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[martinuzz]

It's either that, or make the chocolate twice as expensive. And even then, it is still waaay too cheap to be able to provide a fair wage to the cacao farmers.
Everyone loves fairtrade, except when we are faced with the fair pricing.

[ChairmanPoo]

Were those from Trader Joe's by any chance?

Where did you come from where did you go...

[Il Palazzo]

Anyway, unless it's decaf tea switching over won't help much. Most caffeinated tea (which is most tea) has as much or more caffeine than your average cup of coffee, so if you're looking to break the addiction it's not an improvement (vis a vis the caffeine, anyway).

Do you have a source for this on-hand? I've heard that statement bandied about a few times before, but never seen it backed up by anything more than hearsay. Mayo clinic also says that, on average (considering there is a great deal of difference in beans, roast, amount used, tea type etc.) a cup of Joe will contain significantly more caffeine than a similar amount of black tea.

I've found this paper:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277774615_Caffeine_Content_in_Beverages_Commonly_Consumed_in_Jordan
which is, as can be seen, comparing branded caffeinated drinks on a specific market (Jordan).
No matter how one reads this, teas are close to 10 mg/100 ml, whereas coffees range from a little over 10 to almost 150* mg/100 ml, where most 'regular' coffees have at least four times as much caffeine as black teas.
But the study shows large dependence on what type and brand of coffee we're talking about.
This chart, with admittedly rather poor sourcing (no specific studies):
https://www.math.utah.edu/~yplee/fun/caffeine.html
places coffee at around 70% of strongest tea available on the US market, in caffeine content.

*that's why real caffeinators drink only espresso

So, I'd say the claim that coffee has as much caffeine as a similar-volume serving of tea is defensible only when comparing the strongest teas with the weakest (not-decaf) coffees.

[ChairmanPoo]

Hmmm I think it also depends on how you brew it.  I can make a mighty pu erh brew that gives quite a kick.  But overall I tend to agree that coffee brews tend to have more caffeine, ml to ml, even though apparently leaf-to-bean gives an edge to tea.  And yeah, espresso is the strongest ml to ml

... of course it depends on how much of each you drink, too. Even if espresso is stronger, since each serving is usually smaller you can end up having less caffeine (but then again nothing bans you from doing double and triple shots :p)

[Doomblade187]

I am off the opinion that drinking single shots is a waste of  a coffee cup, and that two shots gives me enough time to enjoy the espresso.

[Kagus]

Every morning espresso order is really a hostage situation getting negotiated, they just don't know it yet.

[TamerVirus]

Can people stop running over other people with rental vehicles? Seriously

[overseer05-15]

Can people stop running over other people with rental vehicles? Seriously

Is this something that happens often

[Bumber]

Can people stop running over other people with rental vehicles? Seriously

Is this something that happens often

It's the new, easy way to commit terrorism.

[Frumple]

So, I'd say the claim that coffee has as much caffeine as a similar-volume serving of tea is defensible only when comparing the strongest teas with the weakest (not-decaf) coffees.

Does look like it. Apparently whenever I picked it up to begin with, it was feeding off bad numbers, heh.

[pisskop]

Sir, your Nerd Card.  You have forfeit it.

[Frumple]

Never had one to begin with, though...

[Kagus]

Sir, your Nerd Card.  You have forfeit it.

Now now, we can make mistakes and keep our nerd cards... What would Granpa Chook think?

Considering how many fictional universe inconsistencies there are, I doubt anyone would be able to keep a card if we were that strict about it.

[LordBaal]

Can people stop running over other people with rental vehicles? Seriously

It's better if they run over other people with owned vehicles jokingly?

[Eric Blank]

I am apparently, officially, the junior IT guy here, on account of being the only one besides the actual IT guy good enough with computers to bullshit my way through new programs. So today i wrote up two new sheets of labels and translated all our appointments written on paper into the scheduler associated with the program we use to keep track of automotive work.

Because i am apparently the only one who can use microsoft word. The manager struggles to remember how to bookmark pages and minimize programs. The supervisor wont even try, really. The other mechanic isnt really responsible for it frankly he does most of the work on tires and oil changes which is the majority of what people ask us to do as a whole. And that other guy who does the liquor store just refuses to do anything else.