Re: What's wrong with green tea?


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Posted by Kenzi on April 22, 2001 at 15:17:49:

In reply to: What's wrong with green tea? posted by Darlahood on April 21, 2001 at 22:56:31:

: Most of my pastes are made with straight lemon juice, but when I
: desire to put cloves, thyme, cardamom, and other things in I use
: green tea as my medium. I know black tea is probably used more
: often, in hopes of darkening the paste. Does anybody know if it
: really make a difference which tea to use?

If the reasons for using tea is to use the tannins to help along the
henna stain, then any tea with tannins should work. Does green tea
have the same tannins as black tea? If so, it should work.

 


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