Caffeine dehydration from tea/coffee is a big old myth.

Caffeine certainly is a diuretic, but when the delivery mechanism for that small dose of caffeine is 300ml of water, then the diuretic effect is more than compensated.

Espresso obv a different animal. But if you're drinking enough espresso to get caffeine dehydration, the caffeine dehydration is a long way down in your list of problems.

No idea about energy drink bollocks, no idea how much caffeine is in them.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on June 4th 2015 at 16:27:04

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TEA (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 15:34:49
- just imagine how nice it'll taste when you start brewing it at the correct temperature (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 4, 17:11:31
- Hogs Back Brewery TEA is nice (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 4, 16:11:24
  - My local brew (General Chat) - Surrey Yella, Jun 4, 21:05:55
  - isn't it just! yes from me. Traditonal English Ale. (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 4, 16:15:28
- i haven't gone a single day without tea since i was about three (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:06:35
  - As a telecoms engineer I was brought up on the stuff. (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 4, 16:10:17
    - fixed finally (touch wood) on monday chairs (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:12:59
      - Good. (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 4, 16:15:14
        
        i think i will too, proper yorkshire tea (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:18:12
- This is the best tea I've had recently... (General Chat) - bird table, Jun 4, 16:02:44
  - oh balls! (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 4, 16:12:02
    - Ha! Spot on though. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Jun 4, 16:18:40
  - I like that too (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:03:30
    - the two times my wife has gone back to the UK with me (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:08:03
- Did you see that atrocity of a fucking middle-class ragebait trollspasm in the Graun the (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 15:59:44
  - Ha. I did see that. Thought it was particuarly stupet ragebait (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:02:00
    - (the last bit was an In Character joke. I've written to my MP plenty about actual (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:03:31
- Never understood why it is so popular (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 15:54:58
  - that's just off the scale weird (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:07:46
    - No wonder he fled the country (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:21:55
      - I hate coffee as well so when I am offered tea or coffee and I ask for water (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:33:06
        
        in the middle east it's a massive affront if you refuse their brew (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:34:50
        
        And in Tunbridge Wells (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:43:18
        
        and Craggy Island (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:53:45
        
        all of ireland really (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:55:20
        
        never egg, always cheese and/or ham (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:58:48
        
        i must just be super unlucky at sandwich roulette then (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 17:00:53
  - Ireland get through more tea per-capita than Britain does. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:00:32
    - yeah probably...I said "two of the biggest" (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:02:15
      - Turkey are number 1, UK is 5th and Chile 22nd (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:05:25
        
        I've always wanted to try that. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 4, 16:34:44
        
        I've got some Yerba Mate on my desk. I think it's Brazilian. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:43:03
        
        i've got some coffee mate in my shed (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:56:18
        
        Yerba mate (mostly popular in Argentina and Uruguay) is more bitter than mate de coca... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:54:40
        
        I'm probably making it wrong. It is a bit bitter, and a bit smoky. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:56:15
        
        Does it come in a teabag? (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 17:01:24
        
        here's a video on how to make yerba mate properly (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 17:12:06
        
        No, it's loose leaves, and I make it in a Scandinavian teapot like this (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 17:30:53
        
        no no no, you need a proper gourd. Mate is *all* about the ritual (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 4, 18:08:15
        
        haha indeed, I forgot how difficult it was to get right (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 19:14:39
        
        Turkish mountain tea is supposed to be good for curing hangovers (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:50:20
        
        It is like your average Ippo fan (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 4, 16:39:31
  - Horrible stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 4, 15:56:34
- Mozzers red label... good tea (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Jun 4, 15:51:49
- Wouldn't bother me tbh but I'd be pissed off if there were no longer (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 4, 15:50:25
  - On the subject of alcohol - are there are any other non-weekday drinkers on this board (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 15:56:20
    - I tried not to drink during the week and failed (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:23:47
      - For me, if there's no wine I'm fine (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 4, 16:34:37
        
        Yes (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:40:40
        
        that's a lot of wine OG you must havea massive cellar (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:59:43
        
        It's bigger than usac's telly (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 17:30:03
        
        lolf (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 4, 16:45:09
        
        That doesn't include the stuff in storage in Octavian (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 17:29:29
      - thank the stars you aren't a pilot then (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:28:34
        
        No way (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:42:11
        
        yes of course (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:53:31
      - I do it most weeks. Depressingly, it's still a bit of an effort though (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:27:20
        
        I'm pretty much the same. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jun 4, 21:45:55
        
        Respect to you (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 4, 16:42:29
    - Rarely drink midweek (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 4, 16:08:50
    - only drink on a Sunday if there's a Bank Holiday Monday (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:07:50
    - Saturdays only for me. Bingetastic. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:01:59
      - ooof, couldn't do that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:02:51
        
        I find having boozes much easier than having just one. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:11:49
        
        *having zero boozes* (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:12:22
        
        Yup. That's the Sunday Trap, in particular (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:22:02
        
        "I'll just have one glass of wine" = bottle gone by half nine (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 4, 16:16:41
        
        Thursday to Sunday is the weekend for me (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 4, 16:05:58
        
        Ah, the Cheeky Thursday gambit (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:06:51
    - yes to sunday evening drinks (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 4, 15:59:51
    - Yes definitely. I do now have another problem though. I don't work Mondays so (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 4, 15:58:03
- I love tea, but.............. (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 15:47:04
  - causation is not the same as correlation (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:04:20
    - Fair point, can buy into that I suppose (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:09:16
  - no tea??! sacrilege! have you tried rooibos for a non-caf option? (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 4, 15:57:16
    - Rooibos is disgusting though (n/m) (General Chat) - matt in london, Jun 4, 16:35:35
      - I'd rather go at my ballsack with a rusty grater than drink rooibos again. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:53:47
  - You really think I'd feel better if I didn't drink tea? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 15:50:40
    - You'd get used to the taste of de caff tea at first (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:04:20
      - So that's my really long winded way of saying (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:05:55
        
        likewise, we'd never miss NCFC if it never existed (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:09:55
        
        Oh sure, but I'm talking about how I can dip in and out of these (General Chat) - pants, Jun 4, 16:21:58
        
        oh aye, too much of anything (including flamingoes) is a bad thing (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:32:41
        
        Caffeine dehydration from tea/coffee is a big old myth. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 16:27:04
        
        i read somewhere that each energy drink contains about a cabbage size amount of caffeine (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:40:26
        
        you'd never miss anything if it never existed (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 4, 16:17:34
        
        excatly (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:22:37
        
        I don't think he said you'd miss everything that does exist (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:24:58
        
        flamingoes are an anything, they're certainly not an everything (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 4, 16:28:45
- Bastard. I'll have nightmares about that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 4, 15:38:46

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