FOR ATHLETES · ALL DISCIPLINES

Tea, honestly paired to sport.

Sport-specific tea pairings — pre-workout caffeine timing, recovery polyphenol load, endurance hydration. We cite the studies we use, and we tell you when a study is too small to lean on. Audit-trail framework: every claim has a footnote.

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14

sports profiled

48

studies cited

1:2

target theanine:caffeine

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not medical advice

THREE FRAMES

When in the workout you drink it.

T − 45 MIN · LIGHT CAFFEINE

Pre-workout · Jin Jun Mei

Mid-caffeine red tea, easy on the stomach. Hits at the right time for a 60-min training block. 5g leaf, 90°C, 3-min steep.

T + 30 MIN · POLYPHENOLS

Recovery · Shou pu-erh

Aged shou for post-session warmth and dark polyphenols. Drink with food. Easier on the gut than green after heavy lifting.

IN-EVENT · HYDRATION

Endurance · cold-brewed sencha

Cold-brewed for 8h at 1g/100ml. Long, low-tannin, hydrating cup that keeps theanine high without the caffeine spike.

INFORMATIONAL · NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A SPORTS DIETITIAN

A cup that earns its place.

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