Have you tried white teas such as Pai-Mu-Tan or Shou Mei? If you like the
taste, they tend to have even lower caffeine than green teas.

Judith
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http://www.mirandateas.com

"Cameron Lewis" > wrote in message
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> I don't drink non-camellia sinensis teas, but I've found that some
> greens are very calming and contain sufficiently low caffeine that I
> drink them before sleep. I have one jasmine tea (FunAlliance's Dragon
> Balls) that actually seems to make me sleepy. I've heard that jasmine
> has a mildly narcotic effect, but hadn't noticed it until this tea.
> Lungjing or dragonwell is also a favourite pre-sleep tea of mine.
>
> Cameron

"Judith Miranda" > writes:

> Have you tried white teas such as Pai-Mu-Tan or Shou Mei? If you like the
> taste, they tend to have even lower caffeine than green teas.

The idea that green and white teas have less caffeine than e.g. blacks
is a bit of folklore that no contrary evidence seems to kill, but
those with a taste for evidence might look at

http://www.holymtn.com/tea/teacaffeine.htm

As readers here have seen, there's a germ of truth in the folklore in
that caffeine's solubility is diminished by the low brewing
temperatures and short steep times people tend to use with greens.
But if you do multiple steeps you're probably going to overcome those
limiting factors.

/Lew
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Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

Hmm, that's pretty interesting. Thanks for the pointer. I guess an entire
industry needs to be re-trained.

Judith
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http://www.mirandateas.com

"Lewis Perin" > wrote in message
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> "Judith Miranda" > writes:
>
> > Have you tried white teas such as Pai-Mu-Tan or Shou Mei? If you like
the
> > taste, they tend to have even lower caffeine than green teas.
>
> The idea that green and white teas have less caffeine than e.g. blacks
> is a bit of folklore that no contrary evidence seems to kill, but
> those with a taste for evidence might look at
>
> http://www.holymtn.com/tea/teacaffeine.htm
>
> As readers here have seen, there's a germ of truth in the folklore in
> that caffeine's solubility is diminished by the low brewing
> temperatures and short steep times people tend to use with greens.
> But if you do multiple steeps you're probably going to overcome those
> limiting factors.
>
> /Lew
> ---
> Lew Perin /
> http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

I was just reading about the calming effect of green teas and how they
can actually put you to sleep. They do have low caffeine levels as
well, especially sencha and bancha. They also contain katechins, which
help your body fight off viruses. Most Japanese people have tended to
drink a cup of green tea (usually sencha) at night for the past few
centuries for its overall wellness related qualities. Fukamushi sencha
is very nice and mellow.

Rufus T. Firefly