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Kuti

What it is A name for coffee leaf drinks in Ethiopia.

In Ethiopia coffee leaf drinks are called kuti, and also jeno or jenuai. A 2020 review says the leaves were probably Arabica. The published record says little about how kuti is made.

Start 20 g dried leaf per litre, as a reference point.

The EU safety assessment of coffee leaf infusion used 20 g of dried leaf per litre. Treat it as a starting point to test and note, not as a traditional recipe.

Notice About 10 mg caffeine per litre at that strength.

EFSA put dried leaf at about 7 mg caffeine per gram and the 20 g/L drink at 9.9 to 10.9 mg per litre. Leaf and brew vary, so this is one measured case.

Boundary One brew, one figure.

The caffeine figure belongs to that assessment. Do not turn it into child, safety or therapeutic claims.

Source Coffee by-product review, with EFSA figures.

Klingel, Kremer, Gottstein, Rajcic de Rezende, Schwarz and Lachenmeier, A review of coffee by-products including leaf, flower, cherry, husk, silver skin, and spent grounds as novel foods within the European Union, Foods, 2020.

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