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pasquinellitoday at 7:53 AM2 repliesview on HN

all tea has caffeine unless it's decaf. some things that aren't tea are called tea casually, but they aren't tea, for instance peppermint "tea" is not tea. by the same logic that one would call peppermint a tea, one would have to call coffee a tea. and beef broth.


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majkinetortoday at 8:20 AM

That depends on culture. All camelia s. teas have it (green etc) but almost none of common herbal teas in Europe have it (chamomile, menta, sage etc.) They are not called casually teas.

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Liongatoday at 2:44 PM

no true scotsman tea. Tea is what is called tea. You can not just decide that you don't like some teas so they are not tea anymore.

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