Amount of Caffeine in Teas?

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Amount of Caffeine in Teas?

by caradrake » Feb 9th, '08, 10:40

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I'm curious how much caffeine is in a 4 oz cup of miyabi, or a cup of jasmine tea, compared to the same amount of soda. Does anyone have any ideas?

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by Photiou » Feb 9th, '08, 11:30

Here is some info:
http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database/

[Mary's Edit: According to that list, tea (brewed) has 5.88 mg/oz, tea (green) has 3.13 mg/oz, and Coca-Cola Classic has 2.88 mg/oz. A can of coke has 12 oz, which would be more caffeine per serving than the 4 oz tea.]

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by caradrake » Feb 9th, '08, 16:28

Thanks for sharing!!

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by Wesli » Feb 9th, '08, 20:00

Sencha doesn't have much caffeine.

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by Mary R » Feb 9th, '08, 20:05

Either that, or you drink so much of it you're immune to it's effects! I get a little hoppin' from sencha, but it's that tranquil zen focus sort of alertness. I think Chip's the one who said "you could watch paint dry" with it. It's like that...you've got the alertness to notice stuff, but the calm and the focus to be interested by it for a sustained period of time...

Or I'm just nuts. Whatev.

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by tenuki » Feb 9th, '08, 20:51

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by Wesli » Feb 9th, '08, 22:16

Don't listen to the research!

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by tenuki » Feb 9th, '08, 22:17

Fukamushi Dynasty wrote:Don't listen to the research!
bit of a religion for you eh?
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by Wesli » Feb 9th, '08, 22:23

888 -- White tea is definitely the most stimulating one for me. Even after being heralded as being lowest in caffeine. Throw some ungtss on that one.

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by Mary R » Feb 9th, '08, 23:09

Well, the leaf buds *do* have the highest amount of caffeine in 'em compared to the other plant bits...not sure how it translates in the cup though.

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by Ed » Feb 9th, '08, 23:12

I read somewhere that the caffeine in green and white tea is more biologically active than that in the oxidized teas. Who knows...

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by Chip » Feb 10th, '08, 03:21

Try Karigane or kukicha, a nice lower caffeine Japanese green. The roasted ones have even less they say.
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by scruffmcgruff » Feb 10th, '08, 11:48

In case anyone is interested in the "decaffeinating by throwing away the first steep" myth (sorry tenuki, I wanted to respond in the TeaDay thread, but it is now locked), please note that they are talking about 5 minute long steeps. I refer you to this article posted about the same study (and another study).

http://chadao.blogspot.com/2008/02/caff ... ality.html
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by tmikuckis » Feb 10th, '08, 15:52

I have heard that it is about 1/4 of that in a cup of coffee.
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