Jasmine comes in three tastes mediocre,good,great. Yin Hao #1 is on
top of the food chain. Most in stores is mediocre. A good jasmine is
the rarest. The differentiating factor is price. Assume all caffeine
levels in tea to be a constant. The saturation is a function of time
and temperature. For you PH enthusiasts Scottish breakfast is
specifically blended for their soft water. I know cheap teas that
taste great and expensive teas that taste bad. Bad is not a good word
because it simply your personal taste. CTC teas are known for their
kick simply because they infuse fast. I drink my share of robust
breakfast blends. A strong cup should make you feel the hairs on your
neck. I probably dilute any tea 3 to 1 because I do drink lot of tea
during the morning tapering off by mid afternoon. My local tea shoppe
gives you your money's worth of tea in a cup. So much so it is too
strong for me and I carry out and decant the tea sock before I get to
the car and using the leaves one more time after I get home. I'm not
that rich.

Jim

"Dave" > wrote in message >...
> I seem to have read somewhere that Yin Hao Jasmine tea has a lot more
> caffeine than "regular" Jasmine tea. Is this true? I would like to try it,
> but don't know if I should (still supposed to be staying away from
> caffeine.) How much better a cup of tea would it likely make, than the
> standard, low-end Jasmine I am getting from the local Chinese supermarket?
>
> One more thing... Would the Yin Hao from someone like Stash be higher or
> lower in caffeine than the Yin Hao that I also find at that same local
> Chinese supermarket? I was once told that the cheaper coffees, made from
> robusto, I think, are higher in caffeine than the better grade Arabica
> coffees with similar flavor, so that is why I am asking. For all I know,
> the lower grade teas may have more caffeine/less flavor.
>
> Just wondering...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dave
>