Pu'er and losing drunkenness...heh.

I use green pu'erh for the morning after with good effect, but I've never tried it the night of. I'll give it a shot next time :)

Cameron

an endless night.

How much tea did you have? Drinking a lot of water will help reduce the concentration/level of alcohol in the bloodstream more quickly; you'll come down more quickly. It will also hydrate you, and make you feel better the next morning.

One major effects of Pu-erh is to relief hangover. Mr. Zhao Xuemin of Qing dynasty has recorded this in his famous book "Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi".

Hydration is, I believe, the key to any and all hangover "cures". I think the effect of reducing the concentration of alcohol in the bloodstream is very small. The caffeine in tea may help to make the imbiber feel a bit more alert. But hydration is the key. You could just as well get that by drinking water or lemonade or fruit juice. Other claims for hangover cures are, IMHO, horse hockey.

-- Randy (if replying by e-mail, remove SPAMFREE and DeLeTe from my address)

I tend to agree. My friend was a Navy Corpsman and swore by getting an IV of saline to cure a hangover. said he'd do it when he was out drinking the night before a PRT, and he felt great almost immediately afterward.

Steve

RJP wrote:

Hmmm, interesting. I know the importance of the hydration part, but had heard that tea is not so great for hydration as it is a diurectic -- that plain water is better. Maybe there's something about puerh?

Joe

" Regular coffee and tea drinkers become accustomed to caffeine and lose little, if any, fluid. In a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, researchers at the Center for Human Nutrition in Omaha measured how different combinations of water, coffee and caffeinated sodas affected the hydration status of 18 healthy adults who drink caffeinated beverages routinely. "We found no significant differences at all," says nutritionist Ann Grandjean, the study's lead author. "The purpose of the study was to find out if caffeine is dehydrating in healthy people who are drinking normal amounts of it. It is not."

The same goes for tea, juice, milk and caffeinated sodas: One glass provides about the same amount of hydrating fluid as a glass of water. The only common drinks that produce a net loss of fluids are those containing alcohol - and usually it takes more than one of those to cause noticeable dehydration, doctors say. "

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Reluctant as I am to doubt Puerh's powers, 45 minutes of not drinking alcohol makes you less drunk, too.

/Lew

I'll just reply here considering the many replies already and my being lax. heh.

Yes, I thought of the water and the amount of time and everything, but it seemed that the tea itself sped up the process. Maybe it was just psychological due to everyone telling me that it was supposed to happen that way. Although, they do serve it as one of the main teas in discos and bars if you are set out to a night of drinking and then request tea later. It's in their pop culture.

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

The same goes for tea, juice, milk and caffeinated sodas: One glass provides

Thanks.

But I still pee far more under the influence of tea than of water. And I"m one of those "regular drinkers." Maybe it's just me.

Who knew the subject of hydration with tea was so much a part of the popular culture as to qualify as an Urban Myth?

Joe

That really depends on what you're drinking. High proof alcohols tend to be absorbed quite slowly and can continue to be absorbed and metabolized for hours after you stop drinking. Wine and beer seem to act much more quickly. New Scientist did an interesting article on this effect a year or so ago.

Cheers,

Cameron Lewis

-Drinking Highland Park 18yr

And, we happened to be drinking the filthiest of all the booze in China; baijiu (white wine). It has nothing to do whatsoever with saki, the sweet version of rice wine, but this stuff tastes like a cross between listerine and the smell of paint thinner. I think it was like 60 percent proof, or something.

Supposed we were drinking the best brand, mai...something. You guys that spent time in China familiar with this at all?

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

Kweichow Moutai ? About US $50 a bottle ?

of an endless night.

Maybe. I just know it was very expensive. They were trying to do the whole 'impress the foreigners' thing.

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

Just asked. Yes it was.

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

I think that there's more to your hypothesis than just a matter of hydration or time. A friend and I have developed a habit of drinking alcohol until that stage where you're feeling good, but if you drink any more, you know you'll be sick. At this point we make some really concentrated green tea (i.e. 1-2 tbsp with 1/2 cup of water). We both believe that the tea sharpens our thinking up and makes for a more enjoyable experience. Also absent is any sign of a hangover.

HTH, Wade

of an endless night.

Ooh, moutai. Put's hair on your chest (inside and out). Tastes like good moonshine to me.

Rick.

This raised a guestion. I can go into ethnic markets and find anything but booze. I know it is well regulated. Has anyone seen legit ethnic liquor stores?

Jim

All I find in my local stores is saki and Korean eqivalents. Sure wish I could find some sorghum wine because you know...

If you drink our wine, You'll breathe well and you won't cough; If you drink our wine, You'll be well and your mouth won't smell bad. If you drink our wine, You won't kow-tow to the emperor.

From the film Red Sorghum, 1987, Dir. Zhang Yimou