How can tea be good for you when it stains so badly?

[Chip]

If they ever do an autopsy on me I'm sure they'll find a rather nice patina.

From which Scottish brew?

Good thing I don't worry about this issue, I have enough to worry about...does spam stain forums?

[hop_goblin]

Hey, your stomach contains hydrochloric acid. I think your stomach can handle a little bit of tea oil.

[Salsero]

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My Inner Tea Stain guides my moral compass and is the source of my love, have no fear!

Fabulous comment, I like it

Ditto

If they ever do an autopsy on me I'm sure they'll find a rather nice patina.

Sorry, Proinsias, you don't meet the principal qualification to receive an autopsy. Residing "On the couch" is not enough.

[Proinsias]

I may prove you wrong one day Salsero.

[soapy]

There is no way you will stain your insides with tea. Your entire digestive tract is lined with some variation of epithelial tissue, and that has some of the highest cell turn over in the entire body. That means it's constantly replenishing itself with new cells. Even if the old cells did get stained (which they won't...things move too fast and are in too acidic of an environment to do so), the stain would be gone within a matter of hours or days.


This is true and descale your mugs as you would a coffee/tea pot


To get rid of tea stains on teaware without scrubbing your precious fingers off, all you have to do is either introduce a mild acid like vinegar or let the piece soak in hot water for a bit. Easy peasy.

Mary is so right!! Trust me! I see the inside of my intestines 3-4 times each year and I drink ALOT of tea!!(used to drink several pots of coffee a day too)
NO WAY NO HOW!! I have photos to prove it!! Crystal clean! (hmm well tissue pink)

[Pentox]

Mary is so right!! Trust me! I see the inside of my intestines 3-4 times each year

Uh wha?

[soapy]

Mary is so right!! Trust me! I see the inside of my intestines 3-4 times each year

Uh wha?

I have to have colonoscopies out! I'm fully awake talking with the dr asking questions and watching the video camera

[Salsero]

I have to have colonoscopies out! I'm fully awake talking with the dr asking questions and watching the video camera

So we have an eye witness! Great reporting.

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There is no way you will stain your insides with tea. Your entire digestive tract is lined with some variation of epithelial tissue, and that has some of the highest cell turn over in the entire body. That means it's constantly replenishing itself with new cells. Even if the old cells did get stained (which they won't...things move too fast and are in too acidic of an environment to do so), the stain would be gone within a matter of hours or days.

To get rid of tea stains on teaware without scrubbing your precious fingers off, all you have to do is either introduce a mild acid like vinegar or let the piece soak in hot water for a bit. Easy peasy.

You seem very confident about this. How did you know all this?

[scruffmcgruff]

You seem very confident about this. How did you know all this?

She probably learned it in a biology course. If you take a biology course or two in college you will almost invariably go over the digestive system.

[murrius]

Ah, it is all so simple my friends - drink GREEN TEA!

[Mary R]

You seem very confident about this. How did you know all this?

She probably learned it in a biology course. If you take a biology course or two in college you will almost invariably go over the digestive system.

Right in one, Scruff. I pulled information mostly from my anatomy course on that one, but I did give a ring to my 3rd year Med School best friend for a little corroboration, too.