Tiramisu is badly branded. The name promises a jolt, yet the dessert usually behaves more like a weighted blanket for your nervous system than an alarm bell. Espresso-soaked ladyfingers do carry caffeine, but they sit inside a matrix of mascarpone, egg yolks and sugar that rewrites the body’s response. What looks like a quick hit becomes a slow leak.The central misperception is that caffeine acts ...More