Our energy teas are true teas with natural caffeine, from gentle to bold. For a strong morning cup, choose Organic English Breakfast Tea or Ceylon Black Tea. For a steadier lift, try green teas like Organic Sencha, Gunpowder Green Tea and Jasmine Green Tea, or oolongs like Organic Tie Guan Yin, Milk Oolong and Peach Oolong. For the lightest lift, start with Silver Needle White Tea. Prefer no caffeine at all? Browse our herbal teas.
Every tea in this collection comes from the tea plant and contains natural caffeine, from gentle white teas to bold black teas. The type of tea, how much leaf you use and how long you steep it all change how strong your cup is.
Roughly 40–70 mg per 8 oz cup, about half a cup of coffee.
Roughly 30–50 mg per cup.
Roughly 20–45 mg per cup; matcha more, because you drink the whole leaf.
Usually less than black tea; varies with the tea and the steep.
All of the teas above contain caffeine. Here they are grouped from boldest to gentlest.
Full-bodied black teas and matcha.
Oolongs with a moderate, smooth lift.
Green and white teas with gentler caffeine.
More leaf makes a stronger cup; less makes a gentler one.
Shorter steeps extract less caffeine; longer steeps more, but can turn green and black teas bitter.
Second and third infusions of oolong and white tea contain less caffeine.
Cold-brewed tea is smooth and generally gentler.
