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How do you extract caffeine from fresh tea?

I am growing fresh tea leaves and wanted to know if there was a way to remove most of the caffeine.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Extracting caffeine from tea would mean that you were keeping the caffeine ;)

    I assume you want to know how to make it (mostly) decaf.

    Pour boiling water over the tea leaves or bag and stir for 30 seconds. Discard the water. Again pour fresh boiling water over the tea leaves/bag and let it seep to the strength desired.

    Pouring out that initial water will remove 80-90% of the caffeine.

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