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I was in Starbucks the other day and someone ordered an iced latte with 11 shots. At about $1/shot plus cost of the latte it was about $14.

percentcer 9y ago
Eleven shots??
- DiabloD3 9y ago
  One for each homie that died of a heart attack for attempting this.
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    Reminds me of the Futurama episode where Fry purchases 100 cups of coffee and momentarily has super human hummingbird-esq abilities.
    - xcasperx 9y ago
      One of Keurig's cofounders had caffeine poisoning after drinking like 30-40 cups a day back in like 1995. He then, in 1997, got pushed out by the company, with no equity, and sold the patents to the company for $50,000. Pretty rough
      - uep 9y ago
        I drink coffee regularly, but I don't think I could even get to 15 cups a day without serious issues. Dave Grohl, of the Foo Fighters, ended up going to the hospital because of drinking too much coffee/caffeine. http://www.nme.com/news/music/them-crooked-vultures-14-1294541 http://www.nme.com/news/music/them-crooked-vultures-14-12945... https://youtu.be/fhdCslFcKFU?t=111 https://youtu.be/fhdCslFcKFU?t=111
        WalterSear 9y ago
        My stomach would give out before the rest of me.
  - pkulak 9y ago
    I think most people would be just fine with 11 shots. The lethal dose of caffeine is like 100 cups.
  - mathgeek 9y ago
    What luck that this was the 12th person to attempt 11 shots at once.
- mcguire 9y ago
  ~700mg of caffeine. Sounds pretty normal. I'm kidding. In one drink, that's a 'seeing God' amount.
driverdan 9y ago
Except that's not a "cup of joe".
bluthru 9y ago
No joke, they shouldn't even be allowed to sell that much caffeine to one person. I'm surprised Starbucks' lawyers haven't prevented that.
- ams6110 9y ago
  I was astonished, honestly. The barista said it wasn't that unusual. Who knows, maybe they just sip it all day in which case it's still a lot of caffeine but probably tolerable. A lot of people will drink 4-6 8oz coffees over a workday, which works out about the same.

percentcer 9y ago

Eleven shots??

DiabloD3 9y ago
One for each homie that died of a heart attack for attempting this.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  Reminds me of the Futurama episode where Fry purchases 100 cups of coffee and momentarily has super human hummingbird-esq abilities.
  - xcasperx 9y ago
    One of Keurig's cofounders had caffeine poisoning after drinking like 30-40 cups a day back in like 1995. He then, in 1997, got pushed out by the company, with no equity, and sold the patents to the company for $50,000. Pretty rough
    - uep 9y ago
      I drink coffee regularly, but I don't think I could even get to 15 cups a day without serious issues. Dave Grohl, of the Foo Fighters, ended up going to the hospital because of drinking too much coffee/caffeine. http://www.nme.com/news/music/them-crooked-vultures-14-1294541 http://www.nme.com/news/music/them-crooked-vultures-14-12945... https://youtu.be/fhdCslFcKFU?t=111 https://youtu.be/fhdCslFcKFU?t=111
      - WalterSear 9y ago
        My stomach would give out before the rest of me.
- pkulak 9y ago
  I think most people would be just fine with 11 shots. The lethal dose of caffeine is like 100 cups.
- mathgeek 9y ago
  What luck that this was the 12th person to attempt 11 shots at once.
mcguire 9y ago
~700mg of caffeine. Sounds pretty normal. I'm kidding. In one drink, that's a 'seeing God' amount.

driverdan 9y ago

Except that's not a "cup of joe".

bluthru 9y ago

No joke, they shouldn't even be allowed to sell that much caffeine to one person. I'm surprised Starbucks' lawyers haven't prevented that.

ams6110 9y ago
I was astonished, honestly. The barista said it wasn't that unusual. Who knows, maybe they just sip it all day in which case it's still a lot of caffeine but probably tolerable. A lot of people will drink 4-6 8oz coffees over a workday, which works out about the same.