when do they run out of caffeine?

[lauralh]

[Poll #495713]

if more than 5 pick 5. if you don't drink tea pick 0.

Comments

[llarian.livejournal.com]

I should qualify that and say that I think the bags begin to lose flavor after 1 use and rarely use them more. The pearls and other more dense tea shapes are designed to be used repeatedly, and so for those I do of course will use many more than 5 times.

[wanton-bliss.livejournal.com]

I also wear one-day disposable contacts.

Mine is a life of extravagance.

[verybadlady.livejournal.com]

most of the teas I drink aren't high quality enough to use the bags more than once.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

whatcho drink, LIPTON?

[verybadlady.livejournal.com]

ew. I've been drinking a lot of Ceylon tea recently (peppermint)

[endquote.livejournal.com]

It's never even occured to me to use them more than once. You can do that? Honestly I usually use two per cup.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

ew.

My company has started buying the tiny 8-oz. styrofoam cups, so I have to take it out within two minutes or it's way too damn bitter and nasty.

Although I have made big huge 16 oz. cups of chai with two bags, and reused them again later.

And finally, if you want to decaf. your tea, pour two cups of boiling water onto the bag, then toss it, and brew as normal.

[jette.livejournal.com]

Hee, you too? Anything else is tea blasphemy!

[jette.livejournal.com]

Not only that, but I generally use two teabags per cup.

[kamakhai.livejournal.com]

well, of course it depends on the sort of tea... green teas can handle multiple infusions, so i kind of feel guilty if i don't use them at least twice..

as for caffiene, my understanding is that since it's water soluable it all transfers within about 20 seconds, meaning subsequent infusions would contain none.

[tyrven.livejournal.com]

This is highly dependent on the quality and type of tea. A good black tea can be used 2-3 times. I can't imagine a white tea being used more than once.

With green tea you're probably looking at one time as well, usually.

[fritz-da-kat.livejournal.com]

I only have one tea bag. I haven't been using it much recently...

[ronaldraygun.livejournal.com]

Use it once. Any longer than 3-5 minutes of brewing and the tannins start getting released. That only leads to fouling it up with milk and sugar, yuk!