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Caffeine levels of various beverages:
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| Coffee |
80 mg |
| Cola |
45 mg |
| Black Tea |
40 mg |
| Flavored Tea |
40 mg |
| Oolong Tea |
30 mg |
| Green Tea |
20 mg |
| White Tea |
15 mg |
| Decaf Tea |
5-10 mg |
| Herbal Tea |
0 mg |
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To eliminate caffeine intake completely, please consider switching to
herbal tea, because even decaffeinated tea contains a trace (between 5 and 10 milligrams) of caffeine.
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DECAFFEINATE YOUR TEA AT HOME
Although you can easily buy commercially packaged teas labeled "decaffeinated" in the market, many decaffeinated teas use chemicals to remove caffeine. If you wish to lower the caffeine level of your tea naturally, it is best to do it yourself. A way to lower caffeine without using chemicals.
Because caffeine is highly water-soluble, 80-90% of tea's caffeine is released in the first 30 seconds of brewing. Therefore, caffeine-sensitive tea-drinkers can lower the caffeine in their cup simply by 'washing' the caffeine from their tea following 3 easy steps:
- brew tea for 30 seconds
- discard water
- use the decaffeinated leaves & brew as normal
Even commercially decaffeinated teas still contains a few milligrams of caffeine. We recommend that people with extreme sensitivities choose only herbal teas that come from plants that do not contain any caffeine at all. For example, our herbal tea range -- Pink Rose Bud come from plants that occur 100% caffeine-free in nature.
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