Some of you may think this is a very silly question.
I always thought that cooked puerh had a copious amount of caffiene, but a chinese friend of mine said that there is almost no caffiene in cooked puerh. She said that the caffiene is eliminated during the cooking process. Is this correct?
I was SURE that it had caffeine, but after hearing her thoughts I'm not so sure.
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As far as I know, the "cooking" process is nothing harsher than spritzing the tea with water and leaving them under thermal blankets for a while. I don't think this is enough to remove the caffeine, so my gut tells me your friend is wrong. I'm not very sensitive to caffeine, so I can't say from personal experience whether or not there is caffeine, though.
Hojicha, on the other hand, is green tea that is roasted and it is essentially caffeine free, so I could see why there would be confusion.
Hojicha, on the other hand, is green tea that is roasted and it is essentially caffeine free, so I could see why there would be confusion.
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