Comments on: Why tea-bags and tea-infusers are bad

By: Joel Munson

Joel Munson — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:45:59 +0000

A plant need not be related to cannabis to contain cannabinoids. There are many sources of cannabinoids in the world, including many types of plants, and of course all vertebrates. Here is a link showing that tea catechins have an affinity for endocannabinoid receptors.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19897346

By: Michael Laabs

Michael Laabs — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:40:00 +0000

Ikaati tea is the ONLY tea that I have had that matches loose leaf for flavor. I suggest you try this tea it will really surprise you!!

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:38:49 +0000

Whole Foods Market sells refillable canvas tea bags for $4.99!

By: Chayan Barua

Chayan Barua — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:16:12 +0000

Tea is a popular drink but the tea bags are not so well developed.

By: James St. James

James St. James — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:08:48 +0000

Agreed, love loose leaf! Just got some high quality Jasmine, and 2 different Oolongs (Ting tung and another one). – eyes shutting slowly.
James St. James

By: Josef

Josef — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:37:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I’ve been drinking a lot of green and oolong teas lately and have noticed this “increased color perception” you spoke about, but I am almost certain that this is from the caffeine and L-theanine because the same thing happens when I drink coffee or soda and take an L-theanine supplement pill with it.

As a side note, camellia sinensis (tea plants) do not contain any form of cannabinoids. Tea is in the Theaceae family, while Cannabis is in the Cannabaceae family, and are quite different indeed! In tea there are plenty of polyphenols and alkaloids, which are chemicals that can mimic hormones (estrogen mostly, also testosterone) and monoamines (dopamine, serotonin, adrenaline) in the brain, but tea specifically does not exert any effect on the cannabinoid system, just wanted to clear up any confusion. If you can find any references that prove me otherwise though, please do share! I for one would love to learn that tea really has been tickling my cannabinoid receptors this whole time! :]

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:50:10 +0000

Ive been drinking tea for about a year consistently. Have been a fan for at least 6 years. Alot of people dont realize that green tea also contains a weak form of cannabinoids, which contributes to that high that increases color perception. It has alot of alkaloids, if you compare green tea extract to green tea, the extract has more egcg, but the tea has a better high. I don’t like the increased stress of caffeine, but I also think if I drink like 6 teas I’m also on a kind of chilled out gaba high from the theanine. Caffeine and tea make the day go by faster at school or work for me, it helps me be able to stand it more. It also does increase my musical creativity. If i try to make up a melodic diddly without tea, it doesnt come as easy, smooth, or profound as when im on tea. It also modifies my music though, since different sounds sound more appealing under tea. Tea has goods and bads, and at least for me its an undamaging light drug that is more useful than drinking alchohol everyday or pot. Some people can function under pot, but the truth is it causes memory loss in the moment, so I use tea as a kind of creative gateway instead of pot. This is true though, I usually have 5-6 tea bags in my pot and do a few runs by adding one. I should get loose leaf macha.

By: Seann Sweeney

Seann Sweeney — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:49:53 +0000

Nylon teabags are not biodegradable. Another reason to go with loose leaf tea!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:34:28 +0000

I am wondering if that is a refillable fabric tea bag or wherr you found suxh a big tea bag!

By: Ian Bersten

Ian Bersten — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:52:57 +0000

Teabags can never work to extract the full flavour of tea.
The temperature in a cup is too low at around 85C – this reduces extraction by over 50%.
The lack of water flow reduces steeping and leaching which is better because the water cannot flow around the leaves.
There is more flavour left in the teabag than used.
You get a better cup of tea by taking the tea out of the bag and brewing it.