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From: raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Tea
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Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 08:39:13 EST
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> > The only way to get away with
> > drinking a lot of tannin-containing tea is to put milk in it.  The
> > natural function of tannins is to bind with protein, and the milk
> > proteins bind with the tannins and make them [much more??] harmless.
> 
> Real useful.  I've discovered (by accident in England where they insist
> on putting milk in their tea) that nothing destroys the flavor of tea
> more than puting milk in the tea.
> -Ron

  Not true at all! I know nothing about the caffein and tannin contents of
  tea; but can categorically state that a fair amount of milk and sugar are
  absolutely essential to bring out the full flavour of tea.

  The English know how to drink their tea; they probably learned it from
  the Indians!
                                                            - Raghu.