Re: Hot tea

[Guest guest]

I, too, have always been a green tea drinker. I just switched to white

tea (which is a milder form of green tea). I have read in several

places that you can get rid of quite a bit of hte caffeine by steeping

for 30 seconds, dumping the cup, and the re-steeping the tea. This only

works well with loose tea. Bagged tea doesn't hold up to re-steeping.

I don't know if caffeine is OK in small amounts or not. Anybody know??

I don't care for the decaf I can buy around here and I always want

organic tea, which I can't seem to find decaf.

Ruth

>

> Now that the cold weather has begun creeping in I was wondering if

> green tea, or any other tea, is permitted. In the past I would drink

> hot green tea in the morning to warm up on those cold mornings. Now

> i'm not so sure if it would be a good idea. I drink no caffeine and

> follow a healthy lifestyle but need something to take the chill away

in

> the morning. Any suggestions?

>

> Thanks,

>

> le

>

> Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday.

>

[Guest guest]

Tea can get very detailed. There are many different kinds and many DO

have medicinal purposes.

Here is what I know as I am seeing a Chinese doctor and they use a lot

of tea to relieve different aliments. Of course, this is ONLY toward

my constitution and each person has a different constitution. For

example, I used to drink Matcha green tea as I had heard of the health

benefits, but with my constitution, I am not suppose to drink Green

tea, I need to have black or Darijarn. There are many black teas

without caffeine too.

I am told to put any tea into a cup and let it seep for 15 minutes

(covered). Then use that same tea for up to 6 times - letting it seep

each time.

I don't think caffeine is small amounts is harmful.

The reason that it is hard to find decaffeinated ORGANIC tea is

because they have to use chemicals to extract the caffeine - which

makes it hard to decaffeinate. However, it does exist, plus there are

a lot of nice tasting tea that doesn't have caffeine.

Roe

>

> ... Chinese......don't drink first steeping, instead they drink

second and third steeping.

> I don't know if caffeine is OK in small amounts or not. Anybody

know?? I don't care for the decaf I can buy around here and I always

want organic tea, which I can't seem to find decaf.

>

> --- In mscured <mailto:mscured%40yahoogroups.com> ,

In the past I would drink hot green tea in the morning to warm up on

those cold mornings. Now i'm not so sure if it would be a good idea. I

drink no caffeine and follow a healthy lifestyle but need something

to take the chill away in the morning. Any suggestions?