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If such a pill was ever created, I surmise that the coffee industry would collapse overnight.

• dractori 7y ago
  You can get 120 pills of 100mg of caffeine for $6 including shipping "Jet-Alert 100 MG Each Caffeine Tab 120 Count". There are fancier ones that include L-Theanine (found in green tea) to mellow the caffeine jitters out but those are significantly more expensive.
• SeanAppleby 7y ago
  You used to be able to buy a half kilo brick of caffeine on prime for like $30. That's enough caffeine to give you a heart attack 100 times over, it would last you forever. It didn't affect the coffee industry because drinking coffee is an enjoyable process, not a one dimensional addiction around caffeine
  • ndarwincorn 7y ago
    > it would last you forever Can confirm. Bought two in 2013, still have ~450 grams in the first bag I opened. Well worth the ~$50 (including a jeweler's scale) for a lifetime supply of preworkout supplements. The FDA banned bulk caffeine sales in 2015[1] or 2018[2] too. This is probably a good idea, most folks have no idea how much caffeine is in a cup of coffee, much less how to measure that dose in powdered form. [1] https://www.fda.gov/food/dietary-supplement-products-ingredients/pure-and-highly-concentrated-caffeine https://www.fda.gov/food/dietary-supplement-products-ingredi... [2] https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-step-protect-consumers-against-dietary-supplements-containing-dangerously-high-levels https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-take...
• brachi 7y ago
  "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water" From 'The Little Prince' referring to the merchant who sold pills to quench thirst.