I'm a shameless caffeine addict and I'm trying to switch from strong coffee over to green tea, but I don't want to lose the caffeine in translation, so to speak. Coffee jitters were too much and I hear that the theanine content in green tea counteracts the caffeine jitters, somewhat.
So, what about a habit of 2 green tea bags steeped–for a few minutes–per 250 ml of hot water..? And, maybe 2-3 cups of this per day?
Remember I'm used to having caffeine in excess and I'm thinking this may even be safer than the coffee habit. Anyone?
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1 Aïa // Jun, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_tea#Caffeine
According to this wiki, you're now consuming 30% less caffeine than you used to… so that seems like a step in the right direction. Avoid powdered matcha however, it contains MORE caffeine than coffee.
I'd also try spreading out the tea bags; if you use 6 bags per day, make 6 cups of tea instead of three. That way you're not overloading your liver every time you have a cup of tea.
Then you might eventually be able to cut back little by little.
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