Coffee vs. Energy Drink, The Benefits Comparison

Sidqi Hatake
2 min readMar 10, 2023

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What’s your caffeine intake? Coffee or energy drink? There’s this debate over which one is better to fulfill our daily boost of energy. So, what do you prefer? How about what’s better for our health?

The main ingredient that has an essential role in both energy drinks and coffee is caffeine. Are there any differences to get your daily caffeine from coffee and energy drinks?

Coffee vs Energy Drink, source : coffeewitness.com
Coffee vs Energy Drink, source : coffeewitness.com

The benefits of energy drink

The reason behind why people often consume energy drinks is because it has many benefits. What are the benefits of consuming energy drinks?

Increase energy

One of the reasons people consume energy drinks is because it can increase their energy. Energy drinks offer quick increased energy to people who feel fatigued. Athletes often choose this drink so that their performance could stay longer until the last minute of the game or match that they play.

Enhance mental alertness

Another reason people consume energy drinks is that it can improve their mental alertness. For example, people who are sleepy and have to drive a long way often use energy drinks to stay alert.

Boost concentration

Multiple studies confirm that energy drinks can indeed improve measures of brain function like memory, concentration and reaction time. People who often fail to focus on something consume energy drinks to boost their concentration.

Physical Performance, source : The New York Times
Physical Performance, source : The New York Times

The benefits of coffee

To speak about comparison between energy drinks and coffee, for similar reasons, coffee is consumed for getting benefits like improvement of physical performance. Specifically, these are some benefits of drinking coffee :
- Boost energy level
- Support brain health
- Beneficial for diet
- Increase longevity
- Many other benefits

The differences

From above, it is clearly noticed that there are many differences between drinking coffee and energy drinks. Why does coffee have more benefits? Because energy drinks are consumed for a specific target. It’s only for improving physical performance.

Coffee Fruits, source : www.ryenaturecenter.org
Coffee Fruits, source : www.ryenaturecenter.org

Another difference is that energy drinks contain high sugar, tend to excessive caffeine and have stimulants. While coffee is made from natural ingredients which are safer than energy drinks. Especially for those who drink coffee without any added artificial ingredient.

In conclusion, coffee has more health benefits than energy drinks. Want to know more about coffee? Check out my medium profile.

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Sidqi Hatake

Feeling very lucky after tasting coffee. So, I am gonna write about it!