RuF writes:

Nigel wrote:
On Apr 16, 6:50 am, valhealey wrote:
To get back to the original article. Black (and pekoe) teas
are drunk with milk in
places like the UK, Ireland, etc because it has been known
that these teas have
tannens - tannic acids - that have been used for converting
animal skins into
leather. I have made many inquiries about alternatives to
the use of small amounts
milk in those teas to neutralize the tannens and found none.
If you want a leather
pouch instead of a stomach, drink these black teas without
milk and your arteries
will improve.
Tea has NO tannic acid. Tea, not even the strong black Irish
Breakfast blend so beloved of trotting mice, will NOT tan leather,
Nigel at Teacraft

Since you are in the business, I question your statement.

Strichnyne is not poison because I sell it. :-)

Look, tannic acid, like many of the compounds in tea that make it
bitter or astringent, is a polyphenol. That doesn't mean that, e.g.,
tea catechins are the same as tannic acid. You might have a look
he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannic_acid

and he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannin

By the way, Nigel has provided a lot of good information to this
newsgroup over the years. He has a lot of credibility here. It might
have been a good idea to check that before assuming he was trying to
hide the truths so he could sell something. (Or at least that's what
I *think* you're implying.)

/Lew
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