Revealed: Why a Cup of Coffee DOESN'T Help You Sober up After a Night of Drinking

After a heavy night of boozing, most people reach for a cup of coffee to help them sober up.

But a scientist has now revealed that everyone’s favourite caffeinated beverage doesn’t actually help rid yourself of a hangover.

Professor Tony Moss of London South Bank University tells presenter Jimmy Doherty on Monday’s Food Unwrapped on Channel 4 that blood alcohol levels don’t decrease after drinking a strong cup of coffee.

While you might feel more alert from the caffeine, your hand-eye coordination and other motor skills will still be affected from the alcohol in your blood, he said. Amazon.com Gift Card i... Buy New $25.00 (as of 06:10 UTC - Details)

Professor Moss conducts an experiment on the Channel 4 show to put the theory to the test.

He invites five students into a controlled pub-like environment where the group drink a vodka and tonic that contains enough alcohol for their individual height and weights to get them tipsy.

The group are then tasked with a simple hand-eye co-ordination test where they have to guide a metal loop around a wire without touching it.

They all fail, and they are visibly giddy.

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