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Your drip coffee has more caffeine than your espresso — here’s why

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 23, 2026
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A shot of espresso is roughly twice as concentrated by volume as drip coffee, yet a typical espresso delivers 60–110mg of caffeine, while a mug of filtered drip can carry 80–280mg. The espresso drinker is sipping something stronger — but less of it, which is what actually determines the dose. A 2017 review published …

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