Peet's brewed coffee 150mg per 8 oz cup
Starbucks Refreshers vs Guayaki Yerba Mate (can) 150mg per 15.5 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso & Cream 120mg per 6.5 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs brewed coffee 95mg per 8 oz cup
Starbucks Refreshers vs yerba mate 85mg per 8 oz cup
Starbucks Refreshers vs Red Bull 80mg per 8.4 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Water Joe (caffeinated water) 70mg per 16.9 oz bottle
Starbucks Refreshers vs espresso 63mg per 1 oz shot
Starbucks Refreshers vs matcha 60mg per 8 oz cup (1 tsp, ~2g)
Starbucks Refreshers vs Bai Antioxidant Infusion 55mg per 18 oz bottle
Starbucks Refreshers vs Mountain Dew 54mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs brewed black tea 47mg per 8 oz cup
Starbucks Refreshers vs Diet Coke 46mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Dr Pepper 41mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Pepsi 38mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs Coca-Cola Classic 34mg per 12 oz can
Starbucks Refreshers vs brewed green tea 28mg per 8 oz cup

Every Starbucks Refreshers comparison

For context, the FDA cites 400mg of caffeine a day as an amount generally not associated with negative effects in healthy adults. Tolerance and health vary, so treat these numbers as information, not advice.

Compare it yourself

Want a matchup that is not listed? The caffeine comparison tool puts Starbucks Refreshers against any of 85 drinks, and the full caffeine chart shows everything at once.

FAQ

How much caffeine is in Starbucks Refreshers? About 45mg per 16 oz grande, the standard published figure.

What has more caffeine than Starbucks Refreshers? Among the drinks compared here, Starbucks Pike Place (grande) is at the strong end with 310mg per 16 oz grande.

What has less caffeine than Starbucks Refreshers? On the lighter end, brewed green tea has 28mg per 8 oz cup.

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