How Do You Minimize Green Tea Caffeine?
One of the health benefits to drinking green tea is that it’s rich in antioxidants. Chemically decaffeinated green tea, however, contains fewer amounts of antioxidants than regular green tea does. There are ways you can naturally minimize the caffeine in green tea thus keeping the nutritional value while cutting back on the caffeine-induced side effects. Replace your green tea bags with loose green tea leaves. Tea bags release twice the amount of caffeine as loose tea does. Purchase your green tea leaves from a knowledgeable source. Tea plants grown in the shade have a higher caffeine content as do the top leaves of a tea plant and young leaves. Use a smaller tea pot or other small vessel to brew your green tea in. A larger brewing area allows more caffeine to steep from the leaves and into the water. Brew your green tea with fewer leaves to minimize the caffeine content. Start with about a teaspoon and adjust to your taste. Decrease the temperature of the hot water you use to brew you
