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> Nearly 77 % of participants consumed milk tea at least 6-11 cups in the last year Is that per day or the entire year?

nf17 3y ago
per day, also very common in the Indian subcontinent. I sure think is addictive but symptoms attached to anxiety, suicidal etc - not so sure.
- criddell 3y ago
  There are people who drink that much Diet Coke each day. I wonder if it's the same type of thing?
- laeri 3y ago
  So you think tea itself is addicting? Milk tea is basically tea with some milk.
  - liotier 3y ago
    and sugar - lots of it. Needs a control group that consumes equivalent quantities of sweet caffeinated soda.
  - ginko 3y ago
    Black tea contains caffeine, so yeah.
  - lm28469 3y ago
    https://www.animefanshop.de/de/snacks/getraenke/Afternoon-Milk-Tea-Relax-von-Kirin-500ml-15362.html https://www.animefanshop.de/de/snacks/getraenke/Afternoon-Mi... Tat's milk tea, almost 40g of sugar per bottle
    - laeri 3y ago
      Then its regular sugar addiction and not necessarily related only to milk tea. Milk tea does not need to contain sugar. Bubble tea chains usually give you the option to choose. Also when I visit indian friends some of them usually refrain from putting a lot of sugar into it, not bubble teavin this case but still milk tea.
visres 3y ago
Per year, they used the following scale in the questions: "The frequency of milk tea consumption was measured by the item, “In the past year, what was the average frequency of your milk tea consumption? (Lee et al., 2022)”. Item was rated on a 10-point Likert scale, coded as 1 = 3 cups per day, 2 = 2 cups per day, 3 = 1 cup per day, 4 = 4–6 cups per week, 5 = 2–3 cups per week, 6 = 1 cup per week, 7 = 2–3 cups per month, 8 = 1 cup per month, 9 = 6–11 cups per year, 10 = Almost never drink milk tea." The distribution of drinkers is shown in the figure: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0165032723010820-gr1_lrg.jpg https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S01650327230108...
- fluoridation 3y ago
  What a strange way to phrase that statement. So what they really meant is that 23% of participants "almost never drink milk tea".
elil17 3y ago
For the entire year, according to the full-text article. Only 0.5% reported having more than 1 cup per day. Further, don't discount the possibility that these people chose a high number to be funny or chose the wrong answer by accident. You can find the full text article here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373353648_New_form_of_addiction_An_emerging_hazardous_addiction_problem_of_milk_tea_among_youths https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373353648_New_form_...

nf17 3y ago

per day, also very common in the Indian subcontinent. I sure think is addictive but symptoms attached to anxiety, suicidal etc - not so sure.

criddell 3y ago
There are people who drink that much Diet Coke each day. I wonder if it's the same type of thing?
laeri 3y ago
So you think tea itself is addicting? Milk tea is basically tea with some milk.
- liotier 3y ago
  and sugar - lots of it. Needs a control group that consumes equivalent quantities of sweet caffeinated soda.
- ginko 3y ago
  Black tea contains caffeine, so yeah.
- lm28469 3y ago
  https://www.animefanshop.de/de/snacks/getraenke/Afternoon-Milk-Tea-Relax-von-Kirin-500ml-15362.html https://www.animefanshop.de/de/snacks/getraenke/Afternoon-Mi... Tat's milk tea, almost 40g of sugar per bottle
  - laeri 3y ago
    Then its regular sugar addiction and not necessarily related only to milk tea. Milk tea does not need to contain sugar. Bubble tea chains usually give you the option to choose. Also when I visit indian friends some of them usually refrain from putting a lot of sugar into it, not bubble teavin this case but still milk tea.

visres 3y ago

Per year, they used the following scale in the questions: "The frequency of milk tea consumption was measured by the item, “In the past year, what was the average frequency of your milk tea consumption? (Lee et al., 2022)”. Item was rated on a 10-point Likert scale, coded as 1 = 3 cups per day, 2 = 2 cups per day, 3 = 1 cup per day, 4 = 4–6 cups per week, 5 = 2–3 cups per week, 6 = 1 cup per week, 7 = 2–3 cups per month, 8 = 1 cup per month, 9 = 6–11 cups per year, 10 = Almost never drink milk tea." The distribution of drinkers is shown in the figure: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0165032723010820-gr1_lrg.jpg https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S01650327230108...

fluoridation 3y ago
What a strange way to phrase that statement. So what they really meant is that 23% of participants "almost never drink milk tea".

elil17 3y ago

For the entire year, according to the full-text article. Only 0.5% reported having more than 1 cup per day. Further, don't discount the possibility that these people chose a high number to be funny or chose the wrong answer by accident. You can find the full text article here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373353648_New_form_of_addiction_An_emerging_hazardous_addiction_problem_of_milk_tea_among_youths https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373353648_New_form_...