How do I get the most caffeine out of my black tea?
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How do I get the most caffeine out of my black tea?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “how to get the most caffeine out of coffee“
I can’t tell based on your question if your goal is to CONSUME as much caffeine as possible from black tea, or attempt to remove it because you don’t want it.
The suggestion that you pre-steep your tea, and throw away the first 30–45 second infusion to remove the most caffeine is totally bogus. It’s also going to ruin your tea experience, because the good stuff in tea, the flavour, etc, will also come out in pre-steeping. Not only that, but the actual expression of caffeine isn’t especially rapid, and doesn’t immediately happen in the first 30 seconds.
The other contributor suggests that it s called ‘rinsing tea’, and it’s not. ‘Rinsing tea’ is the process of pouring hot water over, and then off off (immediately) dried leaf, which is intended for the purposes of knocking loose dust and grit, and particles off.
Here’s another answer about caffeine in tea:
Ryan Fry’s answer to What teas have the most and the least caffeine?
I address in there an actual toxicology study relating to caffeine in tea, which I think should be pretty definitive.
In short, to INCREASE the amount of caffeine in your tea:
use African, or Indian teas (Camelia Sinensis Assamica)
Broken teas, or CTC teas, like most African teas will extract more caffeine
the hotter the water, the more caffeine you’ll extract
The longer the steep the more caffeine you’ll extract
To DECREASE the caffeine in a completed brew:
Use Chinese origin teas (including Korean, Indonesian, Ceylon, etc)
Whole leaves express less caffeine
Lower the water temperature
Steep for less time