Cebu City - Caffeine is recognized as an addictive substance by the World Health Organization (WHO). Also, caffeine as a natural stimulant is unmatched. Caffeine in coffee is much higher than in tea in nature since you use more coffee beans than tea leaves in a drink. Tea has varieties and each has different caffeine content. The same goes with coffee, there are other varieties like a dark and light roast.

Either coffee or tea, an individual can still reach the limit of 400mg to 500mg of caffeine a day, depending on the type of coffee and the type of tea and preparation to be used. Basically, black tea and green matcha tea yields higher caffeine than other tea varieties. The same goes with dark coffee since it is less dense than light roast, it can be used in more significant amounts and yields more caffeine per cup in preparation.

Bottom line is, that how you prepare both drinks can affect the caffeine content in each drink. Yes, varieties of tea yield different amounts of caffeine but still, but the preparation can still affect its caffeine content. If you’re concerned with your caffeine intake and if you like to cut back on caffeine intake, choose herbal teas since it has a negligible amount of caffeine content. Also, you can use high caffeine content teas but make sure to brew it for a short time only, 1 minute instead of 3. // PDO I Noah Vincent D. Gallo, RND