http://www.thefragrantleaf.com/caffeine.html
If I'm reading this correctly, it would mean that with Western or Japanese style infusion guidelines, only the first infusion contains a noteworthy amount of caffeine. With gong-fu tea, I guess it lasts a few more infusions, but only a few. The later infusions contain little to no caffeine!
Can anybody else back this up? I actually like this idea just fine, because beyond the first morning cups, I'm not really trying to get a ton of caffeine. I usually do a second infusion on my morning tea to drink iced with dinner (if I liked it) and this suits me just fine. It also explains why I don't go bouncing off the walls - to put it another way, there's a finite amount of caffeine in the tea leaves to begin with, and you get most of it in your first cup - so drink up!
If I'm reading this correctly, it would mean that with Western or Japanese style infusion guidelines, only the first infusion contains a noteworthy amount of caffeine. With gong-fu tea, I guess it lasts a few more infusions, but only a few. The later infusions contain little to no caffeine!
Can anybody else back this up? I actually like this idea just fine, because beyond the first morning cups, I'm not really trying to get a ton of caffeine. I usually do a second infusion on my morning tea to drink iced with dinner (if I liked it) and this suits me just fine. It also explains why I don't go bouncing off the walls - to put it another way, there's a finite amount of caffeine in the tea leaves to begin with, and you get most of it in your first cup - so drink up!