I get asked this question more than "Do you have lids?" "Doesn't dark roast have more caffeine than light roast?" I will answer no and this is why.
If you are avoiding caffeine (sad but true), but your lifelong habit does not allow you the strength to quit coffee, which you never should, consider drinking dark roasts over light roasts. The light does not have anything to do with less caffeine, only less roasted. And dark roast, which oftentimes tastes stronger due to the flavor characteristics, does not in any way equate to more caffeine.
Light roast coffee has been roasted (cooked) less than dark roast so elements like caffeine have not been cooked off. When you reduce a sauce you take liquid away during the cooking process, and that liquid contains flavors just as roasting takes original qualities from a green bean. Imagine a very bright, berry flavored coffee that has been lightly roasted compared to a charcoal, even burnt flavored, very dark roast like an Italian or slightly less roasted French roast (easily one of the most popular roasts in the states) will not have the original nuances of fruit tasted in light roasts as well as the same amount of caffeine.
Light roast and dark roast can be brewed with equal amounts of ground beans (espresso or drip or pour over), and the light will probably give you more of the caffeine buzz, which you must try simply for the fun of being thoroughly caffeinated!
If you are avoiding caffeine (sad but true), but your lifelong habit does not allow you the strength to quit coffee, which you never should, consider drinking dark roasts over light roasts. The light does not have anything to do with less caffeine, only less roasted. And dark roast, which oftentimes tastes stronger due to the flavor characteristics, does not in any way equate to more caffeine.
Light roast coffee has been roasted (cooked) less than dark roast so elements like caffeine have not been cooked off. When you reduce a sauce you take liquid away during the cooking process, and that liquid contains flavors just as roasting takes original qualities from a green bean. Imagine a very bright, berry flavored coffee that has been lightly roasted compared to a charcoal, even burnt flavored, very dark roast like an Italian or slightly less roasted French roast (easily one of the most popular roasts in the states) will not have the original nuances of fruit tasted in light roasts as well as the same amount of caffeine.
Light roast and dark roast can be brewed with equal amounts of ground beans (espresso or drip or pour over), and the light will probably give you more of the caffeine buzz, which you must try simply for the fun of being thoroughly caffeinated!