Myth #1: Black Tea Has More Caffeine Than Green
by Admin
Posted on 08-02-2023 08:17 AM
All tea has caffeine, usually less than coffee, though exactly how much varies from tea to tea, which leads some tea companies and pundits to break down caffeine content by broad style: green tea has this much caffeine, black tea that much, etc. They usually claim that black teas have more caffeine than oolongs, which in turn have more caffeine than greens and whites, though none of them agree on amounts. Depending on who you ask, a cup of black tea could have as little as 25 milligrams per cup or as much as 90.
(of course no one ever specifies the size of the cup.
On average, an 8-ounce cup of black tea contains 40 to 90 milligrams of caffeine. This is a higher caffeine content than most tea varieties, including white, green, herbal, and oolong. It is roughly half the caffeine in a cup of coffee. Pure black teas tend to be more caffeinated, while teas blended with other ingredients—like the spices in masala chai—are less so. The caffeine content per cup can be increased by steeping with hotter water or for a longer amount of time.
Myth #5: Green Tea is 'Better' for You Than Other Teas
Black tea (also literally translated as red tea from various east asian languages), is a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong , yellow , white and green teas. Black tea is generally stronger in flavour than other teas. All five types are made from leaves of the shrub (or small tree) camellia sinensis , though camellia taliensis is also used rarely. Two principal varieties of the species are used – the small-leaved chinese variety plant (c. Sinensis var.
Sinensis), used for most other types of teas, and the large-leaved assamese plant (c. Sinensis var.
Black teas are typically produced using one of two methods – orthodox and non-orthodox. Orthodox methods were originally developed by the chinese and strive to preserve the integrity of the leaf, whether by hand or by machine. Non-orthodox methods use machines to crush leaves into small pieces in a timesaving, high efficiency manner. Orthodox: china first developed a method of green tea production that was done entirely by hand, and variations of this style were adapted in order to create other teas. When the british started producing black tea in india and sri lanka, they developed machinery to accomplish some of the steps that the chinese had been doing by hand for centuries.
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Tea varietal - black tea can be produced from either the indigenous chinese or indigenous indian tea varietal. The indian varietal tends to be slightly higher in caffeine. Leaf size - the smaller the leaf size, the higher the caffeine content tends to be, since the tea is more concentrated. Many black teas are produced using the ctc or cut-tear-crush method, which results in a smaller broken leaf. Water temperature - the hotter the water, the more caffeine will be present in your tea. We recommend preparing black tea using boiling water. Steep time - the longer you steep your tea , the higher in caffeine it will be.
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