the weird thing about the tea ban

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the weird thing about the tea ban

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I'm sipping green tea while sitting at home working. The snow is crazy and everyone is working from home today. It makes for a great time to be drinking green tea. While drinking, I looked up the caffeine content.

Green tea = 25 mg of caffeine

and for comparison:

A typical chocolate candy bar = 40 mg caffeine
Coka cola classic = 35 mg caffeine

Of all the Mormon bans, this one takes the cake. I mean, where would cricket be without tea? I could see most General Authorities really getting into cricket.

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Hey look what you can do with tea bags. Paint!

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http://blog.portlandstudios.com/let-them-drink-art/
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Of all the Mormon bans, this one takes the cake. I mean, where would cricket be without tea? I could see most General Authorities really getting into cricket.


Is caffeine ever stated as the reason for not drinking coffee or tea?
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The tea ban is strange. The strangest part is that herbal tea is allowed, but tea from tea leaves is not.

In early Utah the sisters got in trouble with the brethren for announcing that they were having "tea" at so-and-so's house. LMAO If I recall correctly, I read about that in an old Deseret News.
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zeezrom wrote:Hey look what you can do with tea bags. Paint!

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http://blog.portlandstudios.com/let-them-drink-art/


I love using tea and coffee with watercolours...I'll find you a quick painting I did...
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bcspace wrote:Is caffeine ever stated as the reason for not drinking coffee or tea?

I guess it's the logical conclusion you come to after realizing herbal (non caffeinated) tea is okay and the other is banned.
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just me wrote:In early Utah the sisters got in trouble with the brethren for announcing that they were having "tea" at so-and-so's house. LMAO If I recall correctly, I read about that in an old Deseret News.

That sounds like a fun read, Just Me.
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A bishop once explained to me that the WoW is not about health, it's about obedience. He explained the danger of using it as a health guide. For example, when it came out that drinking red wine in moderation was actually healthy, then those members who thought the WoW was a health guide would have their testimonies shaken. But if you treat the WoW as a commandment, then you will never have your testimony shaken, no matter what new discoveries are made. I suppose that makes sense.
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Coffee and ink caribou I painted one morning for a down-in-the-dumps Alaskan Facebook friend...
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Blixa,

That's awesome. I want to try it!
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