So just how much caffeine is in guayusa?

Definitely higher caffeine than black tea, but it doesn’t make me jittery like coffee does. I’d be careful with it though! Have you tried Yerba mate? It’s similar :) I’d offer to send you a sample but I don’t currently have any guayusa!

Caffeine (and pretty much any other drug for that matter) effect everyone so differently that I think you might have to brave it to figure it out. Try it early in the morning.

Guayusa, as far as I know, has a similar caffeine amount to coffee. Personally it doesn’t give the same caffeine high and crash like coffee does. I absolutely love guayusa. I mix it with so many of my other teas to give it different flavours, or I enjoy it straight. Usually I have a cup each morning. I have some I could send you if you’d like to give it a go.

I really can’t tolerate coffee: the caffeine is way too strong. I have recently tried Guayusa and it did not make me feel jittery and ill the way coffee does, at ALL. Same with Yerba Mate. And no blood sugar crash, which I can even get from my beloved black teas, at times. Best wishes, and if you wish to try some, I would like to suggest having a bit of food with it, that first time and drinking water a little at a time for the next few hours, just to stay hydrated.

A cup of straight guayusa contains about 90 mg of caffeine per cup, which is about (or less than) a cup of coffee but also lower than some cups of matcha. For me personally, I don’t get jittery but feel more alert and focused.

Ah okay, thanks for all the helpful words everyone. :) I appreciate the insight. I think I’ll pass on the guayusa. I wasn’t really looking for an up in caffeine anyway, it was more the curiosity of how it tastes, and I think I’d rather not risk the horrid caffeinated feeling. Definitely glad I asked before I tried.

Having to do coffee tastings? shudders I couldn’t stand it. As for black teas, I have to quit drinking it past 4-pm. White and herbals/rooibos is what I stick to after then. It’s tough because evening, particularly late evening is when I most enjoy drinking tea.

Hello! I am also very bad with coffee, I actually quit caffeine entirely for a whole year it bothered my stomach so much. Probably also from the energy drinks i used to consume quite often, bleck. I still don’t have it, but I’ve tried both guayusa and mate, after a lot of apprehension as well. I actually found that both were not bad for caffeine for me, altho I did not have mate straight, just in a blend. Personally I found guayusa a bit more awakening and gave me a few jitters, but the mate was just tasty, but that might be the blend, it was honeydew mate by davidstea, which also has green rooibos in it. But they affect everyone differently. I know I still can’t handle strong black teas, they are just too hard on my tummy at times lol. If you are unsure about trying it don’t make yourself, I know I was very nervous when I finally decided it was time to. You might want to at some point in the future as well :)

I’ve only tried Yerba Mate….I couldn’t stand the taste. I do like Caribean Calypso Mate tea from Teavana, and according to the store employee it has mate in it, but it doesn’t taste like it. and never tried it at night. heh.