"Lewis Perin" wrote in message
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"Agalena" writes:

"Eric" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,

DOes anyone here consider themselves a tea addict??? I myself have
gone into the upper limits of up to 14-16 teas in one day but I don't
often do that. I usually stay in between 2-8 teas in one day usually
max. Thats nothing compared to the late Dr. Samuel Johnson who drank
upwards of 40 cups a day !!! (http://www.boh.com.my/pl/pubdoc/2080)

What do find your consuming on a daily basis? Your max?

Yup. That's me. I don't think I've done more than 5 or 6 cups in a
day,
and I don't do that often because I have to watch the caffeine. If that
wasn't an issue, I'd drink a lot more.

I usually drink 7 or more cups a day but rarely feel the caffeine
because those cups are from multiple steeps with no more than 3 setups
of leaves. The last time I felt a buzz was in one sitting when I
greedily went alone to a new gongfu teahouse that opened on the fringes
of New York's Chinatown; they pack a Yixing pot very aggressively and
I drank 6 steeps.

By 5 or 6 cups, I actually meant 5 or 6 new sets of leaves with 2-3 steeps
each. That will wire me pretty tight. And if I'm under a lot of stress, I
need to cut back considerably. Sigh! I've developed more of a tolerance than
I used to have though.

Agalena