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This is where I write. About tea, about practice, about what I'm learning. Sometimes it's a guide. Sometimes it's just something I needed to say.

Energy or Caffeine?— How to choose the right tea using Yin and Yang
Lena Haubner Lena Haubner

Energy or Caffeine?— How to choose the right tea using Yin and Yang

It's often said that aged or fermented tea has a gentler caffeine effect - it doesn't lose caffeine, but the effect feels softer. The teas I drink are also mostly from wild, relatively old tea trees, which carry a different kind of energy because of their age and minimal human interference.

So for me, it's not caffeine content that decides which tea to drink - it's whether a tea is Yin or Yang dominant.

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