I was given some Darjeeling. Nothing fancy, just some mid-grade organic
> FTGFOP. I haven't drunk black tea in quite some time, more than a year,
> at least. And let me tell you, I can sure feel this stuff working on my
> system. A real caffeine jolt. Drinking 5 or 6 cups of Japanese green
> in one day is not unusual for me,
Are we talking about 5 or 6 sets of leaves or, say, 2 sets with 3 steeps each?
and yet I never experience the kind of kick this Darjeeling is
> giving me. Chalk it up as anecdotal, the question of whether this
> black tea has more caffeine than Japanese greens is undeniable.
Don't forget caffeine enters the liquor faster at higher temperatures. You're brewing the Darj hotter than the Japanese green, right? And maybe brewing it longer too?
/Lew