I’d personally place tea on S and water on A. Tea is far too versatile. Water is great but tea hydrates just as much and has the potential to be much much more.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

TIL that tea dehydrates you is a myth, just looked that up

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Possibly depends a bit how you make it. If you make extremely strong black tea and then dump tons of sugar in it it’s definitely less refreshing than unsweetened mint tea for example. Tea, like most things in life, is a spectrum.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

You mean to say: Most things in life are, like tea, a spectrum.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social -2 points 9 months ago

Same with coffee. I believe it’s actually caffeine that can work as a diuretic.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mostly agree, but I'm not drinking any sort of tea after a 10k. Water/tea/coffee is 95% of what I drink. Whole milk is 3%, and boba tea is another 1%. I'm ashamed to say I drink soda in social settings.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

no shame in a good sodie pop once in a while

its everyday that it becomes horrible, for teeth and weight

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have the biggest weak spot for sarsparilla! Or if I find a microbrewery that makes any root beer~

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

I'm not a soda drinker generally but microbreweries sodas are always so much better than anything the big three put out

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’d argue though, after a 10K, you’re not drinking for any other reason than hydration and in such cases water is always the best. But I’d argue that’s an edge case unless you’re a professional athlete or live in a very hot environment

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Isn't... the exclusive reason to drink... hydration?

I mean if I was an avid reader in Sweden I could get by on tea/coffee exclusively. Most people will, on occasion, need to drink water to rehydrate.

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I also drink because I enjoy the taste. Some people drink coffee or energy drinks to stay awake. One can drink alcohol to get drunk. There are many reasons. Yes, hydration is almost always a present and desired effect but not always the reason.

[–] itsralC@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Piss water

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I see you haven’t had proper tea yet

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

I didn't like tea until very recently. Apperently it took about 20 years for me to start liking tea

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Try green tea with raw honey. You will shut up.

[–] itsralC@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's cheating! I can take medicine with honey as well and even if it stops tasting horrible it's still the honey doing the heavy lifting. We can agree on a compromise and put honey in the D tier though.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

Honey is not doing heavy lifting. Tea has a lot of antioxidants, L-theanine and 20-40mg caffeine per cup. Great for sleep and stress remedy.