Dong Ding and headache

[Oni]

Do you know what is the diffrence between Dong Ding and DING DONG?

[Jayaratna]

Do you know what is the diffrence between Dong Ding and DING DONG?

[Jayaratna]

Well, from a Chinese medicine perspective, I believe that this particular tea has a rising action on your Qi 氣 Therefore, this causes a headache as the qi is not flowing properly (rising too much). I get a similar problem with long jing. IMO, doesn't have anything to do with pesticides or caffeine (do you get a headache without washing your vegetables?) - just the wrong tea for you!

That's really interesting: I always thought the greener the lighter (and that's why I choose to try Dong ding). I think I'll leave it for a while, maybe in one month I'll try againg and I'll see. Thanks for all your comments,
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[Bubba_tea]

Well, not necessarily that simple. Tea is a complicated animal!

Try eating before drinking the tea. If you have some food in your system (gu qi - 谷氣) then you'll have more to anchor your qi and prevent it from rising too much. Good luck!

[augie]

Did you rinse the tea?

There's an idea. Rinse or do a full infusion and dump before drinking. I also get tea headaches from asam and genma cha. I don't know why. It's not all one kind of tea (i am fine with other blacks and greens). I would suggest trying another vendor, tho it sounds like you don't have many options.

I too get headaches triggered by fragrances, etc . . . I feel your pain.

[edkrueger]

I swear I get headaches when I don't rinse. Especially with green TGYs, but I get headaches with those even if I do rinse...

[Janine]

Especially with green TGYs, but I get headaches with those even if I do rinse...

Yep.

[Jayaratna]

Did you rinse the tea?

There's an idea. Rinse or do a full infusion and dump before drinking. I also get tea headaches from asam and genma cha. I don't know why. It's not all one kind of tea (i am fine with other blacks and greens). I would suggest trying another vendor, tho it sounds like you don't have many options.

I too get headaches triggered by fragrances, etc . . . I feel your pain.

Next time I'll have a meal and I'll rinse the tea before drinking. It will be some time, I don't want to take more headaches pills for now!

Sooner or later I'll have some tea from Gordon smuggled in: looking forward for some real tea!

[Oni]

Rinsing also take away some of the caffeine, than is why when I drink sencha I feel far more boost than after an oolong, and after matcha I feel like a rabbit on cocaine.

[insanitylater]

rishi wuyi always gave me headaches

[PolyhymnianMuse]

...and after matcha I feel like a rabbit on cocaine.

AHAHHA!

And look like this:



right?

[edkrueger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvs5pqf-DMA

[Janine]

I think the Japanese greens tend to be less acidic and more alkaline, hence not the same effect re headache. They are softer feeling. Doesn't mean you don't get a massive dose of caffeine, but aren't there different types of caffeine depending on which product we are talking about?

[paisleymonsoon]

You know, I've gotten headaches from some of the more floral oolongs, pouchongs, and jasmines. They seem to affect my sinuses like inhaling the pollen of a flower would ... or like strong perfumes do. So I've made it a point to mainly avoid these 3 types of tea just because I don't want to spend the money and then have an undrinkable tea on my hands.

[Smells_Familiar]

Some people are hyper sensitive to certain chemicals.