Caffeine Testing Canned Coffee
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@janklausa 7 ай бұрын
For those confused about the Korean pouches - they're sold in convenience stores there, with cups of ice available separately. The idea is that you buy a cup of ice _and_ the pouch (or maybe the ice comes free with the pouch? I forget.) and combine them yourself. The idea behind is that you can save quite a lot of shelf (and fridge!) space by not having to have each "drink" in a can/bottle.
@bosstowndynamics5488 7 ай бұрын
You can definitely save fridge space since you can store it at room temperature, but I'm skeptical those bulky pouches take up less space than the cans. Just the comparison between the first 2, the strongest canned coffee looked much smaller but was actually larger than the strongest pouch option. Remember a can is nearly completely full and stacks fairly well while a pouch has to be tapered so that it can stand up.
@elimik31 7 ай бұрын
I'm always surprised a bit how much Koreans are into iced coffee ("iced americano", or 아아/AA ), which seems to be the standard there. I have a Korean partner and she was very disappointed that some European cafés don't offer iced drinks, even in summer. On the other hand Korea seems to have a big coffee culture, so I hope to visit soon and see what good specialty coffee there is, beyond just iced americano.
@Shocker99 7 ай бұрын
I thought it was the coffee equivalent to a wine in a bag - keeping it classy 😂
@rinzor 7 ай бұрын
@@Shocker99I was hoping it was more the “capri sun” of coffees, to be drunk with a straw.
@blakksheep736 7 ай бұрын
@@rinzor side question: does Capri Sun contain any juice? Like any whatsoever? I always felt that it tastes like a weak cleaning reagent, and that's at best. At worst it makes me want to throw up.
@real_kdbanman 7 ай бұрын
If this doesn’t come with a taste test of each, I will be devastated. EDIT: Tasting. No complaining. Devastated.
@Triv1umxxx 7 ай бұрын
I am equally devastated.
@ColinCarFan 7 ай бұрын
I agreed with you initially but seeing James' face contort when he tasted almost every one of them, I now think it would be cruel to ask him to taste again!
@stephenlee5929 7 ай бұрын
@@ColinCarFan Yes, so he should be asked.
@ricardo.mazeto 7 ай бұрын
That's not the purpose of the video.
@CaveyMoth 7 ай бұрын
Not enough slurping.
@Maduc 7 ай бұрын
The fact we still don't require caffeine content on nutrition labels is wild to me. I wish I could tell how much I'd consume especially now after this video I know how dramatically it can vary. I love caffeine but I'm also sensitive enough to it that once it's past, say, 2pm I need to know how much I'm about to have.
@lordoftherats2387 7 ай бұрын
Here in Sweden it's always shown, crazy that it's not standard in the world.
@Bigdude0444 7 ай бұрын
Maybe it's my state but I also saw it in PR. They do show the caffeine in any drink that may have it from what I've noticed. Edit: just grabbed a brisk bottle, on the bottom of the nutrition label, "Caffeine content: 11mg/12fl oz; 30mg/1L"
@joanbriceno2327 7 ай бұрын
In the US most drinks have the caffeine content right under the nutrition label or right next to it, from coca cola, teas to obviously energy drinks. Surprised other countries don't do that honestly.
@joebob2311productions 7 ай бұрын
@@Bigdude0444 Some drinks where I live do this as well, but its really inconvenient when the can is like 330 ml or 410 ml
@Tef164 6 ай бұрын
They have it on labels in Canada. I just thought that was pretty standard everywhere
@Emily-fh8en 7 ай бұрын
As someone who is extremely sensitive to caffeine and takes meds that interact with it I find it really important to know how much caffeine is in a drink. I wish it would be listed in large print by the nutrition label not hiding at the bottom in 5 point font
@worawatli8952 7 ай бұрын
I am very surprised to know that it is not common practice in other countries, it's required by law to display caffeine contents in Thailand as it is considered "health risk". People overdose on energy drinks and coffee, especially people working overtime or driving jobs, so they display it along with daily recommendation, so people can add up if they went beyond limit or not by consuming more of it.
@coreypowers2988 7 ай бұрын
Hiding in 5pt font and that's only if it's even there! I always check and just avoid it if it doesn't have it printed - some companies definitely lose business by not testing/printing it
@ruleset 7 ай бұрын
@@worawatli8952 damn, Thailand seems so far ahead of everyone and they're drink, it's dangerous to drink so much caffeine because you depend on it, that's how accidents happen, when you don't function correctly or at all and fall asleep
@veganpotterthevegan 7 ай бұрын
@@rulesetfew people will ever have a dangerous experience with caffeine. Walking and driving is significantly more likely to really harm someone
@ruleset 7 ай бұрын
@@veganpotterthevegan driving while severaly underslept and relying on 5 cups of coffee to keep you awake IS dangerous, which is what of the America does
@isocle 7 ай бұрын
I feel like it is a missed opportunity to not show us how the actual caffiene content compares to the contents on the label.
@eschybach 7 ай бұрын
I'm sure that's something an overachiever/curious community member could research and post below us!
@bosstowndynamics5488 7 ай бұрын
A lot of these don't actually tell you, that's what James was discussing at the end
@eschybach 7 ай бұрын
@@bosstowndynamics5488 definitely true, a frustration I've discovered first hand. But some do!
@BSaunders87 7 ай бұрын
Cool to see that at least the La Colombe came in right on the nose.
@Naabeille 7 ай бұрын
Where I live companies have to put the caffeine content on the can (it’s a law) so at first I thought exactly that, and then I realized it’s probably not like that everywhere. It seems wild to me, I always check the caffeine content of my drinks since I am quite sensitive to it. I am not sure what I would do if I lived elsewhere 😂
@agwasp 7 ай бұрын
There’s a certain beauty to watching a man unintentionally drink undiluted coffee ‘squash’
@mussdem 7 ай бұрын
When it said (I believe) there is 10 cups per that bottle on the front I figured it was concentrate.
@bluedaisy352 7 ай бұрын
I saw 割るだけ and immediately thought "oh no, that couldn't have been good"
@rollingtroll 7 ай бұрын
Actually in one of those tiny squash bottles... That's not a bad idea.
@imightbebiased9311 7 ай бұрын
I'm fairly certain that I have in fact, just straight up drank one of those before on accident. :D
@hongkongdad928 7 ай бұрын
The comedic timing of him being surprised at how caffeinated it was, and us seeing the bottle's label is hilarious
@danielstewart5208 7 ай бұрын
You know the coffee is kicking in when James starts talking faster
@Mertl. 7 ай бұрын
I’m an analytical chemist and one thing my lab does for pharmaceutical products is determining a release profile. Would be interesting to see the caffeine levels during different time points of an extraction
@singerofsongs468 7 ай бұрын
I’m a materials scientist who takes an extended-release medication every day, and I’ve always wondered about how my medication was developed and tested. Would you mind sharing a little bit about what your lab does?
@Mertl. 7 ай бұрын
@@singerofsongs468 sure! We’re not on the development side, rather the qc side of things, but when we have an ER medication, we drop them in what’s called a dissolution apparatus, and have a sampler take pulls from them as they dissolve in some form of liquid. We then analyze the sample across different times to make sure the drug is releasing as intended (example: 24 hour extended release medication should only reach 100% released by the end of run, and the 3hr sample should be less than 20%)
@Repsyzz 7 ай бұрын
I'm an analytical chemist as well, let's goooooo
@iemozzomei 7 ай бұрын
I second this, anecdotally I've found tea impacts me over a very long period compared to coffee, but I need a substantially greater amount of tea for the same impact.
@R-pu8my 5 ай бұрын
He did this in a previous video from last year!
@kubagornowicz 7 ай бұрын
Japanese coffee vending machines was something I really missed after a trip to Tokyo. Especially the fact, that they were heated - you can first warm your hands holding the can.
@AAARREUUUGHHHH 7 ай бұрын
They're heated?! That's amazing.
@ficus3929 7 ай бұрын
They’re both heated and cooled. If it’s a hot day they’re cold, if it’s a cold day they’re hot.
@ita.p 7 ай бұрын
@@AAARREUUUGHHHH It's genius. Both in vending machines and there are heated shelves on the aisles of convenience stores
@peter_smyth 7 ай бұрын
I didn't like the hot ones. Maybe the drink just tastes better cold, but I suspect being kept hot for an extended period harms the flavour.
@chucklebutt4470 7 ай бұрын
@@ita.p Heated shelves blows my friggin mind! That's amazing. I'm picturing those things that keep the whole chickens hot in grocery stores stocked with coffee but I'm sure they're not that hot lol.
@charizable 7 ай бұрын
9:16 Now that's my dream too. I would love to see James taste all of the canned coffee in Japan.
@MeteorMark 7 ай бұрын
And Japanese Gin & Whisky at Bar Fishbowl in Kyoto 😉
@nicodarkly 7 ай бұрын
I would love to join James for tasting all of the Japanese canned coffee...
@lighttells8048 6 ай бұрын
Hi James, thank you for using our meter for testing the caffeine. The reagent-coffee-mixed sample is recommended to cover the whole white square area on the chip to get more precise result. For your reference.
@AS-wi6hr 3 ай бұрын
Just a question, does your machine work equally with 'milk+coffe'/'black coffee' {water+coffee}/energy drinks?
@eclairamisu2517 7 ай бұрын
In Germany we have a variety of canned coffee ever since Starbucks decided to sell them in supermarkets. Funnily enough almost every supermarket chain nowadays stocks their own brand of canned coffee and while they mostly taste quite tame compared to any kind of freshly brewed coffee, a lot of them aren't bad at all. Given the massive popularity of specialty coffee in Berlin, quite a few of the roasteries nowadays also have their own canned cold brew (or similar) in stock and there taste tends to be a lot more intense an puristic. Overall I would love to see this series continue and James do a comparison of them.
@mju135 7 ай бұрын
Which Berlin roasters have canned cold brew? Haven't seen any at the large roasters like Bonanza, Barn, Five Elephant, or Flying Roasters.
@eclairamisu2517 7 ай бұрын
@@mju135 I saw fridges with bottled cold brew at several roasteries over the years. Don't know the places or names anymore though, only that it happened more often in summer. Might be a seasonal thing but I bet there are still a bunch of roasteries offering bottled cold brew even now. I'll be sure to update this when I see some again.
@Doooshty 7 ай бұрын
Most things in the US have caffeine indicated on the label. Soda, energy drinks, canned coffee. It has the amount per serving and per bottle/can
@mattrivera9210 7 ай бұрын
I was going to say the same thing. I imagine the UK would also have some type of transparency when it came to what is inside their drinks.
@MeiinUK 7 ай бұрын
@@mattrivera9210: But then again... UK's imported goods.. both legitimate and legal... as well as illegitimate and illegal are sound bloomin everywhere in the UK. So now.. you are in that bad territories of "hit and miss" place. GODDAMN the people who do this kind of sly thing!!!!! (For the record, I burned a hole in my stomach once... and had to go to A&E.) I finally tweaked what's happened. If you don't trust the pre-manufactured items. Then best to buy fresh produce and eat that instead.
@aleksandrakrupina4680 7 ай бұрын
Taking Japanese coffee?!!! Yes please! I got hooked on canned coffee during my trip to Japan and it was so fun to taste all the different kinds. There is soooo much more variety there and I would love to see James go through them!
@tewaewae 7 ай бұрын
I've lived here over 25 yrs and haven't had a canned coffee for nearly 20. Pretty horrible stuff.
@rh9909 7 ай бұрын
I only drink those when I'm too hurry for eveb brewing 1 cup, and/or when weird things comes out. Recently the muscat grape latte is my go to. (There are just too many good local roasters to not buy from.)
@dananskidolf 7 ай бұрын
Isn't it marvellous? :) It was delightful and convenient having these everywhere in the vending machines that do both cold and hot cans! Plus they're like 70p... I'm used to vending machines only being there to extort people at train stations. In terms of quality, I generally preferred them to 7/11's hot jug of filter, but it's not at all the same experience as a specialty coffee.
@tewaewae 7 ай бұрын
@@dananskidolf 7_11 has fresh ground and brewed coffee here for cheaper than a can from a vending machine. It's not sitting in a jug
@dananskidolf 7 ай бұрын
@@tewaewae Huh, I have a mental image of it as seen through the window of a 7/11 in Osaka, but might be misremembering, it's been a good six years or so. Hope to go back again soon, so I'll get a chance to try many things again. :)
@notactuallymyrealname 7 ай бұрын
So interesting, thank you! I haven't been much of a canned coffee drinker because where I am in the US, the Stumptown cold brew is kind of the standard, and I drank one of those one day and I could hear colors. I'm happy to learn that I'm not the most caffeine-sensitive person in the state.
@danydaib12 7 ай бұрын
I'd love to see Australia and New Zealand included in future region comparisons. The coffee culture here is really big (There's at least 7 coffee roasters within a 10 minute drive from my house, in North Auckland, New Zealand), and I really wonder how different it is over here compared to the rest of the world
@johntaylor4193 7 ай бұрын
I doubt its much different honestly, specialty coffee or corporate coffee
@duncanwilson5262 7 ай бұрын
Was just thinking this. Now i can't speak to their sample size representing their variety on shelves, but we have easily more than twice the variety of these just on the 2 big supermarkets' shelves, and if im remembering correctly almost all of them have caffeine content specified on their labels.
@liamscotchmer7668 7 ай бұрын
@@johntaylor4193what’s corporate coffee? And which roasters are corporate coffee companies?
@Kitsunelanie 7 ай бұрын
heh heh. coffee culture
@meremeth 7 ай бұрын
I don't see any Australian roasters doing mass produced ready to drink products in Sydney. It's all products from international brands like Starbucks, BOSS & minor figures. Sydney's cafe culture is too strong for supermarket coffee to really take off I think.
@Orodrethxvx 7 ай бұрын
At least here in the US, caffeine content is generally listed on most if not all beverages containing caffeine. It is something I look at whenever it’s available
@DrMcCoy 7 ай бұрын
Here in Germany as well. In fact, it's a EU regulation that mandates it for "high caffeine" (more than 150 mg/l) products, EU 1169/2011.
@rebeccawiens4224 7 ай бұрын
Maybe this is just a Canadian regulation, but all the caffeinated drinks I've seen come with strict labelling requirements. Even chain restaurants have to say how much caffeine is in their products. If you got a hold of some Canadian coffee products, I'd be really interested to see you do a test and compare the caffeine content to the labelled amount.
@FlashGeiger 7 ай бұрын
I buy a little can labelled Mr Brown coffee and it doesn't have a caffeine content listed. Imported from King Car in Taiwan and labelled or Canadian stores.
@d.b.cooper1869 7 ай бұрын
In US they all say it
@lanskandal1181 7 ай бұрын
@@FlashGeigerI was hoping that brand would be included in the video, alas.
@BrettVano 7 ай бұрын
I agree! Caffeine content should be prominently featured on packaging! Thanks for your review.
@macmcleod1188 7 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic, "Project Farm" level video. We need more people like you guys doing indendent testing and publishing the facts to be informed consumers.
@Shocker99 7 ай бұрын
James is far better than PF because he actually knows what he's talking about when it comes to coffee. PF has clearly never used a lot of the type of products he tests. Half of the tests are nonsense and the final results table can be taken with a pinch of salt. James does spot on testing with a well thought out conclusion.
@macmcleod1188 7 ай бұрын
@@Shocker99 Going to have to disagree with you on Project Farm. He sets up tests, explains how you can duplicate them, the tests always test things I want to know about the products. Not surprised to find someone dislikes him tho. 5% of people will hate anything- they'll even hate it if you give them a free $20 bill. At 5% of people will love anything-- even the worst drek. That's just human nature.
@Doooshty 7 ай бұрын
@@macmcleod1188 I agree. He's very thorough. He may not have experience using everything but he's good enough at engineering and smart enough to create entertaining and useful tests that provide useful results you can use to compare products
@Shocker99 7 ай бұрын
@@macmcleod1188 You clearly don't use the any of the products he tests. You also don't engage your brain to think about how relevant a test is for the product or the importance of one specification over another. I've seen a video where he didn't test half of the products for a particular test even though they would have done the job perfectly fine. I've seen videos where he tests products for applications they were never designed for and rated them badly, whilst not doing the same the other way around. Not surprised to find you drink PF's cool aid. of people will always drink the cool aid of a person - they'll even drink the cool aid if the person killed their family.
@macmcleod1188 7 ай бұрын
@@Shocker99 yes I do and since your first response was personal insults I'm going to mute notifications from your account now. What a jerk
@worawatli8952 7 ай бұрын
In my country, Thailand, the FDA required canned coffee displaying its caffeine content in mg/ml on the label, so we have a comprehensive chart of caffeine contents, the strongest one is insane, really make your heart rate increase immediately.
@AAARREUUUGHHHH 7 ай бұрын
I totally agree that caffeine levels should be listed. They are in the UK anyway. But as a drug enjoyer, it's absolutely essential to know what dosage of anything I'm putting in my body.
@andrewsimms3426 7 ай бұрын
There are some pretty good quality Australian canned/ bottled coffee drinks from specialty coffee roasters. Some have found their way into major supermarkets which is handy when your caffine deprived and in an area with dodgy coffee! Also those cold drip concentrates are great to take camping. Just pour a shot, top up with water and grab a couple of ice cubes out of the esky and you have yourself an refreshing and easy beverage.
@sandrahuibers8081 6 ай бұрын
What is an Esky? I assume it's a cooler?
@ianabeck 3 ай бұрын
You nailed it in one 🙃
@FriggenCawfee 7 ай бұрын
Lovely experience James! I love how polite you always are even when something is a rough taste.
@MrIanrocks 7 ай бұрын
Fascinating to watch-I would’ve expected all of the US products to have their caffeine content listed, and when traveling I’ve both under and over caffeinated myself because I didn’t really know what I was drinking
@jcnash02 7 ай бұрын
Many US products do have it on the label.
@coreypowers2988 7 ай бұрын
@@jcnash02I find it a toss up for canned coffees. It's only required to be listed if it added so many don't have it. Interestingly the smaller coffee companies are more likely to have it printed (Starbucks/Dunkin don't have it labeled on their canned/bottled coffee drinks - just the energy drinks)
@MrCrunch808 7 ай бұрын
@@jcnash02 All brands that consider their drink to be an "energy drink" have it listed on the can. Starbucks only lists the caffeine content on their triple shot can which is 225mg. There is a lack of caffeine content labeling in the US though.
@karlcrash 7 ай бұрын
As much as I love specialty coffee, my (now to so) secret shame when I have an *ahem* alcohol induce headache is the Starbucks Caramel Frappacino thing. Looking forward to finding out more!
@drjello777 7 ай бұрын
As someone who is from Portland and has had those Stumptown coldbrews many times, I knew based on feeling not taste that they were quite strong compared to other coffees. Quite liked this video!
@Adamsmasher23 7 ай бұрын
I always check the label to see if it lists the caffeine content. This is especially helpful now that I don't regularly consume caffeine, but even when I did, given how much variation there is, it's pretty important to know.
@Viniter 7 ай бұрын
7:36 In case you wonder about the caffeine content of diluted drink for the Boss Cafe concentrate, with 1+4 dilution it would be 21.8 mg/100 ml, placing it last in the line-up.
@xadian101 7 ай бұрын
In Poland all our caffeinated beverages in stores come with the caffeine content on the label. I thought that was fairly standard The Starbuck espresso is stated to be 32 and the frapuccino is 20 so good to know that it checks out 😊
@Shocker99 7 ай бұрын
per ml or per can/bottle? The Starbucks Frapuccino James has should state 27ml/10ml on the bottle. I'm drinking one as i watch the video - it's also UK bought.
@lunasophia9002 7 ай бұрын
It's standard in civilized countries, yes. Meanwhile, the US
@vaelophisnyx9873 7 ай бұрын
it's standard in the US too, just...he didn't...look? (they're also possibly lying since no one ever double checks) @@lunasophia9002
@mortisCZ 7 ай бұрын
I think it might be mandatory in EU as we have them too in Czechia.
@kira-chan9676 7 ай бұрын
@@mortisCZGermany as well. So it probably being an EU thing checks out.
@HollowayGamingOfficial 7 ай бұрын
Hi I love your channel and, of course, coffee!! It would be pretty cool to see your view of the best machine for roasting coffee at home.
@samueljbooth9124 6 ай бұрын
Rarely comment on things on KZfaq. But always in enjoy your videos. Thank you to you and the team for Great quality, entertaining and educating videos presented in a beautiful way. Thank you
@low-key2520 7 ай бұрын
As an Aussie, I really want a video about the coffee culture in Aus and comparing coffee between the states of Australia, because I think it’d be fascinating to hear James Hoffman’s, certified Weird Coffee Person’s, thoughts and opinions.
@Secretlyanothername 6 ай бұрын
James, please come to Australia!
@sandrahuibers8081 6 ай бұрын
Yes, James please go to Australia so you can tell us about their coffee culture. As a Canadian I want to know.
@brekkoh 7 ай бұрын
I wish he would have put a comparison next to each measured test as to the advertised level of caffeine on the packaging, because that's really all we have to go on as a consumer.
@BeaBea-54 7 ай бұрын
most of them dont list it which is the problem he talks about at the end
@NateNakao 7 ай бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Until watching your videos on caffeine, I hadn't thought about checking the labeled caffeine content on a can of cold brew, but now I'm searching for it. Glad to see my almost-local Stumptown getting featured here!
@boy638 7 ай бұрын
Would love to see a red herring where the whole lineup is decaffeinated coffee
@tomvedstedvonsild3137 7 ай бұрын
Would love this - I have a sneaking suspicion that "decaffinated" coffee varies quite a lot
@DLisa-yn6re 7 ай бұрын
For the Japanese selection, the bottle is meant to be diluted. One bottle is the equivalent of 10 cups. It might explain why it tasted so concentrated. For the cans, Boss recently released milk coffees (vanilla latte, caramel latte) that contain around 200 mg of caffeine. Pokka is mainly distributed in vending machines and it is not as good as the overall selection available.
@sikachu 7 ай бұрын
I felt like James could do a whole video alone on the canned coffee selection in Japan. Each major drink companies do have their own brand of canned/bottled coffees, and they all sure taste different. I'm not sure honestly if it'd be cheaper for James to fly to Japan to do a taste-test, or shipping all the varieties you find in both supermarket and vending machines to UK 😂
@ppatternn 6 ай бұрын
Yeah it's a shame there was so much Pokka.. it's like the worst one I never see anyone drinking it. Its the cheapest tho i guess
@vincentng4596 6 ай бұрын
I usually buy Boss Black, its more smooth than cold brews in the USA for some odd reason.
@scottv1600 6 ай бұрын
It also skewed the results by not having it dilute - as it was the strongest (by far) of all the products, it also skewed the average caffeine content for Japan way high - 54mg/100ml on average was the average with it non-diluted. As it said on the bottle to dilute it 1:4, if you do that it would be closer to 22 mg/100ml (or 27 is 1:3) - and thus the average for Japan should have been somewhere between 36 and 38 - a little stronger than the UK, significantly stronger than South Korea, but way, way down on the USA
@PoikSpirit 6 ай бұрын
The caramel latte from boss you mentioned, that I've referred to by the tagline on the can "Design for Caffeine" since coming back from Japan, is my favorite canned coffee tied with the Rainbow Mountain Blend by Boss as well. The rainbow one, I think, is the same one they used to call "Espresso" when I was in Japan in 2014. Took years to get them overseas in the kind of rural area I'm in, but I hope the Design for Caffeine line is successful enough to make it over here too.
@secium6967 7 ай бұрын
I'm from Korea and thanks for covering our canned coffee! personally I think our canned coffee tastes terrible but this is a pleasant surprise😊 + i usually drink TOP or americanos from cheap cafes to get caffeinated the most famous coffee drink for caffeine is the coffee milk from CU and I thought that was quite strong until I traveled to Japan recently😂
@user-hs1dd4tc7t 6 ай бұрын
I never thought they're that bad, considering canned coffee only goes so far. I wish he ranked them by taste, though, so I can choose without having to taste test all of them myself cos there's just so many..
@convection20 4 ай бұрын
@user-hs1dd4tc7t yeah I really wish this was a taste test instead of caffeine test
@insederec 7 ай бұрын
As somebody with a caffeine restriction and a love of coffee, this is EXACTLY the sort of content I love to see.
@unbindingfloyd 7 ай бұрын
I like a canned coffee from my home town in Austin Texas called "High Brew". Especially the Mexican Vanilla, Dark chocolate mocha, and the double espresso cans. You might be interested specifically because High Brew does label the caffeine amount on their cans last I checked. I'm not sure if that is a newer thing or if its on some cans and not others. I've just seen it for sure on some of their cans I have gotten before.
@cody9430 7 ай бұрын
Usually the Korean coffees include the caffeine amounts on the packaging! Would be interesting to see if they align with your tests. Look for the Korean text 카페인
@TonyNaggs 7 ай бұрын
Interested to learn of the Minor Figures black coffee cans. 👍 As someone with a milk allergy it has been very frustrating to only find milk or milk substitute ready to drink products in the UK. Such a contrast with visits to Japan and USA, where the black coffee products dominate.
@meganrolfe7703 6 ай бұрын
Jimmys has an oat latte in a green bottle which is really yummy!!
@davidmonaghan1896 7 ай бұрын
Love the no-flinch taste of the concentrate and also was surprised by the Korean pouched versions. Brand extension time "Cafe-Sun"
@christiantangvald9421 7 ай бұрын
Great video James!! Would love to see a taste test ranking for all of these. Also, I would like to add as an American that the most popular bottled coffees are by far the Starbucks frapachino and Dunkin donuts. They are absolutely everywhere.
@veganmonter 7 ай бұрын
I am curious about the results. On road-trips I have bought some of the products shown and my heart felt like it was about to jump out of my chest.
@kylelanger8611 7 ай бұрын
There really needs to be more prominent caffeine labels on things, especially in the US. There was a case very recently where someone just died from presumably drinking too much caffeine from a certain chain here in the US. They have warnings in that store now, but it shouldn’t take a death for that to happen
@JohnA... 7 ай бұрын
"shouldn't take a death for that to happen", and it usually doesn't take one death for that to happen... it usually take 100s if not 1000s, or a substantial lawsuit. And even then it depends on if the profit out weighs the fines.
@spamcan9208 7 ай бұрын
Came to the comments section looking for this. I wish humans were more proactive but sadly it usually takes something bad happening to create the impetus for change.
@billc7211 7 ай бұрын
Warning labels mostly are ignored. If someone feels like abusing a product, they do. Take alcohol for example. However, that said, I do wish the actual caffeine levels were listed. I can get all the other nutritional info off the can, so adding caffeine to the list doesn’t seem like a stretch.
@cM-np3no 7 ай бұрын
That charged lemonade is dope though
@skeetsmcgrew3282 6 ай бұрын
I find it hard to believe a label would have changed anything. As if someone who takes a lethal dose of caffeine would be like "Idk bro, 2000mg sounds like a lot." Fun fact, it used to be common for bars to have BAC meters so people could drive safely, but it ended up being used for drinking competitions so they are almost all gone now.
@56phil020244 Ай бұрын
Great video, Thank you.
@masudaharris6435 7 ай бұрын
I was waiting for this! I've never had one that I considered perfect.
@p1mason 7 ай бұрын
I'd like to see you do Australian coffee. Granted, it'd be tricky because most prepacked coffee here is a refrigerated product. I think you'd find a broad range of caffeine. Brands describing themselves as "iced coffee" (eg ice break, dare, farmers union) offering fairly small doses of 10 - 30mg/dL. Meanwhile, brands describing themselves as "cold brew coffee" (eg, hunt and brew, kind coffee, first press) often have doses up round 60-70mg/dL when prepared to bottle directions.
@AD_AP_T 6 ай бұрын
One caution with the "iced coffee" flavoured milks: we've got to bear in mind the relatively large serving size. FUIC's standard product is 18mg/dL, but that still comes out to 108 mg/serve, which isn't as trivial as that 18mg/dL might initially imply. I think most of us here view Australian coffee RTDs as falling in two disctinct categories - milk drinks like FUIC and Dare, and "real" coffee like First Press and Hunt & Brew. I'd be really interested if he'd see the same clear distinction, or if he'd categorise them differently again...!
@p1mason 6 ай бұрын
@@AD_AP_T I think you are spot on, especially with the two categories. It's a really interesting question that you finish with.
@scmstr 7 ай бұрын
Results by country: UK: 6:20 Japan: 9:22 Korea: 11:55 USA: 15:47 Country-average comparison: 16:14
@Xelria2 7 ай бұрын
Interesting video! I definitely check the bottles/cans for information on the caffein content. It is important to me and i want to see it on every beverage that contains it.
@Adwnpinoy310 7 ай бұрын
Looking forward to your decaf project or really any video you do about decaf.
@crusadingcomrade8873 7 ай бұрын
I dont usually like colder coffee, so trying all these out would be interesting. Edit: I do tend to also check the amount of caffeine the cans/bottles say they have, as I just tend to want to know, also so i dont drink too much.
@agwasp 7 ай бұрын
Costa’s canned coffee makes me so sad - I used to work there and they insisted we stocked it in store but don’t think we ever sold a can. Who would buy it in a can when they can have it fresh?! Plus it did not taste good… (Although despite it being fast coffee, we care about keeping the quality good for customers! Think the company have lost that a bit in the last few years)
@zaidkidwai7831 7 ай бұрын
La Colombe is my go to. Really enjoy it personally.
@BaronFirespawn 7 ай бұрын
I recently noticed that Frappuccinos don't have any labeling on the bottle or case (or even on their website!) with regard to caffeine content, so it was really nice to see it included in the test.
@adambroussard8192 7 ай бұрын
Nice
@paulsanders7963 7 ай бұрын
Nice
@virtue1993 7 ай бұрын
Nice
@XRando78X 7 ай бұрын
Nice
@Odseus 7 ай бұрын
You're missing the best one! Monster 300 French Vanilla. There are way too many people missing out on this. It's so damn good.
@Tomohoiro 7 ай бұрын
Totally agree with the need for transparency around caffeine dosage. Most energy drinks will specify the caffeine dosage so why not drinks like Coke, Pepsi, or coffee? Great video!
@twilightsummers 7 ай бұрын
Absolutely love Stumptown, and wasn't surprised to see it had the highest caffeine content. Would love to see a taste test of these selections!
@Petercoffeee 7 ай бұрын
There's nothing better than the smell and taste of a freshly ground coffee that I make with my Dedica 🙂👌
@Cory-Stewart- 7 ай бұрын
I do enjoy the taste offs, always fascinating.
@Coach_Burrito 6 ай бұрын
Would love to see a decaf version of this! I am decently caffeine sensitive but still love my coffee, I am constantly checking caffeine content on cans and bottles.
@billc7211 7 ай бұрын
I was rooting for Stumpton because I use their bean coffee since it’s one of the very few that puts a roasted on date on the bag and I can get it at the supermarket. Plus I like their flavors.
@zaidkidwai7831 7 ай бұрын
I get La Colombe's 1.5 L bottle. Great stuff.
@fingkhan 6 ай бұрын
i recently came to japan for school and of course coffee is needed to power through. so many choices. So I hope you would soon fulfill your dream and come here to do a coffee face off. Japan coffee plus James Hoffman is THE dream. 🙏
@ety7442 5 ай бұрын
That was so fun to watch! I would have loved to add a Swiss selection though hahaha, the emmi café latté addiction is strong here
@alastairtaylor7421 7 ай бұрын
James, love the content. I’ve only just re-established my love of coffee making and have found your information very useful. What brand is your jumper? It’s very nice and I would like one.
@Griffin519x 7 ай бұрын
I always check the caffeine especially if I already had a coffee this morning. The blue bottle can, I believe, is concentrate as well. I think it recommends to mix with milk/milk sub or water before drinking
@salarycat 6 ай бұрын
Great video. I would love to see a comparison of how they taste besides how much caffeine they have. A small thing but on the Japanese coffees I think it would be more fair to calculate the coffee concentrate in its diluted form, to better represent how the final drink is meant to be. That should also bring the Japanese caffeine average significantly lower.
@chilko 7 ай бұрын
the sweater season is here!
@MarcusTheDorkus 7 ай бұрын
I love that at the start of the US round James said he just presumes they're all highly caffeinated because that was exactly what I was thinking. And funny enough, for the Korean ones I had a strong feeling that the one he put last was actually first with absolutely nothing to go on other than the packaging.
@TensaFlow 7 ай бұрын
You even have StumpTown! Great review of canned coffee. I enjoy the scientific approach.
@OfficialNakatsuMegami 6 ай бұрын
I love Japanese coffees.. they are so smooth and have a wonderful taste without the sugar or milk. I wished you would go and do a massive test on them.
@xxPenjoxx 7 ай бұрын
I'm going back to Japan next year, so I'd love for you to get a hold of more cans. I love those vending machine coffees, and it'd be nice to make more informed decisions when i buy them.
@shamra1245 7 ай бұрын
I hope you do more of these - I think this is really neat! My favorite is the Boss Coffee canned Cafe au Lait and I'd love to see how that as well as their Rainbow Mountain Blend latte (which tastes quite a bit stronger to me) stand up to the rest! Not surprised at all the Starbucks bottle was so low though - last time I got one in the US I couldn't even taste the coffee in it.
@skeetsmcgrew3282 6 ай бұрын
Those Starbucks things are disgusting. I'd rather drink a Redbull or a Monster or hell, even a Yoohoo. At least Yoohoo doesn't pretend it's anything but a chocolate drink.
@d5gaming 7 ай бұрын
Yes, please come to Japan to test all of our canned and bottled coffee. We also have Costa here and I would like to know your comments on the flavour differences between UK and Japan. When you took the zip of that Boss concentrate, I was in a bit of shock as it was supposed to be relatively strong by itself. In general it is recommended to dilute the bottle to 10 cups of coffee. Thank you for the entertaining and informative video. Always a blast to see and hear your commentary on coffee.
@ChristineKenyon 5 ай бұрын
Stumptown is great! Love the flavor🇺🇸
@mattcrosson401 7 ай бұрын
God I love his sweaters. I need to know where he buys them or if they're homemade
@laylakhoney 7 ай бұрын
Never thought I'd see j-hope on this channel, so that's a pleasant surprise. Also very interesting to note the Korean coffees have a significantly lower amount of caffeine, and makes sense in a lot of ways.
@thekeywitness 7 ай бұрын
I live in Seoul and I've never noticed any coffee products in pouches. Granted, I hardly ever buy "canned" coffees with so many coffee shops around (literally everywhere you look). I was recently in Japan and resorted to canned coffee a lot because I was in rural areas. I have to say the best tasting I had was Tully's Barista Black. I did not notice the caffeine content.
@AudiuX 7 ай бұрын
Im glad you got Stumptown from USA, its a very good company, their canned drinks dont taste quite as good as bottled, but if you get down and actually have some fresh at the shop its another thing entirely.
@MillennialJane 6 ай бұрын
I'm very caffeine sensitive so this topic interests me a lot. I'd be curious to see measurements for one of my favorite drinks, Vietnamese coffee (robusta beans, phin dripped)!
@kajerlou 7 ай бұрын
I live in Korea and my favorite bottled/canned cafe by a wide margin is Acafela's Americano. However, I buy it in the 1 liter bottle and I swear it is not the same product that is in their smaller bottles of Americano.
@davidrogala7597 7 ай бұрын
arguing with the phantom critic at 4:17 haha very relatable-- the results envelope LOL well done
@Crew0303 5 ай бұрын
Always check, I tend to like the higher proof drinks. Blue Bottle is excellent!
@livemynd 7 ай бұрын
Yes please come to Japan and do a tasting! There's so many brands and varieties of canned / bottled coffees (I'm personally quite fond of Tully's Barista's Black) in addition to a growing specialty coffee scene alongside very old-school kissaten (classic cafes) serving mostly second-wave style. And of course convenience store coffees (machine-brewed in a minute or so) are also not to be sniffed at.
@3Helium3 7 ай бұрын
Off topic but i love your jumper!
@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat 7 ай бұрын
9:27 James, please come to Japan. Last weekend my wife and I went to a coffee festival. It was great. We need you here. I try so share a bit of coffee when I home roast and there are many people who love coffee but do not yet understand the importance of ratio, grind size and other variables. Much love from Kanazawa, Japan.
@TiredKnitter 7 ай бұрын
Sodas where I am in the US do come with caffeine content labeled. I really appreciate it as someone who only uses caffeine once a week at most.
@surrealchemist 7 ай бұрын
We need like an Anthony Bourdain style James Hoffman travelogue in asia exploring the local coffee culture and then doing all the taste tests.
@ashleyg3357 7 ай бұрын
James - Not sure if you've ever visited Korea before but - coffee is everywhere!!!
@stephenpalmer9375 7 ай бұрын
I remember really coming across canned cold coffee in Hong Kong about 10 years ago (as well as cans that had some kind of thermal chemical in the can to make it hot. It blew me away. Even more to see how common they all are in the UK now!
@aeonsnarfus 7 ай бұрын
My favorite is Snowing in Space Big Blue Ethiopian light roast at 304mg per 12oz can.
@chingy1788 7 ай бұрын
Excited for a Japan coffee trip!
@KeeTom 6 ай бұрын
Would love to see a deep dive into Japanese coffee vending machines. It was one of my favourite things, visiting in mid summer. Would love to see your take and option on the range you can get
@billymeyer99 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the interesting video
@jmason0622 7 ай бұрын
I remember the "BOSS" bottle is for multiple coffee cups you either mix with chilled water or milk. But for the JP drinks, Pokka aren't really exemplary. I'd always go for UCC, Georgia or Suntory in vending machines. Or Key Coffee is good too. Having Pokka is like going from a good Shake Shack burger to a McDonalds Big Mac. And I hope James does the Japan coffee head-to-head thing in the future, would be a great watch.
@jaredwallace3852 7 ай бұрын
As someone who lives in Japan, +1 on the "best canned Japanese coffee tournament" idea. It would be a life saver for days I'm out and about and don't have time to prep a filter brew for the thermos from home.
@DanzilF 5 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to a video about the science behind decaf (in speciality coffee, not cans or instant). I know SQM have a decaf one, and I'll be getting that as soon as I'm over the current supply, but I know nothing about how it is decaffeinated.
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