"Ole Kvaal" > wrote in message
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> Hi.
> It may seem like I'm a bit sensitive to caffeine, so for a while I
> thought I'd try some decaff tea. Unless there is some recommendable
> commercial tea around, I guess I'll stick to the home-production water
> method. Are there any teas/sorts of tea that are better for this
> procedure than others, preferably green?
> (And just to make su the right procedure is 1) pour water 2) stir for
> 5 seconds 3)pour the water out and 4)fill with new water and let it
> steep the noramal time.)

1. Pour water.
2. Let steep for 30 - 45 seconds - no stirring required.
3. Pour water out.
4. Using fresh water, steep as usual.

Up to 80% of the caffeine is removed with this method within the first 30
seconds. There's no point to going over 45 seconds as rate greatly
decreases.

As for commercially available decaf'd green tea, my favorites are Upton's
decaf green (ZG09) and The Tea Table's (http://www.theteatable.com) decaf
green tea (it's sencha) with apricot (DGTA).

HTH.

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