You might think the higher the strength, the stronger the caffeine kick will be, but darker coffee roasts typically contain less caffeine, as heat burns it off. French and Italian roast coffee are ...

Due to the high temperatures, dark roasts generally have less caffeine per serving than light ... leading the final brew to ...

That held for a long while until a countermovement led by brainy baristas and roasters, with their refractometers and scales ...

“As coffee is roasted darker and darker ... which is why light roast coffee does not have less caffeine than dark roast coffee. “Technically, a very small amount is roasted away through ...