For once and for all, I want to debunk the myth that tea contains more caffeine than in coffee.
It is a half truth and my body confirms that, because when I tried caffeine pills and I tried coffee, both instances made me throw up & feel extremely nauseous and sleepy.
Here’s the half truth:
Unmade tea leaves contain more caffeine than unmade coffee.
Here’s the other part everyone neglects to remember:
A lot of the caffeine STAYS in the tea leaves you toss out
Tea is considerably more diluted than coffee.
Coffee beans release all of their caffeine into your cup.
Just look at the colour! Tea is practically clear when you compare it against the sheer thickness and darkness of a cup of freshly brewed black cup of coffee.
If you want a stronger caffeine kick in your tea, put in more tea leaves.
Want more proof?
Check out this list, and click on it to be brought to a Google Search with numerous examples of the caffeine content in beverages.
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Thanks for debunking this myth. Makes me feel better about all the tea I drink. But how about some higher caffeine teas, like green tea? I imagine they still don't come close to coffee, but I know teas can have such a huge range of caffeine.
Actually I believe that green tea is not as caffeinated as black tea.
The younger or less dried it is (white is the youngest and most \”pure\” which means not a lot of caffeine), the less caffeine it has.
Black tea is the most caffeinated tea you can get. White is the least. 🙂 Green tea of course, is in between. They all contain polyphenols which are great for your body, but black or green has more than white I think.
Great stats on tea here: http://www.stashtea.com/caffeine+and+tea.aspx
thank you! i like iced tea and so many people have told me it has WAY more caffeine than coffee. confusing! confounding! nice to find out that they are wrong!
Well I hear that SO MUCH when I say that coffee makes me sick and tea doesn\’t, because of the caffeine content
They all say: NOOOOOOOOOOO tea has more caffeine!! …and that annoys me because I KNOW THEY ARE WRONG! LOL 🙂
Even if I can\’t prove it scientifically, I can tell because my body reacts very strongly against caffeine (even mocha drinks which are half coffee half hot chocolate), and it just simply cannot be true that coffee has more caffeine than tea.