I drink a ton of green tea. Is that so wrong?

I drink about nine to twenty cups of green tea per-day. I only drink BIGELOW regular green tea. From what i can tell i dont think i can overdose on greentea. But should i be afraid of having too much? Or is drinking too much green tea like eating too many apples.

I HAVE CHECKED on some websites and they say that if i have an overdose i should seak medical attention... BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW?? They never give a single note on what you might feel. Are they expecting me to call 911 if my arm starts twitching? Do i call poison control if i get hickups?

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The Snowfish.
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I feel fairly confident that one can eat too many apples.

"Symptoms of a green tea overdose are not well known but might include restlessness, tremor, vomiting, and abdominal spasms."

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I think you can overdose on anything, except perhaps cannabis. Actually, I have read that even that is theoretically possible. More seriously, you can even overdose on water:

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Moderation and common sense are our friends, or so I am told.

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Dashing Starthistle

Yeah it's that "not well known" and "might include" part that simply just makes the rest mean, "if it hurts, dont do it." I wish that there would be some sort of warning lable on tea if i could overdose on it. And if you can O.D. on green tea can has it killed some one yet?

O.D. by water? Drowning?

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The Snowfish.

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Snowfish my friend,

I drink as much daily tea as you describe yourself drinking. I don't think this is harmful. Of course, the problem might be the BIGELOW. Try some decent green tea. If your arm begins to twitch, call a doctor.And lay off the apples for awhile. You should be just fine.

On the slightly less positive side, tea drinking began maybe 3500 years ago, and even the most casual observation shows clearly that every single one of the untold millions of tea drinkers right down the ages through, let's say, the nineteenth century, are quite, quite thoroughly dead. So, I don't know...

Michael

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Michael Plant

BIGELOW green tea i have found yet that doesn't taste like it has had cool-ade sprinkled all over it. I hate sweet tea. On the other hand i absolutely love thick and dark green tea that's pure. If you drink green tea, what do you choose?

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Hi,

There are any number of green teas to choose from either through internet companies or in your local Japanese or Chinese grocery store, if you have one in our area. Since it is now spring (in my neck of the woods) Dragon Well (Long Jin; Lung Ching; whatever) is becoming available in a wide variety of prices and qualities. Try a middle quality one. It doesn't taste like cool-aide, trust me on this. Also becoming available now are Japanese Senchas in quite a range of prices. I've yet to meet the Sencha that tasted of cool-aide. Here are two suggestions out of many possible.

Sencha.com's Sencha tea page: This one has excellent quality, but they are pricey. They also have Chinese green teas, I think.

TeaCentre's green tea page: They have several Chinese and Japanese green teas at low prices. They are very friendly and will help you choose.

Michael

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Michael Plant

Hi Michael,

Have you done a lot of business with these folks? Are the pretty trustworthy? I ask because they offer some 19 year old puerh at prices that are hard to believe.

You can respond by email if you like....

Thanks

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If you answer by email rather than posting, please cc me as I am interested too.

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Mike,

It's an interesting question, and your concern is justified regarding unbelievably priced old pu-erh, IMO. All I can say is that they have sent me a variety of samples, some of which were quite good, especially considering the low price. It is my considered opinion that almost any green would be better than a Bigalow teabag, and Tea Centre has a variety. Their DW is quite remarkable for the low price they charge. Therefore, I believe this would be a great introduction to decent green tea. In addition, they are somewhat adventurous -- witness the high oxidation Bao Zhong. Further, they actually know and can talk about Bai Hao and the Leaf Hopper sacred to it and so beloved of us drunken tea drinkers. So, they get extra credit.

Michael

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Michael Plant

Hi Snowfish:

As an everyday tea drinker for more than 10 years, I only experienced tea overdrinking twice; there are several dosages recorded in the classic texts which are to be avoided in everyday drinking, and my last miserable experience is just one of them, but those situations are less likely to be met outside China, because most elements associate with overdose (together with tea) are classified in the group of "leaves", but not tea, and I haven't heard any "leaves" (strictly) are commercially available out side China.

About good green tea, there are some from Japan, but I don't have enough information for recommendations; as to Chinese green tea, Biluochun, Longjing(dragon well), Xinyang Maojian, Liuan Guapian, Taiping Kuihou... just search the web and you will find hundreds of dealers.

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DLG

I think you meant Taiping Houkui, didn't you?

/Lew

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Lewis Perin

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Actually Lew, Kuihou seems quite correct. It would be a rare and refined version of Houkui, "Leader of The Monkeys." Wouldn't it translate as "Monkey of the Leaders"? Or does this make a monkey out of me?

Back to the drawing board. Maybe the whole problem is just bad taiping.

Michael

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Michael Plant

Don't worry about it. That's trivial compared to the trouble you can get into with a monkey-picked king.

/Lew

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Lewis Perin

If you started taking your infusions intravenously -- then I'd worry.

Joe

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Joseph Kubera

You know, since it sounds like i have nothing to fear of overdrinking tea, i'm gonna venture out and see what my limit is. I will look online to see what tea i can order.... in bulk! :)

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Snowfish,

I'm sure that given enough perseverence and fortitude you could overdose on tea. You appear highly motivated. Good luck in your quest. Unless I misunderstand your meaning of "limit" and "in bulk."

Michael

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Michael Plant

The dangerous dosis must be very huge. I have a friend that eats tea powder (cheap macha), about 30 g every day. She mixes it with yogurt and says that makes her skin beautiful : she knows well, she is easthetician, skin care specialist. So far, she has done that for 15 years and is still in good health. If you just brew leaves, you can't intake as much as that.

BTW, I didn't tell you that secret. Keep buying expensive anti-wrinkle creams.

Kuri

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If you drink enough water you drown. The same applies to tea. Here is an audio clip of temporary insanity caused by drinking too much jasmine

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