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Old 23-02-2010, 20:30
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I often hear people talking about cutting back on the amount of tea they drink and that it is good practice to drink a glass of water between each mug of tea. I drink quite a lot of tea (probably about 6-8 cups a day on average) and never have any trouble sleeping. What other maladies are attributed to too much tea/caffine consumption?

Has anyone here actually cut the amount of tea they drink and noticed a change in their life?
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Old 23-02-2010, 21:18
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I drink about 9 or 10 cups a day when I'm at home, but decaf so I don't have any issues there.

I did cut down a bit when I was anaemic though - both tea and milk can prevent iron from being absorbed, so you're not supposed to drink tea for 2 hours before or afterwards (I usually managed about an hour, but I was on 3 tablets a day so I've never have managed to have tea if I'd waited for so long between each one!)

Other than that, I have no issues with drinking so much tea. Tea is amazing.
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Old 23-02-2010, 21:29
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That is oh so true. If I could only have one drink it would be tea. It solves so many things! Plus it can't be that bad for you or Grannys wouldn't be living longer and longer!
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Old 23-02-2010, 21:47
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Cutting down? Why would you want to do a crazy thing like that?!

I love tea and don't have any trouble with the caffeine (i've just made another cup actually). I have recently cut down on the sugar in my tea (only at work) after my dentist 'told me off', but it just doesn't taste as nice There's nothing better than a nice strong sweet cup of tea
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Old 23-02-2010, 21:53
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I love tea so much!
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Old 24-02-2010, 08:57
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I drink about 9 or 10 cups a day when I'm at home, but decaf so I don't have any issues there.

I did cut down a bit when I was anaemic though - both tea and milk can prevent iron from being absorbed, so you're not supposed to drink tea for 2 hours before or afterwards (I usually managed about an hour, but I was on 3 tablets a day so I've never have managed to have tea if I'd waited for so long between each one!)

Other than that, I have no issues with drinking so much tea. Tea is amazing.
Thank you for reminding me of that. Pretty pointless me taking my iron tablet with my morning tea, which I did yesterday!

I love tea but mostly drink decaffienated especially at work.
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Old 24-02-2010, 08:59
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I drink 5 cups of normal tea a day during the week but oddly tend not to drink any at the weekends?? I don't think that is too excessive though and have no trouble sleeping etc...

I always have a camomile tea before bed though!!
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Old 24-02-2010, 09:51
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My mum is a total tea-a-holic, adn she started having trouble sleeping (not related to tea, but anyhoo...). She tried having a decaff bag as her last cup at night and noticed a major difference in her sleep!

I tried it and it didn't make any difference whatsoever, and to be fair, mum doesn't even venture to the decaff bags anymore, but there's my tuppence-worth

The best feeling in the world = being away somewhere with rubbish tea and coming back home and making a cup of your own!! Lush!!
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Old 24-02-2010, 10:04
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its also a diuretic and dehydrates you.
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Old 24-02-2010, 10:21
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i only like my tea with sugar, ive stopped having it due to the sugar really, in november i was having 4 cups a day but ive had none now for 2 months
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Old 24-02-2010, 11:59
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its also a diuretic and dehydrates you.
Not according to this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5281046.stm
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Old 24-02-2010, 12:39
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Old 24-02-2010, 13:00
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I've often thought I want to live abroad or somewhere remote when I'm older - but one of the things that puts me off is not being able to have a 'proper' cup of tea in the morning!
Nothing else works to get me to wake up.

My faves are the twinings ones in a yellow box - and M&S extra strong.
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Old 24-02-2010, 14:52
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Thank you for reminding me of that. Pretty pointless me taking my iron tablet with my morning tea, which I did yesterday!

I love tea but mostly drink decaffienated especially at work.
I used to attempt to do that before I read about the absorption thing, but always found that drinking tea with my iron tablets made me feel sick. Best thing to take them with is orange juice apparently.

If I could only ever have one drink again, it would be tea.
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Old 24-02-2010, 19:40
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its also a diuretic and dehydrates you.
Only if you are not used to it, in fact coffee and tea count towards your liquid intake every day.
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Old 24-02-2010, 19:42
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My faves are the twinings ones in a yellow box - and M&S extra strong.
Ours too
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Old 24-02-2010, 21:31
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Yorkshire gold tea

i must drink about 10 cups a day. if i go without tea for more than 36 hours i get the worst banging headache ever until i drink a cuppa, then its sorted within about 15 minutes
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Old 25-02-2010, 21:20
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Tea is only a problem if the caffeine doesn't agree with you or you're chucking in lots of cream or sugar. Otherwise, enjoy!
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Old 25-02-2010, 23:11
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I can't drink proper tea and occasionally when my husband makes his I have a sniff of the brew before he drinks it!

I was trying to drink green tea as it has a low enough caffeine level for it not to disagree with me like normal tea does, but since I've been pregnant tea leaves a horrid taste in my mouth.

So I've been drinking green tea with ginger (Until it was discontinued due to being just a limited edition), green tea with lemon, and Rooibos with strawberry and vanilla.

Really really wish I could drink real tea
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Old 26-02-2010, 02:15
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Tea is the business. I probably drink way too much though, but I don't care.
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Old 26-02-2010, 12:22
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Am I the only person on the planet who doesn't like PG? Really can't stand the stuff - and I think it's the most popular brand - but my mum used to say it tasted like sweepings up off the factory floor - and I agree (not that I've tried floor sweepings)

Tetley is nice, at a push Quick Brew or Typhoo..
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Old 26-02-2010, 12:40
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i do love my tea and for a while there if i had it after about 9 o clock i then wouldn't be able to sleep but after i cut it out for a few weeks i defintly noticed a difference in my sleep.

for the moment now i can drink tea at whatever time i like but that could change
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Old 26-02-2010, 13:56
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The only brand of decaff tea I can drink is Sainsburys' Red Label. I think Typhoo make one but it tastes nasty (IMO).
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Old 26-02-2010, 15:51
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My Mum & Dad are crazy for tea! They must drink at least 8 cups a day - I really don't get how they can drink so much.

I enjoty a nice cuppa - but don't think I could drink that much in a day.
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Old 26-02-2010, 19:24
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tetley make tea bags make tea


and no one else comes close- even typhoo who put the tea in Britain
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