Hi,
I have a question about green tea. I put some tea leaves in my mug every morning and have 4-5 cups throughout the day. Is it okay to eat those leaves at the end of the day, or should I just throw them out? I notice that if I leave them in overnight, they either dry up or turn brown. The next day, I just throw them out.
But I was just wondering is there any benefits (or negative effects) to just ingesting the leaves at the end of the day?
Thanks, Brian
Just to expand on my question. I've read that it's okay to eat the tea leaves. But the focus of my question is whether it's okay to eat them after they've been used for tea.
I know that once they've been used for tea, all the herbal nutrition has been washed into the water, so thus the leaf no longer has any "herbal" value left. But the leaf itself, is it still edible, if anything, for fibre?
Someone told me it's actually bad to eat the leaves afterwards, as if it would actually be bad for you. Can anyone confirm?
Brian
You should throw them out. I can't think of any health reason to eat tea leaves.
A good answer. But- not to put too fine a point on it- people here who are associated with the tea industry are usually considered rude if they hawk their wares. While I appreciate your bringing your expertise to this forum, the ad you placed above (this post confirms that 'Teameister Online Store' was indeed an ad, and not simply a post giving an unsolicited opinion) is rather out of line. Some people would see it as (rightfully or wrongly) destroying your credibility on tea matters since any answer you might give could be seen as self-serving. Please feel free to mention that you own an online tea shop when relevant, but otherwise, it just doesn't look good to include the URL in every post. If the tea you sell is good, other people will be happy to mention it for you- you won't have to do it yourself. Some people here actually AVOID buying tea from people who put ads on the group, particularly when those ads dishonestly try to create the image of coming from happy customers.
Each and every wow-wah-woo url mentioned in this group goes into my browser's restricted sites. I'm not even interested in the me too testimonials of satisfied customers telling me where they waste their money based on the same testimonials of others simply surfing the net with a divining rod hoping they can be the purveyor of some undisclosed site where they wasted their money. Hopefully they'll start their own BLOG and stop wasting my time.
Jim
There are recipes "recycling" green and oolong tea leaves in Japan and in Taiwan. They still have some taste. It's not bad to make a "salad" of shincha after it's infused, that's like spinach (pour the sauce when they are still hot, it's better). For eggs reboiled in tea, that would be stupid to waste new leaves as you can reinfuse some.
I don't think it's bad to eat some occasionnally or in small quantities. If you do it systematically, maybe you'll intake too much theine/cafeine or something.
Kuri
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