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Caffeine powder is pretty interesting. In college, my roommates and I stored half a kilo of anhydrous white powder in a closet. It's incredibly versatile: you c
by Archio 11y ago
Caffeine powder is pretty interesting. In college, my roommates and I stored half a kilo of anhydrous white powder in a closet. It's incredibly versatile: you can mix it into drinks or food, put it under your tongue, and even insufflate it (higher bioavailability, shorter duration).
You have to be careful with it though, because like the article says, it doesn't take much to kill a person. Usually when you order caffeine powder it comes with a little 50mg scoop so you can track consumption.
- huac 11y agois 50mg the typical dose? my caffeine pills are 200mg a pop, and i think coffee is normally ~150-200mg for a 20oz drink.
- jrockway 11y agoI think the idea is to use 4 scoops if you want 200mg, rather than making 200mg the minimum measurable amount.
- revelation 11y agoThe typical dose varies by your past consumption ;) If you typically get 200mg through coffee every day, that's not going to do anything for you and you'll have to go significantly higher. I can say from experience that taking large amounts of caffeine comes with a rather pronounced crash afterwards with headaches and general sluggishness.
- kobayashi 11y agoHow large is large?
- ne0phyte 11y agoNot the user you asked, but I took 800-1200mg a day for a while. Then I finally went to the doc to find out I was having a depression. So I unconsciously tried to treat my depression, which obviously didn't work out. The caffeine enabled me to get out of bed at all though. Without it I was just sleeping/staying in bed all day. And coming down from a lot of caffeine really makes you feel a lot worse than not taking any at all, just like the comedown of other stimulants.
- kobayashi 11y agoThanks for sharing. That's rather interesting. I hope you're doing well, now.
- oxide 11y agoYou really should use a scale to measure it accurately. A scoop will suffice, but if you're dosing powder of any sort you ought to pony up the ten dollars for a scale.
- revelation 11y agoYou missed the biggest part: raw caffeine is incredibly, incredibly bitter.