Caffeine and Nutrition Data: Moringa Tea vs Coffee, Matcha, Green Tea and Black Tea

Caffeine and Nutrition Data: Moringa Tea vs Coffee, Matcha, Green Tea and Black Tea

This page puts caffeine and basic nutrition for common hot drinks side by side, using public data from the USDA, the FDA, Japan's official food tables (MEXT) and a peer-reviewed review. A cup of brewed coffee has about 95 mg of caffeine, black tea about 47 mg, green tea about 28 mg and 2 g of matcha about 64 mg. Plain moringa leaf tea is caffeine-free. Brewed drinks carry very few calories or nutrients. Moringa leaf powder is a different food: per 100 g it has more calcium and iron than matcha, kale or spinach in our table, but matcha has more protein, potassium and vitamin C, and kale and spinach have more vitamin C. A real serving of powder is only a few grams, and a cup of tea carries far less than the powder.

Table 1. Caffeine and basic nutrition per serving

Caffeine, calories and potassium per serving. Drinks are plain, with no milk or sugar. Ranges show how much published values differ.
Drink Serving Caffeine, typical Caffeine, range across sources Calories Potassium Sources
Coffee, brewed 8 fl oz (237 mL) 95 mg 75–165 mg 2 kcal 116 mg [1] [4] [5]
Black tea, brewed 8 fl oz (237 mL) 47 mg 47–71 mg 2 kcal 88 mg [2] [4] [5]
Green tea, brewed 8 fl oz (237 mL) 28 mg 25–47 mg 2 kcal 19 mg [3] [4] [5]
Matcha 2 g powder, whisked in water 64 mg 32–64 mg (1–2 g powder) 5 kcal 54 mg [5] [6]
Moringa leaf tea (Miracle Tree Original) 1 tea bag 0 mg (caffeine-free)* — — — [11]
Miracle Tree Energy tea (moringa with organic black tea caffeine extract) 1 tea bag 155 mg* — — — [12]

Coffee and tea values per 8 fl oz are worked out from USDA figures per 100 g [1–3]. Ranges include the FDA's published amounts, converted from 12 fl oz to 8 fl oz [4], and Japan's brewed tea and coffee figures, converted to 237 mL [5]. Japan's coffee figure (142 mg) comes from a strong brew and sits inside the FDA range. Matcha caffeine is 3.2 g per 100 g of powder [5]. *Miracle Tree figures are the maker's own statements, not independent lab tests. Our Moringa Green Tea blend (decaffeinated green tea) has a trace of caffeine and our Earl Grey blend has a little; we do not publish mg figures for those two. — = no reliable published figure.

Table 2. Moringa leaf powder per 100 g vs matcha, kale and spinach

Nutrients per 100 g of each food as sold. Moringa and matcha are dry powders. Kale and spinach are fresh, raw leaves (about 90% water).
Nutrient Moringa leaf powder [7] Matcha powder [6] Kale, raw [8] Spinach, raw [9] Highest of the four
Protein 27.1 g 29.6 g 2.9 g 2.9 g Matcha
Calcium 2,003 mg 420 mg 254 mg 99 mg Moringa
Iron 28.2 mg 17.0 mg 1.6 mg 2.7 mg Moringa
Potassium 1,324 mg 2,700 mg 348 mg 558 mg Matcha
Vitamin C 17.3 mg 60 mg 93.4 mg 28.1 mg Kale

How to read this

  • Caffeine varies. How much ends up in a cup depends on how much coffee or leaf you use, the water temperature and how long you brew. That is why Table 1 shows a range, not one number.
  • Daily caffeine guidance. The FDA cites 400 mg a day for most adults [4]. EFSA says single doses up to 200 mg and daily intakes up to 400 mg raise no safety concerns for healthy adults, and up to 200 mg a day for pregnant or breastfeeding women [10]. One Miracle Tree Energy tea bag has 155 mg.
  • Table 2 is per 100 g, not per serving. Moringa and matcha are dry powders, so gram for gram they will look far higher than fresh kale or spinach, which are mostly water. Matcha is the closest like-for-like comparison.
  • Where moringa does not come out ahead. Per 100 g, matcha has more protein, potassium and vitamin C than moringa leaf powder. Matcha also lists 2,400 µg of vitamin A (RAE) per 100 g [6]; our moringa source gives no vitamin A figure, so we leave that row out. Kale and spinach both have more vitamin C than moringa powder. Moringa powder leads only on calcium and iron in this table.
  • A serving is a few grams. 2 g of moringa leaf powder has about 0.5 g protein, 40 mg calcium, 0.6 mg iron and 26 mg potassium [7].
  • A cup of tea is not a spoon of powder. When you steep a tea bag and take it out, only part of the leaf ends up in the cup, and a bag holds only a few grams of leaf. We found no published lab data for brewed moringa tea, so Table 1 shows "—" for its nutrients. For scale, Japan's tables list 450 mg calcium and 20 mg iron per 100 g of dry sencha leaf, but about 7 mg calcium and 0.5 mg iron in a 237 mL cup of brewed sencha [5]. Do not expect a cup of moringa tea to give the amounts in Table 2.
  • About the moringa figures. They come from Table 1 of a 2016 review, which compiles earlier published data. Nutrient levels in moringa leaf vary with where and how it is grown and dried.
  • "—" means we found no reliable published figure.

Sources

  1. USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, FDC ID 171890: Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water. fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/171890
  2. USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, FDC ID 173227: Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water. fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/173227
  3. USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, FDC ID 171917: Beverages, tea, green, brewed, regular. fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/171917
  4. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Spilling the Beans: How Much Caffeine Is Too Much? Updated August 28, 2024. fda.gov
  5. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan 2020 (8th revised edition), Chapter 2 data: foods 16035 (matcha), 16036 and 16037 (sencha leaf and brew), 16044 (black tea brew), 16045 (coffee brew). mext.go.jp
  6. MEXT Food Composition Database. Food no. 16035, matcha (8th revised edition, 2023 supplement). fooddb.mext.go.jp
  7. Gopalakrishnan L, Doriya K, Kumar DS. Moringa oleifera: A review on nutritive importance and its medicinal application. Food Science and Human Wellness. 2016;5(2):49–56, Table 1. doi:10.1016/j.fshw.2016.04.001
  8. USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, FDC ID 168421: Kale, raw. fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/168421
  9. USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, FDC ID 168462: Spinach, raw. fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/168462
  10. European Food Safety Authority. Caffeine (topic page), summarizing the EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine, EFSA Journal 2015;13(5):4102. efsa.europa.eu; doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4102
  11. Miracle Tree. Organic Moringa Tea – Original, product page (maker's statement). miracletree.org
  12. Miracle Tree. Organic Moringa Energy Tea, product page (maker's statement). miracletree.org

Cite this page: Miracle Tree. Caffeine and Nutrition Data: Moringa Tea vs Coffee, Matcha, Green Tea and Black Tea. https://www.miracletree.org/pages/caffeine-and-nutrition-data. 2026.

Last updated: November 10, 2026. Values are for general information and are not medical advice.