Quote from: ironcross360 on March 14, 2013, 06:08:53 PM

No im trying to extract caffeine just for fun and to have it

Quote from: paysafecardbitcoin on March 14, 2013, 06:02:08 PM

better buy decaffeinated tea?

This is a standard lab for 1st semester organic chemistry. Go to your local college and buy a copy of "Pavia."

An ordinary teabag will yield between 0 and 10 mg of caffeine, depending on your skill. I think the Pavia book uses dichloromethane in one of the steps, and this should be changed to a greener solvent.

I suspect it would be just as easy in a home environment to put the tea into an evacuated home canning jar, and deposit the caffein on the lid using dry ice to cool the lid. I have not, however, attempted this.