Theine (therefore caffeine) generates different effects if taken with either tea or coffee let’s take a look at the composition of the tea leaves to find out why. In fact, the longer the infusion time is extended in hot water, the more caffeine is released into the cup.
The tea extraction method, ie infusion, is another important factor that determines the final level of caffeine in the infusion. It is also true however that the higher the quality of the tea, the lower the caffeine content. So white and green teas tend to have a higher concentration of caffeine. Which beverage will "wake you up" more: tea or coffee? Surely some of you have already answered the question, yet you might be amazed by what we are about to tell you.įor example, did you know that on average a tea leaf has a concentration of caffeine equal to 3% of its weight? And did you know that the two main factors affecting caffeine are the quality of the tea leaves and how they are prepared? Indeed, the young leaves and the buds of the tea plant generally have a higher caffeine content than the more mature leaves. This is why the two drinks have different effects on our body. It being true that theine and caffeine are the same thing, what changes is in fact their quantity, and the active ingredient contained within the tea and the coffee. So why do we continue to associate theine with tea and caffeine with coffee? Today, therefore, we could say that coffee contains theine and that tea is based on caffeine. From a later comparison of the chemical composition of the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant with that of the leaves of the coffee plant, (and here is the surprise): the two substances that had been given two different names actually were exactly the same thing! And the reason why they took two different names is simply because they were studied and analysed with a ten years gap between findings, first caffeine was discovered and then theine. Theine and caffeine were discovered relatively recently, around the end of the nineteenth century. Theine and caffeine: are they the same thing? The reason is easily explained: theine and caffeine are actually the same substance with the same chemical composition. You understood correctly: it is actually coffee that contains theine! JanuAre theine and caffeine the same thing? Do tea or coffee give you the same burst of energy? Today we will discredit some of the myths around and about theine, an organic substance naturally contained in tea, coffee, cocoa, guarana and mate (cimarròn) plants.
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