When you read an article that says there is so much caffeine (or
antioxidant, or whatever) in a cup of tea, does that mean a serving of
leaf or does that mean in a cup of the liquor? If it is in a serving
of leaf then if you re-steep one serving of leaf 5 times you're
obviously not getting much extra caffiene (or antioxidant etc..) but
if the numbers are averaged out for a cup of the brewed liquor then 5
steeps means around 35 mg of caffiene multiplied by five! I assume it
is the former and not the latter but I have never read anything that
would clarify it one way or the other, and I have done a fair amount
of reading on the subject. Anyone know?