Nigel, you have proved once again the wisdom of scientific method which, for many, means little more than agreeing with me, whoever "me" may be. Seriously, myths die hard, especially those that fulfill our wishes. I'm supposed to limit my caffeine intake, and I do that by brewing more steeps from the same leaf and enjoying a lighter later brew. Nonetheless, for those who need to eliminate caffeine intake completely, these partial methods are ill advised.

BTW, I tried to order tea from your company, Nothing But Tea, but my computer would not allow the use of your payment method. I can do PayPal. Perhaps you might advise me on how to do that. Otherwise, we'll find another payment method.
Michael


> 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.