Tea versus Coffee? Caffeine content, health benefits/drawbacks?

[jasperkent]

Any differences in instant (freeze dried) coffee, versus ground coffee re health benefits or drawbacks?

Instant has less caffeine.
Also, it is an abomination.

 

[jasperkent]

I've cut back on my coffee consumption and I never drink it after 5pm anymore. I'm down to about 14 cups a day, whereas I used to drink 20 to 30 cups daily.

 

[Esperighanto]

Can you just take an l-theanine supplement instead for equivalent benefits?

Yeah it's vaguely calming in the background of my cognition.

 

[JohnBoy2000]

Instant has less caffeine.
Also, it is an abomination.

Taste wise, you mean?

It's really only health related like use of sulphites as preservatives etc. that I'd be concerned with.

 

[emkee_reinvented]

There is approximately 95 mg of caffeine in an average 12 oz cup of coffee and 29 mg of caffeine in an average cup of black tea. A cup of matcha tea, however can approach that of coffee. I prefer coffee however that is by palate and not effect. In my experience the caffeine effect is equivalent if equal in total intake.

Can back this up + besides the high Caffeine in Matcha. It has no negative effect on Raynaud.
Coffee exacerbates Raynoud, didn t know till i stopped and switched to Matcha.

Which doesn t apparently, and is way healthier anyway. Coffee imo is just more addicting,
then that the taste mattter s. Mate is also loaded with Caffeine as well Guarana. All miss the Coffee effect

 

[jasperkent]

Taste wise, you mean?

Yes.
Instant coffee is a crime against nature.