Dunkin’s newest product launch is sparking some chatter—and no, it’s not their looming pumpkin spice line: Their new boozy canned espresso and tea drinks shall be hitting shops in just a few weeks, in accordance with the corporate’s announcement on August 14.

The Dunkin’ Spiked line will embody eight flavors: Authentic, Caramel, Mocha, and Vanilla iced coffees, and Barely Candy, Half and Half, Strawberry Dragonfruit, and Mango Pineapple iced teas. The 12-and 19-ounce drinks shall be offered at US retail shops in 12 states—Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont—beginning in late August and early September.

The drinks comprise actual espresso and tea, in addition to a malt base. The boozy iced coffees may have 6% ABV, whereas their spiked teas are available in barely decrease at 5%, in accordance with a press launch a Dunkin’ rep offered to SELF. For comparability, that’s roughly the identical quantity of alcohol you’d discover in a beer.

Mixing espresso or tea with booze isn’t new, in fact—cans of Twisted Tea have offered for many years, and espresso martinis have been a preferred order at bars for even longer. However when one of many largest espresso manufacturers within the nation drops a line of spirits, it makes you assume just a little more durable concerning the mix. Particularly, it introduced up the query: Can that mixture of alcohol and caffeine be a probably dicey combine? SELF related with a registered dietitian to get your entire questions answered. Right here’s what it is best to know.

What occurs whenever you combine caffeine with alcohol?

First, let’s speak about what you’ll be able to expertise with each of those substances. Caffeine is a stimulant, that means that it revs up your central nervous system, boosting your alertness and vitality ranges. In consequence, taking in an excessive amount of of it—extra on that under—could cause signs like insomnia, jitters, anxiousness, quick coronary heart charge, upset abdomen, nausea, or headache, Amanda Sauceda, RD, a registered dietitian who works with folks with digestive problems, tells SELF.

However, alcohol has the alternative impact in your physique, says Sauceda. Booze operates as a depressant, that means that it slows down your central nervous system and mind exercise. This may affect your temper and conduct, making it laborious to assume clearly, in accordance with the Nationwide Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

Once you combine the 2, caffeine can cowl up the sedating results of alcohol, says Sauceda. This may masks the warning indicators of getting taken in just a little an excessive amount of booze, like sluggish responses and psychological fogginess, she explains. So it might make you assume you’ll be able to drink one other spherical, and consequently, you’ll be able to turn into extra intoxicated than you understand.

Plus, the mixture can enhance coronary heart charge and blood stress, Sauceda says, which may elevate the danger of coronary heart assault or different points, particularly in of us with hypertension. What’s extra, it could possibly additionally make you extra more likely to turn into dehydrated, too, she says.