How much tea, is too much?

snubbleste

Nigella Lawson says she drinks up to 12 mugs of tea per day & a big mug at that :eek: "On a day-to-day basis I just have my two mugs of tea and then I chain-drink tea throughout the day."
You would'nt think it!
Given that Irish people drink so much, how many mugs of tea do you have daily?

armaghlad

I've cut out coffee in favour of green tea so one every morning. And the odd cup of black tea in the evening. I'm conscious of my teeth turning yellow!

Squall Leonhart

Usually a cuppa when i get to work at 7:30, maybe another at 8, one at 10:30, one at 1pm, one at 3pm, maybe 1-2 cups after dinner at 19:30-20:00, so 5-7 cups a day.

jester77

Not a lot. I had 2 cups of tea over the xmas while in Ireland. Had my first one of the year just now at lunch, a nice orange/ginger tea.

eamonnq

5 maybe 6

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MilesMorales1

Well its half 12 and I just made my 5th cup of the day.

Corcaigh84

You mean you don't use pots as your unit of measurement?! Pfffft amateur

mynameis905

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug"

- Nigella Lawson, January 2016

SmartinMartin

12 to 15 cuppas a day, easily. Couldn't start the day without it. Good strong stuff you could stand a spoon up in it. No sugar though.

Lights On

I don't drink tea or coffee. Horrible drinks!

Bulbous Salutation

I drink about 8 mugs of tea per day. Tea is fantastic.

traprunner

Lights On wrote: »

I don't drink tea or coffee. Horrible drinks!

You must have drank loads to try the many kinds and brands.

snubbleste

mynameis905 wrote: »

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug" - Nigella Lawson, January 2016

You progress from the white powder to the brown leaves

Ciderswigger

I hate tea and coffee but the mother would drink about 35/40 mugs of tea a day. She has three teabags and 2, sometimes 3, spoons of sugar each time. *pukes a little* How the woman isn't diabetic I have no idea!!!

Many many cups of tea. There's no such thing in my world, as too much tea.

hamsterboy

About 6-7 pints of the stuff a day....measure in pints coz I drink it out of a Kaiser beer stein in the office........ tea rocks!!!!

Squall Leonhart

Ciderswigger wrote: »

I hate tea and coffee but the mother would drink about 35/40 mugs of tea a day. She has three teabags and 2, sometimes 3, spoons of sugar each time. *pukes a little* How the woman isn't diabetic I have no idea!!!

Toilet breaks must be ridiculously frequent!!

lazybones32

I'd say about 7 a day.
10 yrs ago, I was not a tea drinker at all, maybe once or twice a week but that changed when I lived with serious tea drinkers.

maudgonner

jester77 wrote: »

Not a lot. I had 2 cups of tea over the xmas while in Ireland. Had my first one of the year just now at lunch, a nice orange/ginger tea.

That's not tea, that's just smelly water :pac:


(Barry's ftw, at least 7 or 8 cups a day)

fussyonion

About 6. I love tea & it must be Lyons. It must be strong with no sugar also.

kfallon

Be lucky to average a cup of tea a month tbh!
It just makes me thirsty!

lemd

kfallon wrote: »

Be lucky to average a cup of tea a month tbh!
It just makes me thirsty!

Thirsty? Are you sure you are doing it right?

kfallon

lemd wrote: »

Thirsty? Are you sure you are doing it right?

Coffee is the same, don't really drink a lot of either!

IvyTheTerrible

In normal circumstances I drink 5-6 mugs of tea a day.
Now I'm pregnant I've cut it down to 3 mugs a day.

ja1986

About 2/3 coffees in the morning and 5 teas in the evening. And 2 sugars in each with is why I'm not losing weight on slimming world and why my teeth are yellow!

Menas

How much tea is too much?
When you start speaking with a Chinese accent you need to cut down a bit.

Sam Kade

I'd be around the same 12 mugs of tea a day

Riesen_Meal

I drink far too much tea...

I've been off sick from work the last couple of months with an injury and my mug is generally sellotaped to my hand!

Today its a Pac Man mug...

Bewleys gold blend obviously, only the best for the Dawg....

I'm on about my 7th since 10am...

mickstupp

Not many for me, depending on what I'm doing, somewhere between 8-12 cups a day. Not sure how you can have 'too much'. Seems a nonsensical idea.

emeldc

According to 'Barry's Tea', in order to make the perfect cuppa, you must first agitate the bag.


So I gave her a foot in the hole and said 'two sugars with that, fat arse'.

ahnowbrowncow

I used to drink about 10 cups of tea a day but I had to cut down though because it nearly gave me aids.

kylith

I'd drink a fair amount. I always have my thermos mug with me in work, so that'd be about 6 mugs while in work, then between 1 and 4 in the evenings. So somewhere between 7 and 10 mugs a day.

mynameis905

snubbleste wrote: »

You progress from the white powder to the brown leaves

And before you know it you'll find yourself pimping yourself out to the likes of Typhoo doing vapid commercials.

Red King

About 50 million

mynameis905

kfallon wrote: »

Coffee is the same, don't really drink a lot of either!

I find coffee makes me very thirsty but tea is the opposite. Great thirst quencher. I bring bags of it on holidays with me and get very funny looks when I'm drinking a hot cup of tea in 35 degree weather.

sbsquarepants

Ciderswigger wrote: »

I hate tea and coffee but the mother would drink about 35/40 mugs of tea a day. She has three teabags and 2, sometimes 3, spoons of sugar each time. *pukes a little* How the woman isn't diabetic I have no idea!!!

That's 120 teabags and roughly half a kilo of sugar everyday:eek::eek:

Figbiscuithead

About 3 cups a day and a cup of coffee, no sugar in either. I used to live in house shares and work in offices where tea was made in turns like some factory assembly line - I used to drink gallons and gallons of the stuff but since moving to a non-tea drinking country, I drink a lot less. I fooking love the stuff, though. I should really up my intake.

Whitewinged

I don't drink tea or coffee. I love the smell of coffee but I don't like how it tastes. I don't mind tea and I drink it if someone offers me a cup but I'd never make a cup at home.

It's good for water is guess. Since I gave up work, I sometimes forget to drink water whereas before I would drink loads at my desk. I have to make a conscious effort to drink enough water ever day.

Faith+1

About 15.

osarusan

I'd say maybe a cup of tea a week for me, usually when I'm a guest somewhere or there is a tea-drinking guest in my home. Probably none otherwise.

2 or 3 cups of coffee a day though.

TerrorFirmer

mickstupp wrote: »

Not many for me, depending on what I'm doing, somewhere between 8-12 cups a day. Not sure how you can have 'too much'. Seems a nonsensical idea.

If you're having sugar in every cup, that's obviously less than ideal.

Knew a guy who had 10 cups of coffee a day with 3 sugars in each cup, for example.

Personally I really like a cup of strong tea with two sugars, but I almost never drink it.

rainbow kirby

Would have generally have been 2 coffees and 3-4 cups of tea before, but during pregnancy I'm down to around 3 cups of normal tea and a herbal tea in the evening.

Ciderswigger

sbsquarepants wrote: »

That's 120 teabags and roughly half a kilo of sugar everyday:eek::eek:

It's disgusting! You should see all the milk she goes through too. We'd be better off buying a cow!!!!

iDave

Usually loses its taste after the fifth. Generally have one or two a day. Used to drink it like a fish.
Impressed the thread hasn't been taken over by hipsters acting all high and mighty about it like the carvery threads.

DenMan

Like the good Captain I'm quite partial to a cup of Earl Grey. Which reminds me, time for my fourth of the day! Tea, Earl Grey, hot! :pac:

gazzer

I have 4 cups a tea. One at home when I get up and 3 more in work. Dont drink tea in the evening though.

tony 2 tone

Between 6-8 cups a day, maybe more on the weekend. Only drink it at home as the stuff in work is crap.

I start the day with a small cup of coffee, drunk on the steps of my building. Then it's tea. Tea, tea, tea every 1.5-2 hours, great big cups of it, sometimes by the teapot, all the live long day.

I've had two cups of black tea with cardamom in the last hour, but usually I take it strong with a little milk and one sugar.

Kettles boiled.

kimokanto

tony 2 tone wrote:

Between 6-8 cups a day, maybe more on the weekend. Only drink it at home as the stuff in work is crap.

I sympathise re sh1tty work tea, I hate the way some places have crap masquerading as tea. Nasty. I always keep a backup supply in case local stuff is bad.
8-10 cups a day for me, strong, plenty of milk no sugar.

XplaygirlX

I dont drink tea. But I LOVE coffee. I could or would have up to 10,15 or 20 cups a day all with 2 sugars