Cup of Tea

I've been a tea drinker for some 40 years or so. I never drank coffee and before tea I would have some juice in the morning. Then I got hooked on tea. 

For many years I would have a cup of tea in the morning with breakfast and usually a cup in the afternoon. This was a regular routine while I was working in the library. Sometimes I would have a cup after dinner but not always. Usually only if we were having a quiet evening at home.

This routine continued in my retirement years. Then the pandemic struck. I was home all the time and the cup of tea became a pot of tea. I was drinking tea all day long. At breakfast I would make a pot of tea and drink it all throughout the morning. After lunch I would make another pot of tea and drink it throughout the afternoon. After dinner I would make another pot of tea and drink it throughout the evening. Then later I often would have a couple of beers. This has been going on close to a year as the pandemic wore on.

I always had a cup of tea next to me when I was reading, writing, watching TV or listening to music. In the living room on the couch, in the front room next to my reading chair, at the kitchen table with my laptop, on the front porch, in the cabana sun room, and in a backyard chair. Always a cup of tea.

For the past two years or so I've only been drinking decaffeinated tea. I had some heart issues with some afib symptoms which some meds took care of right away. I've haven't had any problems since that initial situation. At that time I switched from regular tea to decaffeinated and have continued to this day.

I should also add that I always drank a large glass of ice water with every meal.

So... I was peeing a lot. All day long and throughout the night. I started to be concerned that there was something wrong with my bladder or prostate. I guess I wasn't doing the math on how much liquids I was consuming but eventually I figured it out.

I suddenly stopped drinking tea cold turkey. I wanted to see how my body reacted. I went two weeks without drinking a drop of tea. My body went back to normal. I also didn't seem to mind not drinking tea. 

I recently started drinking tea again but I've been limiting myself to two cups in the morning and one in the afternoon. My peeing is reasonable and I'm glad to know there is nothing wrong with my plumbing.

So down at Katie's house this week I've been having one cup of tea in the morning and one in the afternoon from the packs she got for me.