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How to Reduce Caffeine in Tea: Minute-by-Minute Steep Data

A colleague switched from coffee to tea last spring thought she had found an easy fix for her afternoon jitters. She rinsed every tea bag for 30 seconds, poured that water away, and brewed as usual. Two weeks later she was still wide awake at midnight. Her story is a common one, because the rinse barely touches the problem. Learning...

Peppermint Tea for Bloating: When It Works and When It Won’t

A friend of mine used to keep antacids in her desk drawer for the after-lunch slump, that tight, puffy feeling that made her waistband feel two sizes smaller by mid-afternoon. Then she started brewing a strong mug of peppermint after meals, and the drawer slowly emptied. Her experience is a common one, and peppermint tea for bloating can make a...

Does Green Tea Have Caffeine? Amounts by Variety

Green tea does contain caffeine, and the amount swings more than most people expect. A standard cup lands somewhere between 25 and 50mg, roughly half of what you’d get from drip coffee, but Matcha can push past 70mg per serving while Hojicha barely clears 10mg, and the gap comes down to how the leaf is grown, processed, and brewed. Green...

Electric Kettle With Temperature Control: How to Choose One for Tea

A friend spent a small fortune on a tin of gyokuro last spring. She brewed it the way she brewed everything else, with water straight off a rolling boil, and the cup came out harsh and thin. The leaves were fine. The water was the problem. The week she switched to an electric kettle with temperature control, the same tea...

Milk First or Tea First? Why the British Put Milk in Tea

A friend who grew up in Manchester has one tea rule she refuses to bend: the milk goes into the cup before anything else. Her flatmate does the exact opposite, and their kitchen standoffs have outlasted three kettles. Neither of them could explain why their way was right, only that the other way was wrong. The milk first or tea...

Green Tea and Drug Interactions: What Every Tea Drinker Should Know

I used to pour myself a cup of green tea without thinking twice about it, the same way I’d grab a glass of water. Then a friend going through cancer treatment mentioned her oncologist had specifically asked her to stop drinking it, and I realized how little most of us actually know about green tea and drug interactions. It is...