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MORTAR & KETTLE
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KIND · Tea

black tea

Camellia sinensis

Fully oxidized leaf, brisk and caffeinated.

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black tea

CHEMISTRY

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₈H₁₀N₄O₂
caffeine
C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

alert, energizing

C₁₅H₁₄O₆
catechin
C₁₅H₁₄O₆

grippy tannin

C₇H₁₄N₂O₃
l-theanine
C₇H₁₄N₂O₃

calm, sweet-savory