Re: tea, antioxidants, and caffeine-- kombucha

June 25, 2003

Chris-

>For some reason neither I, iirc, nor anyone else, remembered to mention that

>kombucha ferments the caffeine out of black tea, and drinking kombucha would

>get you the antioxidants from the tea without the caffeine.

AFAIK you're wrong on that count. I've never heard anyone say that

kombucha removes the caffeine, and I've read that it doesn't.

Here's the relevant entry in the Kombucha FAQ at

>1.14 Is the caffeine in Kombucha Tea all used up by the colony?

>

>No. The caffeine content of Kombucha Tea remains unchanged by the

>fermentation process.

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June 25, 2003

In a message dated 6/25/03 9:41:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

Idol@... writes:

> AFAIK you're wrong on that count. I've never heard anyone say that

> kombucha removes the caffeine, and I've read that it doesn't.

>

> Here's the relevant entry in the Kombucha FAQ at

Oh, hmm. I'd read that it *does* somewhere, but don't remember where.

Sorry! I've never gotten any caffeine buzz from kombucha whatsoever, but I just

realize that I use roughly one tea bag per quart, which means there's relatively

little *tea* in the kombucha period.

chris

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