Re: Swallowing Green Tea Leaves

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:30:27 -0800, "Will" <DELETE_westes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Is there any known toxicity in swallowing green tea leaves (as opposed to
>just drinking green tea filtered by a tea bag)? I know green tea is
>thought to have many desirable chemicals, but would there be any sense in
>swallowing the tea as well as the leaves, to increase absorption of those
>chemicals? With coffee, I know that many of the oils on the beans are
>toxic, and that one of the main reasons to filter coffee is to minimize
>infiltration of those oils into the drink. I guess in theory there could
>be a similar problem with swallowing tea leaves, but if anyone has seen
>research on this I would appreciate a pointer.

The main reason to filter coffee is that it tastes better. Before we started
using filters to make coffee, the most popular way of making coffee was perking
it. When you perk coffee it gets too hot (boils) and the taste suffers.

I will never swallow tea leaves. When one of those things get in my mouth I go
crazy trying to get it out.

Ora




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