# Caffine and Tea
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-and-tea/22915
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 20, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-and-tea/22915 "2000-06-20T00:27:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Brymo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brymo)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-and-tea/22915/1 "2000-06-20T00:27:52Z")
I am a rabid coffee drinker, averaging about a pot every morning before I go to work. I prefer the highly caffinated java and my system has no problem dealing with this glorious gift of God. On the otherhand, one sip of caffinated tea and I get nauseaus and have to do the “technicolor yawn” within minutes! Anyone know what it is about teas that my body rejects? I can drink the decaf teas with no problems.
Brymo
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-and-tea/22915/2 "2000-06-20T00:30:49Z")
Isn’t it tannic acid that makes tea play havoc on an empty stomach?
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### Author:  [@Mr.Sheepshead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Sheepshead)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-and-tea/22915/3 "2000-06-20T02:23:32Z")
Stop drinking Lipton Tea and you should be okay ;).
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### Author:  [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-and-tea/22915/4 "2000-06-20T02:30:57Z")
Hmm, green tea always makes my stomach feel better. I love coffee (with an unhealthy passion), but sometimes I know that it’s not that great for me when my stomach is upset.
It could be that your allergic to some type of tea.
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### Author:  [@Brymo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brymo)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffine-and-tea/22915/5 "2000-06-20T17:39:01Z")
I have tried both green and black teas and my body rejects them both. Lipton definately will bring on the symptons faster than most. It could be the tannic acid. I love the taste of a good chai tea but I regret drinking it every time. Anyone out there know of a good caffine packed tea for my sleepy brain sans the acids that will send it back out through the in door?