jingles, its ok. i can give u the soup. I will also vomit out the vege, especially if they have celery & carrots in it.
You can imagine how boring my daily meals are.
For tea, my ILs are chinese tea lovers. the caffeine levels depends on what types of leaves you are brewing and the method. We generally pour away the first brew of tea. because that has the most dust (accumulated from tea factories) and the concentration of caffeine is highest. Here's what I found:
Caffeine in tea
Caffeine is one the component of tea and all types of tea (except for herbal) contain caffeine. However, the amount of caffeine varies according to type. In general, Green tea contains the least caffeine, Black tea the most, and Oolong falls in the middle range.
A cup of Green tea (6 oz) contains 8 to 36 mg of caffeine.
A cup of Oolong tea contains 12 to 55 mg of caffeine.
A cup of Black tea ranges from 25 - 110 mg.
Coffee generally contains 60 - 180 mg of caffeine.
REMOVING CAFFEINE FROM TEA
Caffeine is water soluble and released from tea leaves in the very first part of the brewing process. To remove most of the caffeine from tea, brew the tea as normal, then pour off the liquid, add new hot water to the wet leaves, and brew for the usual amount of time. The flavor of any second steeping is less than that of a first steeping.
extracted from:
http://www.teaspring.com/teafaq.asp?id=3