On Christmas (actually, on any day), my family does this thing where we sometimes head out for breakfast, have no idea what we're doing afterward, someone proposes a crazy idea at breakfast and we go for it. Like on Wednesday, we went out, and during breakfast, my dad was like, "GUYS, LET'S GO SKIING," before I said, "WAIT DAD, we don't ski." But then he was like "Well, let's go anyways to just walk around and stuff." So then we went, but it was FREEEEEZING cold, and sadly, all the stores were closed. Including any potential coffee shops we might have gone into to warm up with coffee. We literally passed like 8 closed Starbucks in half an hour, so when we saw an open one we were like YESSSSSS and went it to buy coffee.
And that's how we get to the main point of this blog. I really like coffee. Like, really, really like. I don't really like espresso, but I like lattes and mochas. I got a mocha that day, but I got a headache by the end of the day and I only drank a little bit. I've noticed this before, too, sometimes, if I eat too much dark chocolate or drink mocha (only mocha, I don't get sick with any other coffee) I'll just feel a headache coming on, and I'll start feeling like I don't even want to LOOK at sweet things. I thought it was because mochas have a higher caffeine content, so I did a little bit of research.
Okay, so it's really complicated. Are you ready?
An espresso is basically hot water forced through coffee grounds, making the coffee really strong. So it's the strongest coffee, basically.
A cappacino (holy I can't even spell that) is (according to Seasoned Advice) is a 1:1:1 ratio of espresso, steamed milk, and foam. (So, a lot less strong.)
A mocha is basically the cappaccino (AAAHHH) with chocolate. It could actually be any coffee drink, espresso + milk, with chocolate added. Like a caffeinated hot chocolate. Which is why I'll stop ordering it now, because if I wanted caffeine, I wouldn't order it with hot chocolate. I actually don't want caffeine,
A latte is basically a cappuccino (there we go) without the foam. (Seasoned Advice calls it a "wet cappuccino".) It's basically espresso, milk, and a little bit of foam for decoration.
There are soooo many other coffees, but honestly I won't type them out. (Seasoned Advice has good descriptors. I finally got the ratio, the other sites don't say how much espresso is in each
So basically a mocha and a latte have the same amount of caffeine and now I don't know what it is in mocha that makes me sick. It might be the chocolate... I don't really like dark chocolate, but really I'm okay with everything else. I actually really like chocolate, but the dark stuff is too sweet and too bitter at the same time (I don't like the combo of tastes).
Still, I think I'm going to avoid mochas for now, because my brain doesn't like them.
**OBTW: I found this pretty cool image online for the different coffee components, but it's rather low-resolution and I can't find a better image. I'll put it here anyways though:
This is a really interesting site about coffee facts, although I can't necessarily vouch for the accuracy (It doesn't look like a very trust-able source.)
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