6:30AM · HIGH THEANINE
Morning · gōng-fū gyokuro
Shaded Uji gyokuro brewed at 60°C, slowly. The single most theanine-rich pour you can make. Caffeine is there but the curve is flat for two hours.
FOCUS · CALM · SLEEP · STUDY
Caffeine without the jitter.
L-theanine is what makes tea different from coffee — it smooths the caffeine curve and helps focus rather than fragment it. Here we curate teas by what they actually do: morning lift, study session, between-meetings, evening wind-down. Caffeine and L-theanine grams labeled per cup.
48
curated cups
1:2
theanine-to-caffeine target
6 h
half-life avg
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not medical advice
FOUR MOMENTS · FOUR CUPS
Tea for what you need now.
6:30AM · HIGH THEANINE
11AM · FOR DEEP WORK
Mid-day · GABA oolong (Taiwan)
Tieguanyin processed in nitrogen to convert glutamate to GABA. Calm focus. Brew gōngfu, sip slowly. Taiwan-only origin.
8PM · LOW CAFFEINE
After dinner · aged shou
Aged shou pu-erh has less caffeine than young sheng, more body. A wind-down tea, served warm not hot.
INFORMATIONAL ONLY · NOT MEDICAL ADVICE
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