"Jon Nossen" > writes:

> "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,

No, it's *sometimes* made from buds. Silver Needles/Yinzhen yes,
White Peony/Bai Mudan/Pai Mutan no, Shou Mei no, etc. Some greens, by
the way, are bud-only.

> and it is possible that the caffeine content in buds is lower than
> in leaves.

I don't think so, based on the small collection of numbers on the Holy
Mtn caffeine content page.

/Lew
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