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Hot tea.. Milk... and Sugar... what the hell? (pg. 2)
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| Vivid Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Karen Simon
BTW... I do like hot tea when it's cold.. |
There's an oxymoron.
-Ta's grammar professor,
Vivid Boy |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by netw3rkd
um, not always |
Well yes, I did make reference to the existence of decaffeinated tea earlier in the post... read it. |
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| Mako |
| Ok let me correct my post here. Tea has caffeine in it, but it also has L-Theanine in it, which is a relaxant basically an "anti-caffeine" in a way, hence it being milder, mind you the concentrations of caffeine in tea is probably much less than in coffee. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mako
Ok let me correct my post here. Tea has caffeine in it, but it also has L-Theanine in it, which is a relaxant basically an "anti-caffeine" in a way, hence it being milder, mind you the concentrations of caffeine in tea is probably much less than in coffee. |
Non-decaffeinated (natural) tea has substantially more caffeine in it than natural coffee. Some good English Breakfast Tea will wake you up like a boot in the arse. |
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| Mako |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Non-decaffeinated (natural) tea has substantially more caffeine in it than natural coffee. Some good English Breakfast Tea will wake you up like a boot in the arse. |
Well then it must be the concentration ratios of both caffeine and L-Theanine and other contributing chemicals in the tea. Concentrations of chemicals vary from species to species in terms of plants. |
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| DJ-Fuq |
| quote: | Originally posted by Karen Simon
AND... what the hell is "tea time"?
I called my friend and his mom said, "He should be coming home at tea time"... I was like "Uuuuhhh... OK." Then she realized I didn't have a clue! |
It can mean either dinner or lunch time, so usually around 5-6pm or 11am-1pm |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mako
Well then it must be the concentration ratios of both caffeine and L-Theanine and other contributing chemicals in the tea. Concentrations of chemicals vary from species to species in terms of plants. |
I don't understand what you're getting at here. There are hundreds of different kinds of tea, both natural and synthetic. People drink different kinds of tea for different occasions, it's a very versatile drink, hence the "obsession" as some people are calling it.
Yes, you can drink it as a relaxation drink, that's what those "after dinner" teas are for. Or as a stimulant, i.e. English Breakfast tea. And there are lots in between, like Earl Grey, and all kinds of herbal teas like blueberry or lemon. There are also lots of Chinese teas that have completely different purposes, like traditional green or black tea that's often used as herbal medicine, or chai that's drank purely for flavour, or ginger tea that's supposed to soothe sore throats.
So yeah, we understand that it has different chemicals inside it, like all foods and drinks do... so? |
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| Z1D |
Whats so odd about milk in tea?
Hows it any different than putting cream in your coffee.
Tea is much better than coffee anyway. |
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| mndeg |
| quote: | Originally posted by SebTheDJ
With dog and cat intestines? |
that was very low brow americalike of you
if chinese people eat dog than all americas are trailer trash like the ones on jerry springer |
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| DJ-Fuq |
| Do u americans drink coffee without milk too? |
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| Mako |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
I don't understand what you're getting at here. There are hundreds of different kinds of tea, both natural and synthetic. People drink different kinds of tea for different occasions, it's a very versatile drink, hence the "obsession" as some people are calling it.
Yes, you can drink it as a relaxation drink, that's what those "after dinner" teas are for. Or as a stimulant, i.e. English Breakfast tea. And there are lots in between, like Earl Grey, and all kinds of herbal teas like blueberry or lemon. There are also lots of Chinese teas that have completely different purposes, like traditional green or black tea that's often used as herbal medicine, or chai that's drank purely for flavour, or ginger tea that's supposed to soothe sore throats.
So yeah, we understand that it has different chemicals inside it, like all foods and drinks do... so? |
She asked whether people drink it to wake up, or something along those lines. So i basically explained how it could be milder than coffee in terms of effects in general, hence me bringing in L-Theanine a coffee antagonist and the probability of other chemical antagonists into the picture. Mind you this is a general comment, i am not particularly reffering to certain types of tea. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mako
She asked whether people drink it to wake up, or something along those lines. So i basically explained how it could be milder than coffee in terms of effects in general, hence me bringing in L-Theanine a coffee antagonist and the probability of other chemical antagonists into the picture. Mind you this is a general comment, i am not particularly reffering to certain types of tea. |
Generalizing about tea makes about as much sense as generalizing about beer. Yeah, beer has ethanol, it makes you get drunk... so what? That doesn't explain American society's preoccupation with drinking, or specifically why certain people drink it. And there are hundreds of different brews, maybe even thousands. |
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