5 espressos a day could damage your health

Consuming more than five espressos worth of caffeine a day could be damaging to your health, European food safety experts claim.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said single doses of up to 200mg of caffeine from a range of sources — such as tea, coffee, chocolate and energy drinks — should be a safe level for most healthy adults.

This is about 3mg per kilogram of body weight from different sources of food and drink, according to an EFSA panel which took a scientific look at the safety of caffeine on the request of the European Commission.