I recently bought a box of Lipton's new White tea that comes in the pyramid shaped bags. The label says it's white tea with island mango and peach flavors, and that it's made with real orange leaves and lemongrass. I've read all over the box and it doesn't say that the tea is caffeine free, but it doesn't have caffeine listed in the ingredients, either. I am on a special diet and I am not supposed to eat or drink anything that has caffeine in it. Does anyone know anything about this?
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Wild seed // Feb, 2008
yes, they do…
2 jlptravel@sbcglobal.net // Feb, 2008
White tea is the very yougest tip tea leaves, picked soon after the bud opens. White tea has caffine, but much less than other teas.
3 SmartAleck // Feb, 2008
yes, white tea's caffeine content is comparable to green tea. the only teas that do not have caffeine are herbal teas, as even decaffeinated tea contains some levels of caffeine.
4 serrano_bill // Feb, 2008
White teas have caffeine. In fact, new studies indicate that white tea may actually contain more caffeine than black tea. Regardless of whether or not this is true, a lot of caffeine-sensitive people get headaches after drinking white teas.
5 FaithinJude // Feb, 2008
If it doesn't say caffeine free, it is safe to bet that it does have caffeine in it. It is not listed as an ingredient as it is something contained in the tea-leaves, not something they added to create the product.
Hope this helps.
6 Thin Kaboudit // Feb, 2008
If it is made with actual tea, then yes, it has caffeine in it!
But: You can easily decaffeinate it yourself. Caffeine is astoundingly soluble in water, if you dunk your teabag in boiling water for 3-5 seconds, stirring vigourously, then remove & squeeze the teabag, almost all the caffeine will be in that first cup. Put the bag in a second cup of hot water for a very low caffeine-level beverage!
7 Serena M // Feb, 2008
White tea has the lowest caffeine content of any of the teas, about 1-5% of that of coffee. The darker the tea, the longer it has been fermented, the more caffeine. Green tea has about 5-10% of coffee, oolong 10-15%, and black tea 15-20% of coffee.
So, basically if you can drink decaf coffee, you can handle white tea, since decaf coffee has about 5-10% the caffeine of coffee.
If you want truly caffeine free, try Roobios or Herbal teas, like Chamomile and Peppermint. But, watch out for Mate Yerba, an herbal Argentinan tea that has the same caffeine content as coffee.
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