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Tea is just as caffeinated, if not more caffienated than coffee. So what you're doing is no different than quitting Red Bull and switching to Monster without wi

Tea is just as caffeinated, if not more caffienated than coffee. So what you're doing is no different than quitting Red Bull and switching to Monster without withdrawal. Some teas are decaf but in general the most common teas are caffienated. Even most decaf things are low or almost free of caffeine but not totally. I suggest you try quitting coffee and tea together and seeing how you feel.

jalada 13y ago
“Tea is just as caffeinated” — Citation needed
bpyne 13y ago
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeine/AN01211 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeine/AN01211 From a tea site, not sure of its validity. http://www.veetea.com/site/articles/caffeine-and-tea http://www.veetea.com/site/articles/caffeine-and-tea Go to Caffeine in Tea: How It Works. It looks like tea should not affect you as much.
yareally 13y ago
Depends on the kind of tea. Higher the oxidation level, the longer you steep it, and various ingredients can alter the caffeine level. Not 100% accurate, but it goes something like: black → green → white → chamomile (which is naturally caffeine free if chamomile is the only ingredient) Green tea in many cases has nearly the same caffeine content as black tea though.
vl 13y ago
While black tea has roughly same amount of caffeine as coffee, it's not completely the same for whatever reason. For me double-espresso is more "spiky", has higher kick and wears off quicker, black tea has slower ramp up, has longer steady effect, overall leads to better productivity because highs are not as high and tail is longer. Both if taken too late in the day affect sleep. So over time I developed next schedule: double espresso or two in the morning, one or two black teas after lunch/later, decaf black tea or camomile in the the evening.
PKop 13y ago
Not quite. While there are variances, most places I've looked coffee usually exceeds tea in caffeine content. Starbucks Pike Place 16oz coffee has 330mg caffeine. http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/brewed-coffee/pike-place-roast http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/brewed-coffee/pike-plac... Starbucks Earl Grey 16oz tea has 65mg caffeine. http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/tea/earl-grey http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/tea/earl-grey Those are just two popular examples. edit: Black Tea near 100mg per 16oz.
peterwwillis 13y ago
This is so, so wrong. First, your comparison is opposite. The highest caffeinated teas have about 80mg per 8oz, while the lowest caffeinated coffees have at least 80mg per 8oz. Coffee will always be more caffeinated than tea. Second, teas have tons of vitamins, catechins, phenolics and tannins, which your coffee does not. This is like quitting Red Bull and switching to a multi-vitamin that contains small amounts of caffeine. All tea is made from one single plant: Camellia Sinensis. (Yes, one single plant!) The only difference between teas is how they are processed. Here is a flowchart of the different types of tea processing: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Teaprocessing.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Teaproces... The healthiest tea to drink is "young tea" with partial sun, steamed instead of pan-fried (so Japanese instead of Chinese) and picked by hand, to reduce old pickings, inferior lower leafs and possible introduction of aluminum by machine sorters and fluoride by fermentation. For the most caffeine (and more traditional Chinese medicinal use), get pu-erh. http://theteaspot.com/about-tea.html http://theteaspot.com/about-tea.html If you wanted to quit caffeine using tea, go from pu-erh to black, green, white teas and steep each a little less each time (or re-infuse the leaves for less potency and continued use). You can also drink herbal tea, which isn't actually tea at all.
- 4ad 13y ago
  Yes, tea has less caffeine per ml compared to coffee, but you drink much more tea. At least I do. Here in Europe the standard cup used for serving tea is much larger than a cup used for serving coffee (might be different in other parts of the world though), and you usually don't drink one cup, but one tea pot, which has around 3-5 cups. I personally drink around 1l of black tea every day.
  - mcv 13y ago
    I believe tea leaves have more cafeine than coffe beans, but coffee tends to be made far stronger than tea. From what I understand, steeping your tea very short won't help much in reducing the cafeine in it; cafeine enters the hot water in the first half minute. You'd barely have any flavour if you steep that short.

jalada 13y ago

“Tea is just as caffeinated” — Citation needed

bpyne 13y ago

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeine/AN01211 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeine/AN01211 From a tea site, not sure of its validity. http://www.veetea.com/site/articles/caffeine-and-tea http://www.veetea.com/site/articles/caffeine-and-tea Go to Caffeine in Tea: How It Works. It looks like tea should not affect you as much.

yareally 13y ago

Depends on the kind of tea. Higher the oxidation level, the longer you steep it, and various ingredients can alter the caffeine level. Not 100% accurate, but it goes something like: black → green → white → chamomile (which is naturally caffeine free if chamomile is the only ingredient) Green tea in many cases has nearly the same caffeine content as black tea though.

vl 13y ago

While black tea has roughly same amount of caffeine as coffee, it's not completely the same for whatever reason. For me double-espresso is more "spiky", has higher kick and wears off quicker, black tea has slower ramp up, has longer steady effect, overall leads to better productivity because highs are not as high and tail is longer. Both if taken too late in the day affect sleep. So over time I developed next schedule: double espresso or two in the morning, one or two black teas after lunch/later, decaf black tea or camomile in the the evening.

PKop 13y ago

Not quite. While there are variances, most places I've looked coffee usually exceeds tea in caffeine content. Starbucks Pike Place 16oz coffee has 330mg caffeine. http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/brewed-coffee/pike-place-roast http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/brewed-coffee/pike-plac... Starbucks Earl Grey 16oz tea has 65mg caffeine. http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/tea/earl-grey http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/tea/earl-grey Those are just two popular examples. edit: Black Tea near 100mg per 16oz.

peterwwillis 13y ago

This is so, so wrong. First, your comparison is opposite. The highest caffeinated teas have about 80mg per 8oz, while the lowest caffeinated coffees have at least 80mg per 8oz. Coffee will always be more caffeinated than tea. Second, teas have tons of vitamins, catechins, phenolics and tannins, which your coffee does not. This is like quitting Red Bull and switching to a multi-vitamin that contains small amounts of caffeine. All tea is made from one single plant: Camellia Sinensis. (Yes, one single plant!) The only difference between teas is how they are processed. Here is a flowchart of the different types of tea processing: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Teaprocessing.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Teaproces... The healthiest tea to drink is "young tea" with partial sun, steamed instead of pan-fried (so Japanese instead of Chinese) and picked by hand, to reduce old pickings, inferior lower leafs and possible introduction of aluminum by machine sorters and fluoride by fermentation. For the most caffeine (and more traditional Chinese medicinal use), get pu-erh. http://theteaspot.com/about-tea.html http://theteaspot.com/about-tea.html If you wanted to quit caffeine using tea, go from pu-erh to black, green, white teas and steep each a little less each time (or re-infuse the leaves for less potency and continued use). You can also drink herbal tea, which isn't actually tea at all.

4ad 13y ago
Yes, tea has less caffeine per ml compared to coffee, but you drink much more tea. At least I do. Here in Europe the standard cup used for serving tea is much larger than a cup used for serving coffee (might be different in other parts of the world though), and you usually don't drink one cup, but one tea pot, which has around 3-5 cups. I personally drink around 1l of black tea every day.
- mcv 13y ago
  I believe tea leaves have more cafeine than coffe beans, but coffee tends to be made far stronger than tea. From what I understand, steeping your tea very short won't help much in reducing the cafeine in it; cafeine enters the hot water in the first half minute. You'd barely have any flavour if you steep that short.