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“coffee cup” is a semi-standard unit just like the ones you listed are. And yes, it’s about 6 fluid ounces, and no, nobody in the real world means “i drank 6 fluid ounces of coffee” when they say “i had a cup of coffee”.

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Instead of measuring coffee you could measure caffeine content, but a lot of effects may be in non-caffeine ingredients. Still, it's a first step.


That's what led me down this path. Searching the internet for "how much caffeine is in a cup of coffee" leads to the question of "what is a cup?", "how did you brew it?", "what kind of grounds did you use?".


the real world is very nonlinear.


“total dissolved solids” is a more comprehensive measure of coffee strength for the entourage effects reason.




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