toci > writes:
> On Mar 1, 7:49*pm, Alan > wrote:
> > On Mar 1, 4:33*pm, "Slippy" > wrote:
> >
> > > where again is the link to the study that says it takes much
> > > longer to get out the caffeine? *Couldn't find it from
> > > before. *thx
> >
> > I set the wayback machine to skip over the em eye five messages and
> > found this:
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...e_thread/threa...
> >
> > I don't believe we ever found conclusive results for short steeps
> > (shorter than five minutes) though.
> >
> > To answer MarshallN's question: no, I don't consider 15-20%
> > significant (yes, I saw your smiley). Part of the problem, as I'm sure
> > WE all know, is that people are looking for a way to decaffeinate
> > their favorite tea, where "decaffeinate" means "remove almost all
> > caffeine". Yes, 15-20% may be significant from a science experiment
> > point of view, but not from the POV of someone who has to avoid
> > caffeine for health reasons.
> >
> > While most of us here look down on Lipton, I have to believe that even
> > a brand that caters to the masses is employing someone who knows
> > something about tea to do their blending. Keep in mind that the
> > problem with putting out a consistent product is that it is
> > consistently mediocre. Think about it: you have to be able to produce
> > the same product during good years and bad years. It simply cannot be
> > top quality every time. The bar has to be lowered to be able to jump
> > over it each year.
> >
> > Alan
>
> One thing I haven't seen addressed: with black tea I use one steeping,
> or occasionally two. With green tea I use up to seven steepings. I
> think what I do may be typical of a lot of others' practice. If so,
> it would seem to be that even if black and green tea start out as
> essentially the same in caffeine, the later steepings of green tea
> would have less. Toci
Probably even the earlier steeps of the green would have less
caffeine, if you brew your greens with shorter steeps and lower
temperatures than your blacks. (Most people do.)
/Lew
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