It generally has about 50% less, but caffeine levels vary greatly between different varieties of tea.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
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Tom Scola - Oct 03, 2006 5:17:53 am PDT #1745 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Oct 03, 2006 5:18:47 am PDT #1746 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Anyone know how much caffeine green tea has compared to black tea?
Pound for pound Leaf for leaf, green tea will have more caffeine than black because it's less processed. Cup for cup is fuzzier because of different brewing methods, but Google might have some guidelines.
Sue - Oct 03, 2006 5:19:47 am PDT #1747 of 10001
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According to this page: [link]
An average cup of green tea contains approximately 30 mg of caffeine. This compares to a cup of black tea, which has about 40 mg, and a cup of brewed coffee, which has 120 mg of caffeine.
But you know if all depend on how long something is steeped and the tea and the glayvin.
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2006 5:22:39 am PDT #1748 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
According to this page: [link]
Huh - just found that exact same link.
Oh, and I just noticed that my Bigelow green tea says to steep one to two minutes. I've been steeping it for about five. But OTOH I'm not using boiling water, just hot water out of a water cooler thingie.
Tom Scola - Oct 03, 2006 5:22:56 am PDT #1749 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Oct 03, 2006 5:23:40 am PDT #1750 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Republic of Tea has a table.
Except that this:
The longer the tea leaves have fermented during manufacture, the greater their caffeine content.
Is really poorly worded. You can't increase a tea leaf's caffeine content by fermenting it, you can only concentrate it. Since fermenting dries out the leaves, a higher percentage of what's left is caffeine than before. But there isn't more caffeine in a fermented tea leaf than there is in an unprocessed one.
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2006 5:26:52 am PDT #1751 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That page needs to be updated to take into account the influx of energy drinks. The market's mad right now.
Tom Scola - Oct 03, 2006 5:29:17 am PDT #1752 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2006 5:32:01 am PDT #1753 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
They should come out with a drink that has even more caffeine and call it "Crank" or somesuch.
Which reminds me - I just cracked the hell up during that Simpsons episode where Homer becomes a truck driver and takes some "stay-awake" pills called "Stimucrank."
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2006 5:33:07 am PDT #1754 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wikipedia has an incomplete but more current list. Cocaine's fucked up, man. Easily 3x the caffiene of most of the drinks out there.