Does Pu-erh have much caffeine (especially young Pu-erh)?!
Pu-erh is my favourite tea and I like drinking it a lot. I can drink like 10 cups of this tea per day. It usually has rich (and sometimes strange) tastes and it feels good in the body and my mental activities seem to get refreshed: I start thinking more clearly, like a new portion of energy has been pumped into my brain. However I noticed an additional effect which one of my Pu-erhs causes.
To be honest I am not sure what type of Pu-erh that is, I don't have so much experience with it. This Pu-erh is very bitter and astringent. And as for taste, it's somehow similar to, well I don't know how that's in english but wikipedia suggests that the word is "kompot", made of dried fruits. That's a drink which is made of a mix of dried fruits: apples, pears and any similar fruits (they are boiled in water with some sugar) . I guess that's a young Pu-erh but I am not sure. Anyway, I noticed that after 4 or 5 cups of this Pu-erh the body feels like over-energized, everything feels tense, like my hands will start shaking if I drink several more cups without making a break for several hours. Unfortunately I never liked coffee and almost never drank it so I can't compare the effects to those of coffee. But anyway do you by chance know whether young Pu-erh has much caffeine and whether it is safe to drink it in those quantities?
Also while typing this I realized that every morning I have a small slice of my favorite black chocolate. It's a very strong black chocolate but it has never caused such effects on its own. However I realized that young Pu-erh may actually have some stuff that magnifies the effects of the caffeine from chocolate. Do you by chance know whether it has any chemicals like this?
PS. That's young Pu-erh only, large quantities of any other tea, including older Pu-erhs don't have such effects on me
To be honest I am not sure what type of Pu-erh that is, I don't have so much experience with it. This Pu-erh is very bitter and astringent. And as for taste, it's somehow similar to, well I don't know how that's in english but wikipedia suggests that the word is "kompot", made of dried fruits. That's a drink which is made of a mix of dried fruits: apples, pears and any similar fruits (they are boiled in water with some sugar) . I guess that's a young Pu-erh but I am not sure. Anyway, I noticed that after 4 or 5 cups of this Pu-erh the body feels like over-energized, everything feels tense, like my hands will start shaking if I drink several more cups without making a break for several hours. Unfortunately I never liked coffee and almost never drank it so I can't compare the effects to those of coffee. But anyway do you by chance know whether young Pu-erh has much caffeine and whether it is safe to drink it in those quantities?
Also while typing this I realized that every morning I have a small slice of my favorite black chocolate. It's a very strong black chocolate but it has never caused such effects on its own. However I realized that young Pu-erh may actually have some stuff that magnifies the effects of the caffeine from chocolate. Do you by chance know whether it has any chemicals like this?
PS. That's young Pu-erh only, large quantities of any other tea, including older Pu-erhs don't have such effects on me
Answers:
Young Pu-erh has quite a lot of caffeine in it BUT you can reduce the caffeine by not drinking the first brew and only drinking the subsequent brews.
The caffeine fades as the tea is matured so aged Pu-erh is almost caffeine free.
http://healthypuerhtea.com/types.aspx
There is some good info about Pu-erh tea here: http://www.amazing-chinese-food.com/pu-e…
And here is something about tea caffeine: http://www.amazing-chinese-food.com/gree…
Hope it helps.
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