How many cups?

I find green tea to be the least caffeinated usually but It really depends on the tea. There’s a lot of literature out there about caffeine in tea and much of it is completely wrong. For example, I’m pretty sensitive to caffeine and was surprised at the strong reaction I got to white teas. White was always said to have the least caffeine. Turns out to be all lies. Some whites can be more caffeinated than some blacks.
There’s an earlier topic entitled “tea myths” or something that discussed this.

Long story short, stick to decaf or regulate the tea you drink throughout the day. I may start the day with oolong and end with rooibos or herbal. If I drink black or white teas, I do it on the AM and stick to herbals for the rest of the day. It’s tough when caffeine comes in such tasty forms. :/ thank goodness for rooibos and honeybush. And herbals. And spices.

I drink a lot of tea each day, I try to drink black teas and caffeinated Herbals (guayusa and yerba mate) earlier in the day, and then I move on to green, Oolong and white which I find do not affect me with caffeine as much. Yellow is quite light on caffeine also. I personally find that green is a bit more invigorating than Oolong, white or yellow.

I’ve been known to drink 12+ cups when I’m home…sadly no amount of caffeine seems to have any effect on me

I probably drink 8-10 cups of tea a day (cups being 8 oz) – however some of that is herbal tea without caffeine, also if you drink tea that’s blended with herbs or something else you will automatically get less caffeine too. Also you could switch to decaf – hee hee.

I actually have read that the amount of caffeine really depends on the tea and how it is processed, so to say that white tea automatically has less caffeine, for instance is really a myth. Green tea seems to get me totally wired so I don’t know. I was like you and feeling jittery and yucky with too much.

I’m like Mercuryhime in that I usually drink my straight teas in the morning but by lunchtime I’ve moved onto blends or herbals and at night. I like tulsi too and different herbs like lemongrass, ginger and chamomile. There are definitely some dessert teas you can get with no caffeine as well… Good luck! :)

I heard from someone that certain body types cannot handle certain teas. It has something to do with the traditional Chinese medicine theory. Heat and cold must be considered. Green is for people with heat and blacks and oolongs are better for those with a cold body type. Of course excess does not always lead to the palace of wisdom….

Hi Precious, I hope you can find your comfort zone in the wonderful world of tea….

Which tea was making you jittery? Whatever it is avoid it or decrease it….

9-15 cups per day average :P

It depends on the day, but I typically drink at least 3 (10-12 oz) cups daily, or if I’m doing gongfu, I’ll have anywhere from 8-20 infusions. I don’t like consuming caffeine if I can avoid it, but lately as I’ve been learning to appreciate tea for its own flavor profile and as a relaxation tool, I have noticed that I think less about caffeine. It seems that I’m not affected by it, or that I only am if I think a lot about it…but also, much of the tea that I drink that does have caffeine is re-steeped throughout the day (gongfu or otherwise). Caffeine-wise, it works a lot better to keep using the same leaves—plus, it makes the tea more interesting.

Typically I have two or three 12oz cups a day of a caffeinated tea and one or two of a non-caffeinated tea. I’m a bit caffeine sensitive, so I find anything more than that typically gives me the jitters and I start breaking things.

Smashed teacups for everyone! Opa!