A Nice Cup Of Tea.

[sandyRoe]

I think I read somewhere that a cup of tea taken in warm weather can help you cool down.
Is that true, and if it is, how does it work?

[ducksie]

Hi Sandy, it's something to do with having a warm drink makes you sweat/perspire and that regulates your temperature - something like that

[Zacs-Master]

Not really. ‘The University of Sydney's Ollie Jay, who researches how the human body responds to heat, says a hot drink can indeed trigger a net cooling effect through excess sweating.

But there is a crucial caveat: to produce that cooling effect, the sweat needs to be able to evaporate.’

https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/can-a-hot-drink-keep-you-cool-in-hot-weather/11282744

[davebro]

Not sure if it's true - they say folks in hot countries eat spicy foods cos that makes them sweat & the sweating cools them down. (or it's to disguise the taste of unsavoury food!)

Anyway I'm all for a cuppa whether it's hot or cold outside.

Incidentally tea is supposed to have prophylactic properties which helped ward off disease when the early years of the industrial revolution led to extreme overcrowding in cities.

[youngmafbog]

Well Char wallah's did a roaring buniness.

[MargoTester]

I've always found a cup of tea in hot weather much more thirst quenching that cold drinks - in fact I'm just making one now

[jennyjoan]

I'm laughing at yous being warm - I am just nice - not overly warm at all. Haven't warmed up this summer at all. Heating on for some hours at night.

[sandyRoe]

Yes Belfast has cloudy skies and no great heat.
In fact, I'm going to have a cuppa to warm me up.

[bookbinder]

When I was in the Army, a cup of hot tea was usually waiting for us at the end of a route march in hot weather. And, yes, it did seem to help the cooling-down process, but I don't know why.

[youngmafbog]

Baking here on the South Coast and my cup of tea I just had doesnt seem to have done anything.

But who cares, just nice to be warm :-)

[Barmaid]

I think I prefer a Pimms!

[FatticusInch]

As pointed out, it’s all subjective.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/can-hot-drinks-cool-you-down-765049

To my mind it’s psychological. I doubt the riders in the current Tour de France would enjoy tea in their bidons.

[davebro]

Maybe I'll have a Long Island Iced Tea.

[gingejbee]

The words "nice" and "tea" should never be used together, IMO.

[jennyjoan]

I love Punjana tea cos it does taste of tea and Lidl do a lovely strong coffee.

[murraymints]

it works for me

[William51]

Tea does appear to work. The tea taste may also somehow help with the effect.