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It is feasible to brew enough strong tea, and drink it, to cause cardiac arrest in a susceptible individual. It's extremely unlikely someone would do that, and
by TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
It is feasible to brew enough strong tea, and drink it, to cause cardiac arrest in a susceptible individual.
It's extremely unlikely someone would do that, and there's probable enough bitters in tea, especially green tea, to cause the average person to vomit before they ingested too much caffeine from tea.
But what green wrote is true and correct: https://www.caffeineinformer.com/a-real-life-death-by-caffeine https://www.caffeineinformer.com/a-real-life-death-by-caffei...
- vidarh 9y agoSo it seems these were mainly suicides, and it's about as relevant as blaming water for people intentionally drowning themselves. Worth noting that e.g.the doses listed under energy drinks on that page are well within ranges that have been used in various studies of impact of caffeine on athletic ability. If those levels are dangerous to some it seems likely to require a pre-existing heart problem as there seems to be exceedingly little evidence that those levels are risky to the general population. To reach levels toxic to most people with tea you'd likely end up concentrating it so much you'd end up eating a slurry with a spoon...