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Caffeine is very soluble. You can quickly decaffenate tea by "rinsing" it, or more accurately, throwing away the first, short, steeping. In other words, if you
by latch 16y ago
Caffeine is very soluble. You can quickly decaffenate tea by "rinsing" it, or more accurately, throwing away the first, short, steeping.
In other words, if you want to remove the caffeine, leave your teabag in 1/2 a cup of water for 30-60 seconds, dump out the water and then you are good to go.
- tony584 16y agothis is not 100% true: http://chadao.blogspot.com/2008/02/caffeine-and-tea-myth-and-reality.html http://chadao.blogspot.com/2008/02/caffeine-and-tea-myth-and...
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- silentbicycle 16y agoThe first study measured at 5 minutes and extrapolated, which seems pretty dodgy when trying to disprove that a large proportion of the caffeine in tea extracts in the first 30 seconds of steeping. The second seems to have better methodology, and also states that different tea grades made little difference - I was wondering if the popular perception was more accurate for CTC ("Crush-tear-curl") teas, which are made to steep quickly.