| [ | Date | | | 2022-08-23 21:29 -0400 | ] |
| [ | Mod. | | | 2025-03-21 23:14 -0400 | ] |
In the summer of 2022, I noticed the availability in Canada of coffee-based variations of Coca-Cola, in regular (“dark blend”) and vanilla versions.
The regular version reminded me of a previous Coca-Cola product, named “Blāk”, from 2006, in France.
Finally, I randomly stumbled upon a canned drink named “Cafélimo”, from café Paquebot1
To my surprise, because the front label does not say so, the Coca-Cola products are “half-diet”; i.e., they contain both sugar and artificial, zero-calorie sweeteners.
| Beverage | Energy (kCal, per serving) | Carbs (g) |
|---|---|---|
| Coke Blāk | 66 | 16.5 |
| Coke with Coffee - Dark Blend | 70 | 18 |
| Coke with Coffee - Vanilla | 70 | 19 |
| Cafélimo | 70 | 18 |
| Coke | 140 | 39 |
| espresso | 5 | 0 |
Notes: All four beverages being studied here have about half the energy and half the carbohydrates as regular Coke.
| Beverage | Caffeine (mg per serving) | Caffeine (relative) |
|---|---|---|
| Coke Blāk | 66 | |
| Coke with Coffee - Dark Blend | 49 | |
| Coke with Coffee - Vanilla | 49 | |
| Cafélimo | 34 | |
| Coke | 34 | |
| espresso2 | 80 |
Notes: Coffee-based soda has about half the amount of caffeine per serving than espresso. An exception is Coke Blāk, which is close to the amount of caffeine in an espresso.
Paquebot has three locations in Montréal, and one in Gaspé for some reason.↩︎
The value of 80 mg per cup is an estimate. As of 2025-03-21, Nespresso’s Taiwan Web site lists the following caffeine contents per 25 mL cup (with “standard” for reference):
| Coffee | Caffeine (mg per serving) | Caffeine (relative) |
|---|---|---|
| Arp dec. | 2 | |
| Cosi | 60 | |
| Arpeggio | 63 | |
| Roma | 63 | |
| standard | 80 | |
| Napoli | 109 | |
| Kazaar | 113 |
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David Haguenauer
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