On Oct 20, 2:40*pm, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> Nigel > writes:
> > [...variation in Chinese tea cultivar collection...]
> > Amino acids range from 1.1 to 6.5% (lowest in southern provinces)
>
> That would be mostly theanine, right?

Yes, on average some 50% of tea amino acid content is in the form of L-
theanine. Not found anywhere else in the plant kingom except for one
species of Boletus mushroom, yet significantly neuro-active.

Nigel at Teacraft