caffeine content

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Someone asked about caffeine content a while back.

Here's a real good chart because it shows black, white, and green teas as

well as coffees and decaf: http://www.stashtea.com/caffeine.htm

The average caffeine in a teabag of black tea is reported to be 40 to 50

mg. (the range is 25mg to 110mg) A typical recipe for KT would be 1-2

teabags for every liter/quart of tea. So, that would mean, 50-100 mg of

caffeine per finished liter of KT. That would mean 13-25mg per 1/4 liter

(~8 oz) of KT.

That's not a lot of caffeine. Green and white teas have far less caffeine

than that. So if you use green or white, or a mixture, the caffeine goes

way down. Green tea = 8 to 30 mg. White tea = 6 to 25mg. Oolong tea = 12

to 55mg. Decaf tea = 1 to 4 mg.

For anyone tuning in here that has been told you must use either green or

black tea, here's the scoop: There are human cultures that only use green,

and there are human cultures that only use black. Either is correct, and

many people mix them. I use a mixture of organic teas: 1 part Irish

Breakfast (a black tea blend), 1 part White Peony white tea, 2 parts

Gunpowder green tea. People use all sorts of mixtures.

hope this is useful.

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