Reduce Your Caffeine Consumption

A proven method for health-conscious consumers for eliminating at least 80% of the caffeine in tea.

Caffeine is one of the hot topics today among health-conscious consumers. It is consumed by 80-90% of Americans on a daily basis, making it one of the most commonly used drugs in our society. Its consumption opens the door of controversy with questions like: How does caffeine affect my body? How much is safe to consume? What are the alternatives?
   
First off, what is it? Caffeine is a bitter white alkaloid chemical, C8H10N4O2 or 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine. It is a natural substance found in at least 63 different types of plants. Most common are coffee, tea, and cocoa.

When consumed in moderation, caffeine can have numerous physiological effects on the body, including: excitability, increased blood pressure and pulse, faster reaction time, constricting superficial blood vessels, difficulty falling asleep, and disruption of rapid eye movement and dreaming while asleep. Caffeine also increases the painkilling affect of aspirin and acetaminophen.

Both the American Medical Association and the American Cancer Society have issued strong statements regarding the effects of caffeine, but dont tell you how to decrease your intake. Cutting down on caffeine is the role of health practitioners and nutritionists, who advise decreasing your consumption gradually over a period of days or weeks to avoid withdrawal symptoms.

One of the best ways to cutback on caffeine, or eliminate it almost entirely, is by drinking tea. First, there are a couple of things you need to know.

Tea, per pound of tea leaf, contains more caffeine than coffee per pound of bean, which surprises most people. However, more ground coffee is required to brew one cup of coffee than tea is required for brewing one cup of tea. The average cup of tea contains less than half the caffeine than the average cup of coffee.

The caffeine content in tea depends on where it was grown, brewing method used, type of tea, and temperature of the hot water used for brewing it. Contrary to popular opinion, green tea does not always contain less caffeine than black tea, which is another surprise for most people.

The biggest surprise of all is that approximately 80% of the caffeine in tea is released during the first 30-seconds of brewing. So, to remove most of the caffeine from your tea, simply pour boiling water over the tea leaves, allow it to steep for 30 seconds, and then discard the liquid. Be sure to save the tea leaves, because you are going to use them with fresh hot water to brew the next cup of tea that will be close to decaffeinated.

You will find this process highly effective, allowing you to enjoy tea without major concern over its caffeine content. Test it for yourself and you will see that it works.

There is also another hidden advantage to decaffeinating your own tea with this simple process. Almost all of the teas we sell in our online tea store are the loose-leaf, premium-grade variety. The surprise here is that loose-leaf teas like ours can be brewed over and over again until you have depleted the leaves of their wonderful natural flavor. This means that the same teaspoonful of tea can produce two, three or as many as eight cups of tea. It is nearly impossible to brew a second worthwhile-tasting cup of coffee from the same grounds or cup of tea from most of the off-the-shelf supermarket teas sold in teabags.

Regardless if you have been a diehard coffee devotee for years, transitioning over to tea is relatively easy. After all, besides incredible taste, tea is considered by many as the healthiest beverage on the planet. To get started, the first thing you need to do is to find someone who is knowledgeable about the available types of tea, and willing to help you select several to try, based on your personal taste preferences.

Besides our international collection of 75 premium-grade teas, including several that are naturally caffeine-free, our company offers nine difference tea samplers. They are ideal for taste-testing. Each sampler includes an ounce of several of our best-tasting teas, and will arrive with detailed preparation instructions.

Our Tea Concierge is also available to lend a hand to both aspiring tea drinkers as well as seasoned aficionados. This is one of the free services we offer that sets us apart from the competition. You can email our concierge with your questions or for personal assistance at e-mail protected from spam bots.

Our web site (www.royaldynastytea.com) includes a fully-secure online storefront. Besides our line of superior-quality teas, youll also find a beautiful collection of exquisite teapots and teaware. Our Special Values Department, in particular, offers money-saving discounts on many selected items. The web site also provides detailed information on teas extraordinary health benefits, which is well-worth reading.

We invite you to become one of our valued customers and enjoy the quality, service and value we offer. All our products come with our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: We guarantee you will love our products or we will refund your purchase price in full.

Royal Dynasty Tea was founded for the purpose of spreading the healthful benefits of daily tea consumption to intelligent, health-conscious consumers everywhere. We shared some of our wisdom and knowledge to support you in reducing your caffeine consumption by exploring the wonderful world of tea.

About the Author:

Chas Kroll is Managing Director of Royal Dynasty Tea. He is a powerful, loving, caring man dedicated to making a contribution to improving the human condition. He is a gifted visionary, skilled copywriter and exemplary webmaster. He is also a professionally-trained coach and gifted intuitive, author, speaker, soft-spoken motivator, empowering leader-by-example, self-trained gourmet chef and black-belt in Kung Fu. His vision for the company is to disseminate information on the healthy benefits of consuming tea to a broad cross-section of the population. In doing so, he believes that people will be able to reduce the incidence of harmful, life-threatening diseases, increase their energy, enhance their lifestyle, and live longer, more fulfilling lives.