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I've been a dedicated tea drinker since my teens, so this is great news. OTOH what I worry about is oesophageal cancer. Not sure of the prevalence.
by gumby 3y ago
I've been a dedicated tea drinker since my teens, so this is great news.
OTOH what I worry about is oesophageal cancer. Not sure of the prevalence.
- azeirah 3y agoDon't know any stats from the top of my head, but I recall that oesophageal cancer is caused by drinking _hot_ tea, not by drinking tea per sé.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoNow this worried me. I love my tea — the milk tea without sugar. And I can’t drink it unless it’s simmering hot. Sometimes I reheat it if I forget about it and it became slightly cooler. Green tea/etc (ie without milk) however I can drink even ice cold.
- jemmyw 3y agoI usually cool my tea with a splash of milk. But I do then drink it very quickly at an elevated temperature.
- Cerium 3y agoAvoid drinking liquids hotter than 140 f. One interesting "test" - take a sip of the liquid, and it does not seem that hot, put your finger in your mouth with the liquid and your finger might feel too hot.
- karencarits 3y ago140 degrees Fahrenheit = 60 degrees Celsius
- simondotau 3y agoAs another data point, this is generally hotter than most “hot” water taps in your kitchen or bathroom.
- xenonite 3y agoNo. Please check for legionellae if your warm water is cooler than 60 deg Celsius.
- simondotau 3y agoNO. 60 degrees minimum for storage, but 50 degrees maximum at the tap. The latter temperature is the relevant one here, because that’s the user experience. https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/energy-and-environment/safe-energy-use/hot-water-safety#:~:text=Maximum%20water%20temperature,%2C%20hand%20basins%2C%20and%20bidets https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/energy-and-environment/safe-ene.... https://build.com.au/hot-water-system-regulations https://build.com.au/hot-water-system-regulations https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/consumers/guides/hot-water-safety https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/consumers/guides/hot-water-safety
- mmh0000 3y ago140 degrees Fahrenheit = 344 kelvin
- gumby 3y ago> Avoid drinking liquids hotter than 140 f. I often drink plain hot water (pot from kettle into cup; no trip through the teapot). I have always assumed it is safe. Perhaps I should reconsider?
- gumby 3y ago> drinking hot tea, not by drinking tea per se. It is unclear to me that there is any way to drink tea than other than piping hot. I have heard horror stories that suggest people have attempted to drink cold tea but I figure such tales are merely intended to provoke disgust.
- qzw 3y agoCold tea does indeed provoke disgust. Iced tea, on the other hand, is quite its own art form.
- russh 3y agoAs a programmer, every hot drink is only hot for the first few sips; all others range from lukewarm to room temperature.
- senectus1 3y agograb yourself one of these: https://www.nespresso.com/au/en/order/accessories/original/touch-travel-mug-coffee-cup https://www.nespresso.com/au/en/order/accessories/original/t... This has been the most successful keep hot mug I've ever bought (and I've bought a lot). This thing can keep a hot drink hot for a looooong time.
- smitty1e 3y agoIndeed, iced tea is all over the U.S. South, where they put in enough sugar to blow out other organs, but at least the liver is saved.
- reducesuffering 3y agoCopious amounts of high fructose corn syrup will assuredly also blow out your liver.
- smitty1e 3y agoAnd probably sooner.
- anjel 3y agohttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32740163/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32740163/ Compared to those who consumed <300 g/month tea leaves at ≤65°C, those who consumed more than 300 g/month tea leave at >65°C had a more than 1.8-fold higher risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma for both green tea and black tea.
- amanj41 3y agoAs someone who doesn't know much about epidemiology, is 180% relative risk considered scary for something with a fairly low prevalence such as esophageal cancer?
- Aerbil313 3y agoWe are the most tea-drinking country in the world afaik, Turkey. We’re fine, but one particular city (Erzurum) has a weird tradition of putting a sugar under the tongue and drinking the tea very hot to (probably?) dissolve it easily. They drink it almost out of the teapot, boiling-hot. They have very high rates of esophagous cancer.
- graphe 3y agoWhat of the fluorine in it? Blank tea has more than 6x as much as fluorinated water, with white and green tea having the least.
- andersonk 3y agoThis comment ruined my day but I appreciate it nonetheless. This wasn't on my radar at all.