Michael, even I, ever watchful for decaffeination transgression, can
endorse this! About the most sensible and useful advice I have heard
on this subject.

Nigel at Teacraft


On Feb 2, 3:35*pm, Michael Plant > wrote:
> But -- at the risk of rousing the science fascistas -- we can, I think, safely
> say that steeping does remove progressively more caffeine (whatever) as
> we progress from steep to steep. So...perhaps you might consider taking
> one of your shu or sheng breakfast buddies through multiple steeps, but
> leaving some for your afternoon and evening tea. At that stage the leaves
> ought to produce far less caffeine (whatever) than they had in the morning..