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Caffeine in Dutch Bros Cold Brew

240mg
per 16 oz
≈ 3 coffees≈ 3 Red Bulls60% of FDA daily max

Is that a lot?

Dutch Bros Cold Brew is 60% of the FDA’s recommended daily maximum, in a single 16 oz.

Green tea
28 mg
Espresso
63 mg
Red Bull
80 mg
Coffee
95 mg
Dutch Bros Cold Brew
240 mg
FDA daily max · 400mg
Before bed

When can I drink Dutch Bros Cold Brew and still sleep?

Your Dutch Bros Cold Brew cutoff
You drink it at
Bedtime
Dutch Bros Cold Brew · 240 mg · assuming an average ~5 h half-life
At bedtime
79 mg
may delay sleep
Latest safe Dutch Bros Cold Brew: 11:41 AM

How much caffeine is in Dutch Bros Cold Brew?

A Dutch Bros cold brew carries about 240 mg of caffeine in 16 oz, the smooth, slow-steeped style hiding a big dose. The nitro version climbs higher still, near 290 mg.

ServingCaffeineSugar
16 oz240 mg0 g

Nitro version ≈ 293 mg.

Will Dutch Bros Cold Brew affect your sleep?

From 240 mg, this cold brew needs around twelve hours to fall under 50 mg, so an early-afternoon one can still be active at bedtime. Cold brew's easy-drinking taste makes it a sneaky late-day sleep disruptor.

Heads up
At 240 mg, a second Dutch Bros Cold Brew in a day pushes you toward the FDA’s 400 mg ceiling — and that’s before any coffee or tea. Log everything in the calculator to see your real daily total.

Source: Caffeine database / Dutch Bros

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Dutch Bros Cold Brew & sleep — FAQ

It can, at 240 mg this cold brew goes down smooth but takes about twelve hours to clear, so an afternoon one may still be above the 50 mg threshold at bedtime.

Dutch Bros Cold Brew has 240 mg per 16 oz — about 60% of the FDA’s 400 mg daily maximum for healthy adults. That’s roughly 3 cups of coffee.

It depends on your bedtime and how fast you clear caffeine. Use the calculator above to see when Dutch Bros Cold Brew drops below the ~50 mg “ok to sleep” threshold for your bedtime.

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