"Jon Nossen" > writes:

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

Come to think about it, why are we worrying about tea bags? It looks
as if the teas whose caffeine content is listed on that Holy Mtn page
are all loose leaf (or Puerh tuocha etc.) teas from Holy Mtn.

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

The way I read this is, they ground up the leaves before doing the
caffeine measurements.

> 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.

Unless the grinding adds or subtracts caffeine, both of which seem
rather unlikely to me.

/Lew
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