I need a single word that means the "degree by which something is energizing". In a sentence:
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the _______ of this coffee?
This percentage represents the energy drink's perceived _______.
This should apply to any such food, like energy drinks/bars, candy, etc.
But it seems Energizingness is not an English word. Is there a word for this?
Are we forgetting how we
rate the potency of this coffee?
the power of something to influence or make an impression.
stimulation resulting in an energizing effect on the person and/or his/her body and mind would be the impression or influence the substance in question has. This seems most appropriate of a word for what is essentially a drug. It is a clinical term as well as in my impression, pop culture lingo.
In short, potency packs the most oomph for a single word to describe what your trying to say without "izingness"ing us up yet another dictionary word.
You could simply reformulate the sentence
On a scale of 1 to 10, how energising would you rate this coffee?`
In the context of coffee, I'd probably use Strength, which is generally understood to correspond to how "awake" the coffee makes you feel.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the efficacy of this coffee?
Efficacy is a somewhat more technical term, style-wise. I would recommend strength in the specific case of a poll about coffee, as monoRed suggested. But "efficacy" might be more appropriate in other cases. It's more general than "energizingness", and shorter than "effectiveness". As mentioned in another comment, "potency" is also roughly synonymous with "efficacy" here.
oomph
Your Dictionary says:
An example of oomph is how someone feels after drinking a double shot of espresso.
And Merriam Webster says:
punch, vitality
Example in Sentence: The truck doesn't have the oomph to haul the boat
If you are wedded to this sentence structure, one possibility might be invigoration, the noun form of the verb invigorate, which means "to give life and energy to" (Merriam-Webster).
However, it would probably be less awkward to rephrase the sentence entirely as something like: "on a scale of 1 to 10, how invigorating [or: how energizing] did you find this coffee?"
Sometimes two words are better than one: energy boost
How much energy boost is in one espresso?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the energy boost of this coffee?
The expression “energy boost” is used in the following articles:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/410802-black-coffees-effects-on-the-body/ http://alifeofproductivity.com/get-more-energy-out-of-caffeine/
But if it really has to be one word, then write it with a hyphen: energy-boosting coffee
Just in a natural setting the first thing that would come to my head to get that 'feeling' across would be just the slang 'kick'.
"How would you rate the kick of this coffee?"
I mostly base this off of the fact that it's been a common thing I've said my whole life, to be honest, such as, "Wow there's some kick in this, what did you put in it?" I tend to find it synonymous with 'zest' in a way, except more abrupt and leaning into that it gives you a jolt you weren't expecting.
On that note, for the feeling of this question to be honest I'd say even 'zest' would fit in, as an example: "On a scale of one to ten, how much zest is in the flavor of the coffee?" Saying that out-loud does tend to hit the ear a little wrong for this application, but, it's not out of the ballpark. Technically you'd attribute zest to more of a refreshing kind of taste usually with food, kinda goes with tangy, but just wanted to put it out there in case maybe that's word that would hit the nail on the head for you.
Altogether, if the question could be altered slightly, it seems like if you tossed out: "On a scale of one to ten, how much of a kick does this coffee have?" Running that through a voice-over here a few times for an imaginary interview seems like something a marketing department would eat up, given trendy buzz-style (and often coming across as a forced 'casual' soft-ball Broadcast commercial conversation) word choice.
That aside, if it were you and I sitting across from one another and you just put that out there with 'kick', I'd lock in on exactly what you meant. But, it could entirely just be me, or the area of the U.S. I'm from; the biggest factor that lead me to 'kick' is my experience in Broadcast FM Radio, and having to record commercials for various things. Definitely had a few small cafes or the like in the past buy airtime and toss me a script rather than asking me to come up with it for them. I've used 'kick' in at least one I'm almost 100% positive, but it's been awhile.
Apologies for the long-winded explanation, just wanted to give a decent idea of where my thought process was going with the word choices.
Hope this at least gets some other's thoughts going if nothing else, and I'll toss it around in my head today and see what else I can come up with.
"On a scale of 1 to 10, how rejuvenating do you find this coffee?"
to make someone look or feel young and energetic again
Cambridge Dictionary
We're particularly focusing on the "feel" and "energetic" parts of definition. It's fairly common (though perhaps overly verbose) to say 'I feel rejuvenated when I have my morning cup of coffee'.
Although energizingness is not a word, refreshingness is and fits well what you are looking for. It is the quality of being refreshing [Oxford].
Like Alex said, even I was of the opinion that the key is in reformulating the sentence:
On a scale of 1 to 10, how energized did you feel after drinking this coffee?
I believe the objective is to capture how the guest felt, and the above sentence captures the emotion of the guest and also the word that the OP wanted to use.
flavor and smoothness, so energized doesn't really work :c
flavor was used instead of flavouriness, then energy would be the right word. Mari-Lou's "energy boost" is also good.
"Zing" means vitality, like other words mentioned, but furthermore the excitation of other things or people, therefore it's a good fit (especially if you want to keep the sentence as it is).
The first meaning is "vitality, animation, or zest" and the second meaning "a quality or characteristic that excites the interest, enthusiasm, etc" (from dictionary.com).
"Briskness" is used to describe the magnitude of the stimulating tendencies of tea. I can't think of a reason to not use it for coffee too.
