Caf-fiend

A woman recently called me on my work phone and asked to speak to me. I replied that I was indeed he whom she sought.

After the initial pleasantries, she revealed that she was a buyer (or was it seller?) at a winery up in Napa some place and that she had heard I was interested in purchasing excellent vintage wines. She hinted at my purchasing a few cases.

I asked her where she got my name and she insisted on being vague. "Someone told me that you were a wine connoisseur and that you would be interested in buying some excellent wine, " she remarked. Strange.

When I told her she was way off base and that I don't even drink wine she seemed a little incredulous. As if her mysterious source was more reliable when it came to information about my drinking habits than I.

"So what DO you drink then?" she asked sarcastically.
"Rockstar"
"[laughter] Oh I guess there's been some mistake"
"I'll say," I didn't say.

So, as I thought about the amount of Rockstar I actually drink (about 4-5 cans a week) I felt as I might be engaging in a habit or ritual that was categorically bad for my health. I haven't read any nutritional labels or anything, but I doubt there are very many redeeming ingredients in Rockstar that I could name to justify the rate of consumption.

Anyway, I found this website which is pretty cool. It lets you index the exact quantity of a particular caffeinated soft drink you would need to consume before you died from it. Not necessarily the most useful information one can find on the 'Net, but hey, if every website was Wikipedia, you'd be bored to tears of the Internet.

Here are some of my results (based on my 165 lbs body weight.)

Amount of Andrew's favorite drinks required to kill him:
22.52 cups of Starbucks Grande Drip (with room, please)
75.08 cans of Rockstar
79.87 cans of Full Throttle
140.77 cans of Red Bull
160.88 cups of Starbucks Grande Soy Almond No Foam Latte
207.75 cans of Mountain Dew
250.25 cans of Diet Coke
281.53 bottles of Arizona Green Tea
296.35 cans of Pepsi or Wild Cherry Pepsi
331.21 cans of Cherry Coke
511.88 cans of Barq's Root Beer

Apparently, Rockstar has only 6.25mg of caffeine per liquid ounce. That's not too bad if you compare it to a Starbucks Grande Coffee that has 31.25mg/oz in a 16oz serving. Espresso is up to 50mg/oz in a typically 2-ounce serving. That's 100mg of caffeine straight up!