tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307752718628078354.post6870215714853752388..comments2024-03-13T00:19:59.896-07:00Comments on Virginia's Pairteas: US League of Tea Growers and the aromas of teaVirginia at Pairteashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709200464687170864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307752718628078354.post-9651735094202963102018-04-12T19:31:43.356-07:002018-04-12T19:31:43.356-07:00Good question! I haven't found any quantitati...Good question! I haven't found any quantitative data for brewed green tea, but the amounts in a brewed English Breakfast tea, are tiny—2.4 mg/L. Compare with a baby aspirin at 85mg. So my guess is that the salicylic acid in green tea may not give pain relief. <br />Here's the most recent reference about tea I could find:<br />Sreepurna Malakar, Peter R. Gibson, Jacqueline S. Barrett, Jane G. Muir,<br />Naturally occurring dietary salicylates: A closer look at common Australian foods, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Volume 57, 2017, Pages 31-39, ISSN 0889-1575,<br />https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2016.12.008.Virginia at Pairteashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709200464687170864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307752718628078354.post-82420957186060410542018-04-07T09:02:07.045-07:002018-04-07T09:02:07.045-07:00Would drinking green tea be recommended for pain r...Would drinking green tea be recommended for pain relief given the presence of salicylic acid?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770550769956971479noreply@blogger.com