"Jon Nossen" > writes:

> "Lewis Perin" > wrote in message
> news
> > > 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.
>
> I thought the "lower quality" white teas like Baimudan was made
> from buds *and* the first and/or second leaf of the stem. Are
> you saying that is wrong?

I'm saying buds in Bai Mudan are very rare experience.

> > > 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.
>
> I'm not sure if that is a reliable source. Don't they state that
> the teas they tested were made from tea bags? *Tea bags of white
> tea*?

I'm unable to cerify those numbers independently, but I don't see any
reason to doubt them. I believe in tea-leaf freedom as much as
anyone, but I don't see why incarceration would invalidate the
caffeine figures.

/Lew
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