Comments on: How is Tea Decaffeinated? Tea Term of the Month: “Decaffeinated” http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/ The official weblog of Arbor Teas Tue, 21 May 2013 18:19:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Louise http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1088 Louise Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:28:18 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1088 I had for a long time thought that brewing tea for 30 seconds would take away most of the caffeine too, and I looked into doing some caffeine testing after reading the posts here. They used to make a D+caf strip apparently but I can’t find it sold anywhere now. So the only available methods of testing for caffeine seem to involve using methylene chloride or ethyl acetate with a chemistry kit! Thanks for providing a great article on decaffeination. I also found this article, which covers a few other ways of decaffeinating tea. http://www.locarbolicious.com/caffeine-addiction-or-chemical-overload-could-decaf-be-more-chemically-dangerous-than-caffeine/

]]> By: Aubrey http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1063 Aubrey Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:35:20 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1063 Hi Chuck -

You found the source I was going to point you to! The article you site at chadao, is the article we refer to frequently.

Happy reading – don’t forget to read the comments below the article as well. Many, many viewpoints.

Aubrey
Arbor Teas

]]> By: Chuck V http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1062 Chuck V Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:23:26 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1062 Found the following – that potentially answers my own question…here

http://chadao.blogspot.com/2008/02/caffeine-and-tea-myth-and-reality.html

]]> By: Chuck V http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1061 Chuck V Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:57:01 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-1061 I’m curious now about which is correct (i.e., where the science is on this)…does steeping for between 30-60 seconds and discarding that steeping eliminate most of the caffeine or not? Many references say yes, but you cite the one who now says ‘no’. I’m concerned that there doesn’t seem to be any real science behind any of these claims – since caffeine is water soluble, I’d expect a higher level than Nigel’s claim of only approx. 9%…but again I’m just guessing – seems easy to test – has no truly verified??

]]> By: Jayesh http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-817 Jayesh Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:42:18 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-817 Chanced upon your website for the first time today.
I am delighted to see a lot of good and informative posts here. Shall surely visit again.
Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Aubrey http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-721 Aubrey Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:25:37 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-721 Good question Tricia – Unfortunately, I don’t know the answer. But what a great idea for reusing it!

]]> By: Tricia http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-720 Tricia Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:04:46 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-720 Now I’m curious: what happens to the caffeine (caffeinated water, caffeinated CO2) after it is removed from the tea [or coffee, for that matter]? Does it have another use, such as to amp up energy drinks? :^) Or does it just get dumped?

]]> By: Aubrey http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-540 Aubrey Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-540 Yes, you are correct Dunrie! This “quick” form of decaffeination has been widely circulated throughout the tea industry. In fact, we offer a similar suggestion on our own website, arborteas.com. However, we have recently come across new research by Nigel Melican, a respected “tea technologist,” who claims that this method (one he originally purported) does NOT remove as much caffeine as once thought. Nigel claims that up to 91% of the caffeine stays in the cup when using this method. We have yet to see the actual research so the jury is still out, but certainly something to consider.

]]> By: Dunrie http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-539 Dunrie Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:35:14 +0000 http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-is-tea-decaffeinated-tea-term-of-the-month-%e2%80%9cdecaffeinated%e2%80%9d/#comment-539 So, I think I heard one time on the Splendid Table radio show on NPR that you can also decaffeinate tea “on the fly” by steeping it in water and then tossing the water after a handful of seconds. Apparently, the caffeine is really mobile and goes into the water first, and then other components in the tea come out of the leaves later, so if you toss the water after an initial steeping, you’ve gotten rid of most of the caffeine….

Of course, now I don’t recall how long the initial steeping had to be for…

Have you ever heard this?

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