Starbucks ‘Doubleshot Espresso’ Deceptively Named, Suit Says

Starbucks Corp.'s caffeine math doesn’t add up, according to a proposed class suit alleging ‘Doubleshot Espresso’ canned coffee drinks are deceptively named (Wessel v. Starbucks Corp., S.D.N.Y., No. 17-6703, complaint filed 9/1/17).

New Yorker Thomas Wessel alleges he and others were tricked into thinking Doubleshot Espresso products contained two shots of Starbucks espresso.

Starbucks’ website says one shot of espresso contains 75 mg of caffeine and two contain 150 mg, according to the Sept. 1 suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

But the canned coffee drinks contain between 70 mg and ...