'One giant cup of jet fuel': Brooklyn cafe owner is serving up a 20-ounce, 10-shot espresso



If this doesn’t wake you up in the morning, you may already be dead!

A coffee bar has started selling an extra-strong espresso with a staggering 10 shots in it.



The 20-ounce drink has been called the Dieci, which is Italian for 10, but its creator claims it is more like ‘one giant cup of jet fuel’.

At five times stronger than a normal cup of espresso, the Dieci will guarantee to wake you up in the morning - and probably keep you up half the night too.



'Coffee porn in a cup': The Pulp & The Bean in Brooklyn, where owner Tony Fisher is serving up a 10-shot espresso for the brave and the weary

The beverage has been created by Tony Fisher, owner of The Pulp & The Bean Brooklyn, New York.



He said: ‘It's 20 ounces of just thunder’ - and a sign out the front of his shop calls it ‘coffee porn in a cup’.



Mr Fisher added: ‘It's never been done before. It just dawned on me that people really love espresso, so why not just give them a cup full of espresso?



‘We're aiming for the on-the-go crowd, aay a student who has an exam and really needs to wake up and get their act together.’



To make the drink, Fisher ordered a special blend of coffee beans from Honduras, Brazil and Indonesia from his local seller.



Right, just another eight of them: Caffeine lovers and those wishing to stay awake for the foreseeable future will love Mr Fisher's 20oz creation

He said: ‘At first they thought it was completely crazy and nuts, but they went with it.'

The 37-year-old said his plan was to reposition Brooklyn as a coffee epicentre of America, a title taken by other cities in recent years.



He said: ‘Why is it that pushing the limits of coffee should only be confined to Seattle or Portland? I want the East Coast, and particularly Brooklyn, to be recognised as a coffee destination.’



On the first day of business, Fisher sold 16 cups of Dieci at $8 a piece to a mixed reception.



Sean Anderson, 40, said: ‘It's really good. I could use it about now. Caffeine can't really jolt me. New Yorkers don't really get jolted by caffeine.’



But Dorene Hebron, 58, said: ‘If I drank 10 shots of espresso, I'd be sick. I couldn't do it. Too much for me. I drink only decaf.’



Mr Fisher admitted that drank 10 cups a day of regular coffee - yet even he couldn't quite make it through a full cup of his concoction in one sitting.



He said: ‘I drank a third of it. I'm still spinning,’ he said.



Dr. Jacob Shani, the chief of cardiology at Maimonides Medical Center, who has studied the health effects of caffeine, urged caution.



He said: ‘It will make the heart beat a little faster, and it will increase blood pressure,’ he said. ‘If you're young and healthy you will get away with it, but it's not something I would recommend.’