Comment · Thu, April 11, 2013 · Ceretropic
Can the theanin and caffeine in green tea even be extracted from the leaves by our digestive system?
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IHaveAPointyStick · 1 points
I was wondering because it is often recommended in this subreddit that instead of drinking green tea, one should just eat the leaves to make sure to lose no nutrients, since you ingested all. Now I read somewhere that this does for example not work with marihuana, which needs to be smoked or solved in alkohol or fat.
So can anyone give me a hint? I just bought 2,5 kg green tea and want to use it the right way :)
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IHaveAPointyStick · 1 points
Ok, this is reasonable. :)
I didn't buy it to eat it, but for the caffeine and theanine, and read ealier today that eating the ground leaves would be the most efficient way.
I am cold brewing because this is supposed to get much theanine, won't destroy anything with heat and it's easier to make, considering I planned to drink 1-2l a day (with 4 tsp. tea per litre).
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Well at that point you might as well just do a water/ethanol extraction.
http://www.google.com/patents/US7901720
http://chem-courses.ucsd.edu/CoursePages/Uglabs/143A_Weizman/expt_3N.pdf
No need to drink 2 liters of liquid if all you want are the extracts.