"Lewis Perin" > wrote in message
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> > > > 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.

Do tea bags with white tea actually exist? Seems like a very
strange animal to me.

According to the site, "The finely ground tea was extracted with
hot water."

So is the amount of caffeine in white tea consisting of *whole
leaves or buds* similar to the amount in *finely ground* tea?
Just wondering.