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Botany and Research => Plant Science => Topic started by: mj on November 17, 2015, 06:01:20 AM

Title: Wow this is interesting the new Tea or is that Cofftea?
Post by: mj on November 17, 2015, 06:01:20 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9797675/Tea-made-from-coffee-leaves-found-to-beneficial-for-health.html

Title: Re: Wow this is interesting the new Tea or is that Cofftea?
Post by: FewTrueSeed on November 17, 2015, 02:03:39 PM

Go figure huh. My coffee isn't big enough to take leaves yet.  :(

Title: Re: Wow this is interesting the new Tea or is that Cofftea?
Post by: mj on November 23, 2015, 10:40:58 PM

just thought I would ask if anybody here is growing large quantities of Coffee and who might have a quantity of leaf they would part with? I would like to try some Coffee leaf tea and the prices for leaf that I have seen on line so far are silly. Send me a PM if you do and we can discuss. Best regards mj.

Title: Re: Wow this is interesting the new Tea or is that Cofftea?
Post by: The Clam on September 24, 2016, 10:33:13 AM

Oddly enough I just read this not to long ago but never got around to trying some, if anyone has tried it, im curious as to what it tastes like.

Title: Re: Wow this is interesting the new Tea or is that Cofftea?
Post by: Greenwhale on December 18, 2016, 06:37:15 AM

Dang thats wild, I have praised the tea plants health benefits for years! I may have a new leaf to sing praises! But I'm also a tad skeptical that it really has more antioxidants, would love for more research and tests to be done!

Title: Re: Wow this is interesting the new Tea or is that Cofftea?
Post by: Hummingbird on January 07, 2017, 12:40:52 AM

Overall antioxidant content doesn't mean much. Nor is it proven that more antioxidants in diet benefit health.
It's just what we mostly read about, since journalism has a big influence on public opinion.
That's why we think that dietary fat and cholesterol is bad for us ;D but it's another topic

The specific compounds are important, in this case Mangiferin content is mentioned as the main benefit of coffee leaf tea.
I searched it, it's a molecule also found in mango fruit. Here's what a study I found says:
"analgesic, antidiabetic, antisclerotic, atimicrobial and antiviral, cardio-, hepato-, and neuroprotective, antiinflammatory, antiallergic, MAO inhibiting and memory improving, as well as radioprotective against X-ray, gamma, and UV radiation" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23190031

Apparently it has great effects, but the overall content and bioavalibility must be taken into account before considering coffee leaves a viable source.
This article doesn't say anything, really.

Also, catethins from green tea are thoroughly researched with to my knowledge unmatched effects, expect maybe for T.cacao.
Here's a great site for more info: https://examine.com/supplements/Green+Tea+Catechins/

Well, I would like to have both... Right now some yellow coffee seeds are germinating for that purpose, 70% rate so far
They should be more resilient than the "regular" ones.. Got them off ebay, I could PM source if someone's interested.