How much tea is too much tea?

[unclebilly]

I’ve been off Coffee since July (Dr.’s orders) and been drinking tea instead. I’ve had a few coffees since - less than 5 and boy does that make me vibrate now.

I often have 4 cups of tea throughout the day and sometimes have some organic lemon ginger tea or chai as well.

How much is too much?

Why does my voice sound like Dame Edna?

[bkreigsr]

No such thing as 'too much tea'.

If you get bored, try some different colors, green, white, red, etc.

Try both loose and bags (for convenience).

The bags are mostly tea flakes or dust, while the loose has a larger leaf that has the full complement of nutrients and anti-oxidants.

FWIW, you can get just as much caffeine out of improperly steeped tea as you do in coffee.

(Even green tea has caffine - especially the store brands. No such thing as caffine free tea.)

Good luck on your journey, grasshopper.

[Steve Carlton]

Are you off of coffee because of the caffeine? Tea can have caffeine. I don't know if decaf coffee is 100% decaffeinated or not.

[unclebilly]

Coffee appears to deliver caffeine differently from tea. I really notice it when I have a cup of coffee now.

My Doc told me I could drink tea but to cut caffeinated coffee. I have yet to find a decaf coffee I enjoy - they must exist.

So yah… just finished my 4th cup of the day.

[LWJ]

4 should be fine. I'm a sales guy, not a doc!

[Steve Carlton]

[peppy]

You'll know when you have kidney stones.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally Posted by peppy

You'll know when you have kidney stones.

Hence the use of milk. The calcium will bind the oxalate and help prevent kidney stones.

[masraum]

What kind of tea are you drinking? There are lots of different kinds. And even the same kind from brand to brand can be very different. I have been drinking tea on and off for many years. I'll go through periods of years where I'll drink a lot of tea, and then years of very little.

I like English Breakfast (or Scottish Breakfast) and Earl Grey.

I also have always liked some of the Asian styles, Japanese sencha (green), genmaicha (green tea with roasted popped rice), oolong, pu erh, and white. Many years ago, there was a store named teavana that had a great selection, but I think the tea business didn't work for them. The last time I saw one of their stores, I'm not sure if there was any tea in it. My current go-to place to get tea is a store out of NY www.harney.com. I've had a bunch of their teas and all have been great with lots of flavor.

If you like coffee, and if you like chocolate, there's a drink that is more like coffee than anything else that you make with roasted cacoa beans that's brewed similar to coffee.

My wife loves it and I have a cup every once in a while. They have a pretty wide range of roasts which greatly affect the flavor. You can get a sampler pack on Amazon



https://www.amazon.com/s?k=crio+bru

[84CAB]

What was the issue with caffeine.?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Flatbutt1

Hence the use of milk. The calcium will bind the oxalate and help prevent kidney stones.

Interesting. WHen I drink something like Earl Grey or English breakfast, I do add milk. If I drink one of the Asian styles, green, oolong, white, I don't.

a little googling

https://artfultea.com/blogs/wellness/oxalates-in-tea

Is caffeinated loose leaf tea high in oxalates?

Loose leaf teas produced from the camellia sinensis tea plant, including black tea, green tea, oolong tea, white tea, purple tea, and pu-erh tea, do contain oxalates. Black teas have the highest oxalate content, followed by oolong, pu-erh, and green teas, followed by white teas and purple teas. Studies are still being conducted on the relationship between caffeinated teas and oxalates.

Some studies suggest that drinking tea may play a role in reducing the formation of kidney stones. In particular, green tea may help to prevent certain kinds of kidney stones. This is usually attributed to tea’s high antioxidant content and the fact that it keeps tea drinkers hydrated. Research also suggests that taking your tea with milk can reduce the absorption of oxalates because of the calcium present in milk.

That said, because tea made from the camellia sinensis plant does contain a non-negligible amount of oxalates, we don’t usually recommend it for customers looking to adopt a low-oxalate diet. If you have any questions or concerns about whether a particular tea is safe for you, you should get in touch with your doctor.

For some heavier reading...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6412450/
"Daily Green Tea Infusions in Hypercalciuric Renal Stone Patients: No Evidence for Increased Stone Risk Factors or Oxalate-Dependent Stones"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12495262/
"Oxalate content and calcium binding capacity of tea and herbal teas "

[unclebilly]

I started with Marks and Spencer Extra Strong (it’s what we had) and then switched to Marks and Spencer Luxury Gold (my SIL who lives in the UK hooked me up when she visited las summer).

After my heart incident in May, I was having palpitations. These were ended by cutting out beer, coffee, and spicy foods - 3 things I love. I have lost some weight as a result.

[Flatbutt1]

Speaking of milk

[gamin]

Dr says one cup reg coffee per day. I have that cup in the am and decaf after that. I like french roast. For the decaf I like Tully's decaf french roast. Give it a try. You might like it, maybe not.

[jcommin]

I never appreciated tea until I went to China. I visited a tea house and became aware of the different varieties of tea. I brought back several types and for a long time stopped drinking coffee for several months. I would ask work colleagues who traveled to China to bring me tea.

Today, I drink coffee only in the morning, but I drink tea anytime of the day.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally Posted by jcommin

I never appreciated tea until I went to China. I visited a tea house and became aware of the different varieties of tea. I brought back several types and for a long time stopped drinking coffee for several months. I would ask work colleagues who traveled to China to bring me tea.

Today, I drink coffee only in the morning, but I drink tea anytime of the day.

I occasionally have coffee averaging 2-3 per week. I almost always have a mug of tea in my hand. I've indulged in Pu-erh tea lately. and it is definitely an indulgence.

[Zeke]

I drink ne cup of french press coffee in the morning upon getting up. I like a bite of sweet too, but not in the coffee. So I eat a cookie and read the online paper.

A few times I have made green sun tea and drank that cold during the day. Man, that's like taking speed.

[Flatbutt1]

Originally Posted by Zeke

I drink ne cup of french press coffee in the morning upon getting up. I like a bite of sweet too, but not in the coffee. So I eat a cookie and read the online paper.

A few times I have made green sun tea and drank that cold during the day. Man, that's like taking speed.

That's my go to in summer time.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

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How much is too much?
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Here's a 4 page thread I started back in 2015, Billy....might have some useful content for you:

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/849520-what-kind-hot-tea-do-you-like.html

My fav. is "Constant Comment" but I also like "Earl Gray". Add some wildflower honey and a dash of half-n-half.....yum!

I don't drink it every day but on cool mornings I enjoy a cuppa......

[Jeff Alton]

We drink simple black tea. We get ours from Kenya, where we first tried it. I drink 1-2 cups per day but the wifey drinks 4-5. Not sure on the right amount, but It does not seem to cause us problems, knock on wood.

Cheers