#tea drunk

Every tea lovers eagerly await the moment when the spring teas are available, during last two months, you may notice that the new arrival of spring tea for Green tea, Black tea and Oolong tea are gradually in stock on TeaVivre. To ensure the quality of tea, our product review team need to drink many different types of tea per day. Although tea is a very healthy beverage in the world, drink plenty of tea in a short time can make people "drunk", which makes us feel uncomfortable.

How does it feel to you?

If you drink tea on an empty stomach or drink too much different teas in a short time, the symptoms can be varying degrees of dizziness, tinnitus, palpitation, shivering, lightheadedness, cold sweats, weakness in the limbs and hunger, which is known as “cha zui” (茶醉, “tea drunk”). Whatever you're tea aficionados or new tea lovers, if you drink tea in an improper way, you will get tea drunk. Click to learn why does one get tea drunk?

How to Get Rid of Tea Drunk?

Combined with my own experience as well as other tea lovers' opinions, we do think it's best to consume some food as soon as you can if you feel a bit of tea drunk.

Meat

The best food we highly recommend is meat, which can more easily contribute to the feelings of satiety than others.

High-sugar Candies

It aims to cause your blood-sugar level to rise, making it less likely for you to experience any adverse effects from drinking tea.

Try Some Tea and Food Pairings

The delicious tea makes it a great match with any snacks, for those who like sweet or salty snacks, they are always to be a great help to prevent or get rid of tea drunk.

Drinking Syrup (tángshuǐ: sweet water)

Except for eating some food, syrup is to considered as a wise choice when get tea drunk, it includes a cup of water with honey, brown sugar or rock candy.

How to Avoid Tea Drank?

Do not drink strong tea

Try not to overindulge

Eat some snacks if you feel drunk

Never drink tea on an empty stomach

A Kind Reminder: Tea is not suitable for people who’re pregnant, breastfeeding, or suffering a nervous breakdown. Sometimes, drinking tea in a bad way can cause some physical discomfort too.

It is common knowledge that wine and other spirits containing alcohol can make a person inebriated, also commonly known as being “drunk”. What you might not know is that tea can also cause inebriation. If you drink too much strong tea, it can have repercussions on your body similar to drinking too much alcohol, for example you may be troubled by tinnitus (a persistent ringing in the ears), or experience dizziness and fatigue. If you overindulge in strong tea, your stomach will also feel bloated and overfull, even if you haven’t eaten and will cause nausea especially if you drink a lot of strong tea on an empty stomach.

How Can Excessive Tea Drinking Cause Adverse Effects

There are many ways that tea can cause you to experience the side effects similar to those of being drunk or sick:

●  People are much more likely to feel drunk from drinking freshly pick tea leaves.

●  Drinking tea with an empty stomach, especially when drinking strong tea, may also cause you feel drunk.

●  People who rarely drink tea are much more sensitive to the effects of tea, whether positive or negative, and strong tea can upset stomachs, especially if the tea drinker has digestive or stomach problems such as ulcers or acid reflux.

●  People who are used to drinking highly fermented teas such as black teas, Oolong teas, and Pu-erh teas can experience effects similar to those of alcohol when switching to a much lower fermented or non-fermented tea such as white and green teas.

● Whatever you’re professional tea judges or tea aficionados who love a wide variety of teas, if you drink very large amounts of tea or different kinds of tea in a short period of time, it will cause you to get tea drunk.

How to Decrease the Chances of Tea Causing Adverse Effects While Drinking

First flush tea leaves in spring is usually of the best quality and highest grade of tea. Because these teas have been stored for less than a month, they contain much higher levels of caffeine, active alkaloids and other aromatic substances than older teas do. This increase in chemicals can stimulate the central nervous system and stomach, which can cause one to feel inebriated. Therefore, it’s better to wait at least a half month before drinking.

If you drink tea on an empty stomach, you will not only dilute gastric juices so that you aren’t as able to digest foods as well, but the high absorbency rate of water in the tea will also cause your body to absorb caffeine easily causing you to experience dizziness, stress and possibly even neurasthenia in your hands or feet. If you do feel a bit tea drunk, you can consume some high-sugar candies, snacks, sugar water, or meat as soon as you can to relieve this symptom.

People who seldom drink tea should keep your tea light since the excessive theophylline and caffeine contain in strong tea will both affect your mental state and physical health.

Drinking too much tea, as with overindulgence of any kind, can bring negative consequences. Although tea is a very healthy drink with plenty of health benefits, if you drink more than 10g of tea daily, it can irritate the stomach and esophagus lining, especially if you drink hot tea, which can lead to ulcers, acid reflux, can increase the symptoms of GERD and IBS and can make you feel slightly intoxicated.

It is also a good idea to take your tea with a snack so that you have something to help absorb the tea in your stomach. Salty and sweet food can not only provide sodium for your body, but also cause your blood-sugar level to rise, making it less likely for you to experience any adverse effects from drinking your tea.

Tea Drunk Q&A!

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Apparently I’m VERY sensitive to caffeine so tea+sugar, after a few large cups, gets me the equivalent of tipsy/giggly/drunk.