"Joel Reicher" > wrote in message
...
> > > I've heard it said that white tea has a mildly depressant
quality, more
> > > than being a stimulant.
> >
> > It does not have very much caffeine in it at all
>
> This is a MYTH! There is nothing in the way the other kinds of
tea are
> processed that could *introduce* caffeine. If anything, it
might break
> it down, but that doesn't happen either.

I guess that's true enough, but white tea is usually made from
buds, and it is possible that the caffeine content in buds is
lower than in leaves.