amount of caffeine in coffee versus in tea

[Phokus]

Anyone know how much caffeine there is in a cup of coffee versus a cup of tea?

 

[tweakmm]

It depends on the coffee, the tea and the way that they are made.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Depends on how long you steep the tea, what blend/beans of coffee ...

I'm trying to find the "typical amounts" but having no luck. Lots of soft drink numbers though. 😛

- M4H

 

[Phokus]

Hmm, well, i guess just your typical cup of columbian coffe versus the rasberry scented tea i'm drinking... nuts no info on the rasberry tea...

 

[Gravity]

Dark roasted coffee has less. the lighter the roast, the more cafeen.

 

[SP33Demon]

how caffeine in mg per tea bag (in a standard coffee mug 8 oz of water)?

 

[apoppin]

"generally" the accepted amount of caffene in a cup of brewed coffee is TWICE that of tea.

NEVER (ever) steep tea longer than 2-3 minutes unless you like stomach upset (tannic acid in tea is used to cure leather) . . . just use MORE tea bags per cup of water (i use 3 bags per cup to get ~100mg caffeine per cup)
:shocked:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: apoppin
"generally" the accepted amount of caffene in a cup of brewed coffee is TWICE that of tea.

NEVER (ever) steep tea longer than 2-3 minutes unless you like stomach upset (tannic acid in tea is used to cure leather) . . . just use MORE tea bags per cup of water (i use 3 bags per cup to get ~100mg caffeine per cup)
:shocked:

I regularily drink tea that's been steeped for way longer than that, and it doesn't upset my stomach. 😕

- M4H

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: apoppin
"generally" the accepted amount of caffene in a cup of brewed coffee is TWICE that of tea.

NEVER (ever) steep tea longer than 2-3 minutes unless you like stomach upset (tannic acid in tea is used to cure leather) . . . just use MORE tea bags per cup of water (i use 3 bags per cup to get ~100mg caffeine per cup)
:shocked:

I regularily drink tea that's been steeped for way longer than that, and it doesn't upset my stomach. 😕

- M4H

Not everyone is a hard ass mofukin mercenary.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: apoppin
"generally" the accepted amount of caffene in a cup of brewed coffee is TWICE that of tea.

NEVER (ever) steep tea longer than 2-3 minutes unless you like stomach upset (tannic acid in tea is used to cure leather) . . . just use MORE tea bags per cup of water (i use 3 bags per cup to get ~100mg caffeine per cup)
:shocked:

I regularily drink tea that's been steeped for way longer than that, and it doesn't upset my stomach. 😕

- M4H

Not everyone is a hard ass mofukin mercenary.

/me wonders whether or not he's got a Cured Leather Stomach now 😕

- M4H

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: apoppin
"generally" the accepted amount of caffene in a cup of brewed coffee is TWICE that of tea.

NEVER (ever) steep tea longer than 2-3 minutes unless you like stomach upset (tannic acid in tea is used to cure leather) . . . just use MORE tea bags per cup of water (i use 3 bags per cup to get ~100mg caffeine per cup)
:shocked:

I regularily drink tea that's been steeped for way longer than that, and it doesn't upset my stomach. 😕

- M4H

Same here. Of course, I grew up with tea steeped like that. My grandparents steeped tea to the point it looked as dark as coffee. Anymore, if I'm getting sick or have an upset stomach, a cup or two of really strong tea will help settle my stomach.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: apoppin
"generally" the accepted amount of caffene in a cup of brewed coffee is TWICE that of tea.

NEVER (ever) steep tea longer than 2-3 minutes unless you like stomach upset (tannic acid in tea is used to cure leather) . . . just use MORE tea bags per cup of water (i use 3 bags per cup to get ~100mg caffeine per cup)
:shocked:

I regularily drink tea that's been steeped for way longer than that, and it doesn't upset my stomach. 😕

- M4H

Same here. Of course, I grew up with tea steeped like that. My grandparents steeped tea to the point it looked as dark as coffee. Anymore, if I'm getting sick or have an upset stomach, a cup or two of really strong tea will help settle my stomach.

i USED to steep tea overnight in the MISTAKEN notion that it contain more caffeine. it caught up to me in my 50s 😛
:roll:

BTW, i used to live in Dublin, Ireland . . . they regularly BOIL the tea leaves . . . . the joke was: 'if your teaspoon doesn't stand upright in the tea by-itself, it isn''t strong enough" 😛

to get MORE caffein out of tea, simply use MORE tea bags (for the same 2-3 minutes) 😉