How Much Caffeine Is in Dutch Bros Coffee? Rebel, 911, Cold Brew and More

This site’s Dunkin’, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Panera, and Peet’s breakdowns have mapped most of the big coffee counters, but Dutch Bros, the drive-thru chain with a cult following in the western US, has been missing, and it is one of the odder cases to read. Its menu is built almost entirely on espresso, its sizes do not scale the way you would expect (a small and a medium carry the same caffeine), and its most talked-about drinks are an energy drink called Rebel and a cold brew sold in cans. The numbers that circulate online come from a single compiled source that traces back to the company’s website and customer service, not from a published nutrition panel. This guide lays out those numbers, checks them against what Dutch Bros itself has said in its own announcements, and flags every place where the data is thinner than it looks.

Where these numbers come from, and why that matters

The figures most readers find come from Caffeine Informer, which states that its Dutch Bros guide was compiled from “the Dutch Bros website and Dutch Bros customer service.” That is a respectable method for a chain that does not print caffeine on its menu, but it is worth being plain about what it is: a second-hand compilation, not a lab assay. The guide itself notes that caffeine varies with origin and blend, and that cocoa-containing flavors can add a little on their own.

So treat everything below as the best available published estimate. Where another source disagrees or where I could not confirm a number from a page I could open, the section says so.

The espresso base: 46.75mg a shot, and a medium that matches the small

Caffeine Informer lists a single Dutch Bros espresso shot at 46.75mg, a double at 93.5mg, and a triple at 140.25mg. Nearly every espresso drink in the guide is a clean multiple of that shot figure, which is the key to reading the whole menu.

Three patterns stand out.

A small and a medium are the same dose. Both carry a double shot (93.5mg), and only the large steps up to 187mg, which is four shots at the 46.75mg figure. That makes the medium the worst caffeine value on the menu: you pay for four more ounces and get the same dose. If you want a milder drink, the small is no weaker than the medium.

The mocha adds a little from the chocolate. The mocha rows sit 8mg above the latte at small and medium (101.5mg against 93.5mg) and 12mg above it at large (199mg against 187mg). That fits the guide’s own note that cocoa-containing flavors can add a small amount, since chocolate contains some caffeine of its own.

The chai and hot chocolate are a different category. The Chi Latte runs 40.65mg to 65.04mg and the hot chocolate 10mg to 16mg, with no espresso in the base. Those are the drinks to order if you want the cafe experience without a real caffeine hit.

One caution on shot size. The 46.75mg per-shot figure is lower than the roughly 63mg USDA baseline that most nutrition apps quote, and far below the cafe-measured median in the University of Glasgow study covered in this site’s espresso shot breakdown. That does not make it wrong. It means Dutch Bros’ published figure sits at the modest end of what a shot can plausibly carry, and an actual cup could land above or below it.

The high-dose drinks: Double Torture and 911

The menu’s strongest espresso drinks break the “small equals medium” pattern in a different way.

The 911 is listed at 280.5mg at every size, including the small. At the guide’s own 46.75mg shot figure, 280.5mg works out to exactly six shots, which is my arithmetic on the guide’s numbers, not a figure Dutch Bros states. The practical lesson is that the 911 is the one drink where size does not change your dose, so choosing a smaller cup only buys you less milk, not less caffeine.

The Double Torture’s 130mg at small and medium is the one figure in the guide that is not a tidy multiple of the shot number (130mg divided by 46.75mg is about 2.8 shots), which suggests a different recipe or a rounded figure for those sizes. Its 280.5mg large matches the 911’s six-shot total. If precision matters to you, treat the 130mg rows as approximate.

The Golden Eagle question

“Golden Eagle” is one of the most searched Dutch Bros drink names, but the Caffeine Informer guide has no row for it. The closest rows are the flavored espresso-and-milk drinks (latte, cappuccino, breve), which all land at 93.5mg for a small or medium and 187mg for a large. Some other sites list the Golden Eagle at exactly those numbers, but I could not open those pages to confirm them, so read that as a reasonable inference from the chain’s pattern rather than a verified figure. If a specific drink matters to your daily total, ask the stand directly, since Dutch Bros customer service is the source these compilations rely on anyway.

Rebel: documented figures, with one ambiguity

Dutch Bros Rebel is the chain’s energy drink, and it exists in two very different forms: a canned product and a made-to-order fountain drink.

Caffeine Informer’s Blue Rebel page lists 80mg per 8.4 fl oz can, which is 9.52mg per fluid ounce, and separate made-to-order figures of 80mg for a small, 114mg for a medium, and 160mg for a large. It attributes the page to communication with Dutch Bros customer service, the same kind of source behind every other number in this guide.

There is one wrinkle. The can and the made-to-order small both show 80mg, and the page does not say whether that is a coincidence or whether the two are being treated as the same product. Treat the 80mg figures as customer-service-sourced estimates. If you drink Rebels regularly, treat the made-to-order figures as approximate.

Dutch Bros’ newer Myst Energy Refreshers, which the company launched on May 1, 2026, are described in its announcement as containing “plant-powered caffeine, electrolytes and antioxidants.” Neither the company’s own release nor the trade coverage I opened gives a milligram figure, so there is no verified Myst number to report yet. Expect that to change if Dutch Bros or a compiler publishes one.

Cold brew: the can that outruns a quad shot

Dutch Bros says its cold brew “is amped up with more caffeine than a typical quad shot of espresso,” and it sells the product in 11.5-oz nitrogen-infused cans. Caffeine Informer lists the can at 293mg.

Run the numbers against the same guide and the company’s claim holds up. A quad shot at 46.75mg a shot is 187mg, and 293mg is about 57 percent more than that. Per ounce the gap is even starker: 293mg in 11.5 oz works out to roughly 25.5mg per fluid ounce, against 9.35mg per ounce for a large Dutch Coffee. For how cold brew caffeine varies more broadly, see this site’s cold brew caffeine breakdown. The guide lists no figures for fountain cold brew or the nitro draft pour, so there is nothing sound to say about those beyond “ask.”

How Dutch Bros compares per ounce

Raw milligrams hide a lot, so here are the same numbers per fluid ounce next to the chains this site has already measured. The other chains’ per-ounce figures come from the table in this site’s Costa Coffee breakdown.

Dutch Bros’ large coffee sits next to McDonald’s at the bottom of that table. Two caveats keep this honest. First, Dutch Coffee is an americano-style drink (a large is made with two double shots and hot water, per Caffeine Informer), not drip, so the comparison is between different brewing styles. Second, Dutch Bros sizes are cup sizes, and iced drinks include ice, so the liquid actually in an iced cup is less than the label suggests. On a per-ounce basis, the plain coffee is mild; it is the 911, the Double Torture, and the cold brew can that make this menu strong.

Worked example: keeping a Dutch Bros day under 400mg

The FDA cites 400mg a day as an amount not generally associated with negative effects for most healthy adults. Sensitivity varies from person to person, so treat it as a general ceiling, not a personal target. Here is how a few orders stack up against that ceiling, using the figures above.

1. A large Dutch Coffee (187mg). Two of them total 374mg, just under the line, so a second large coffee fits but leaves almost no room for anything else.
2. A 911, any size (280.5mg). That is 70 percent of the daily figure in one cup, and a second one (561mg) goes well over it.
3. A cold brew can plus a large latte (293mg + 187mg). That is 480mg, already past 400mg before lunch.
4. A cold brew can plus a canned Blue Rebel (293mg + 80mg). That is 373mg, close to the ceiling with nothing else left in the day.
5. A small Chi Latte (40.65mg), then a small coffee (93.5mg). That is about 134mg for two drinks, comfortably light.

The swap that does the most work is going from medium to small: the dose is identical, and you save the extra four ounces.

If you would rather control the shot count yourself, a home espresso setup with a repeatable double shot, like one from 1st in Coffee’s espresso machine range or on Amazon, lets you pick one, two, or three shots instead of choosing from a fixed menu. The same logic applies if you are cutting back: this site’s caffeine withdrawal timeline explains why stepping down gradually beats quitting in a day, and the coffee and anxiety guide covers why a high single dose can feel worse than the same total spread across the morning.

Common mistakes reading a Dutch Bros caffeine number

Assuming a medium is stronger than a small is the most common mistake; on espresso drinks the two carry the same dose, and only the large steps up. Assuming the 911 scales with size is the second; at 280.5mg for every size, the small is no lighter. Ignoring the can-versus-small ambiguity on the Rebel page is the third; both show 80mg and the source does not explain the overlap. Treating the compiled figures as lab-tested is the fourth; they come from the company’s website and customer service, so a given cup can differ. Reading Myst as a zero-caffeine drink is the fifth; the company calls it an energy refresher with plant-powered caffeine, and simply has not published a milligram figure in the announcements I could open.

Common questions

How much caffeine is in a Dutch Bros coffee? A large Dutch Coffee (americano-style) carries 187mg per Caffeine Informer, and a small or medium carries 93.5mg. A large is made with two double shots and hot water, per the same source.

How much caffeine is in a Dutch Bros 911? 280.5mg at every size, per Caffeine Informer, which is six shots at that guide’s 46.75mg shot figure.

How much caffeine is in a Dutch Bros Rebel? Caffeine Informer lists the canned Blue Rebel at 80mg per 8.4 fl oz, and made-to-order Rebels at 80mg (small), 114mg (medium), and 160mg (large), citing Dutch Bros customer service. The can and the small share the same figure, and the page does not explain the overlap.

How much caffeine is in Dutch Bros cold brew? Caffeine Informer lists the canned version at 293mg. Dutch Bros says its cold brew carries more caffeine than a typical quad shot, and 293mg is about 57 percent above the 187mg a quad shot works out to at the guide’s own shot figure.

Is a small or medium Dutch Bros drink stronger? Neither. On espresso drinks, both carry a double shot (93.5mg for most flavors), so the medium simply adds volume.

How much caffeine is in a Dutch Bros Golden Eagle or Myst? Neither appears with a figure in the sources I could verify. The closest comparable espresso drinks run 93.5mg at small and medium and 187mg at large, and Dutch Bros has not published a milligram figure for Myst in its launch announcement.

Does Dutch Bros have less caffeine than Starbucks? On plain coffee, yes. A large Dutch Coffee works out to about 9.35mg per ounce against about 19.4mg for a Starbucks Grande Pike Place, though the two are different drink styles.

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Written by Theo Marsh · Published 9 October 2026