Does tea have caffeine? If so, how much?

Question

I'm on a nutrition plan that says to stay away from caffeine. I want to replace my coffee with tea but don't want the caffiene.

Answer 1

Tea is a very general term, there are thousands of different types of tea. In general the caffeine content in tea ranges are the following;

1- Black tea 8oz- 45mg
2- Green Tea 8oz- 20mg
3- White tea 8oz- 15mg


Caffeine content is also affected by the length of the infusion in water. Black tea infused for 5 minutes yields 40-100 milligrams, whereas a 3-minute infusion produces 20-40 milligrams, or half as much. Twenty cups of green tea yield 240 milligrams, or about 12 milligrams per cup.
Because tea bags contain broken leaves of smaller size, they produce an infusion with more caffeine than loose tea does. This is also true of very fine loose tea.

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Answer 2

Tea does have caffeine. It has less then coffee though. There are different types of decaf teas that are just as good.

Answer 3

yes it does, although its far better than coffee and it is also supposed to have some health benefits but then again what can you believe? herbal teas are probably the least likely to contain caffeine. good luck. watch out for the headaches :)

Answer 4

It does, unless it specifically says outside the box "caffeine free"

Answer 5

green and black tea has the same amount of caffeing as coffee. green tea has more amount of caffein than black tea