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My answer to that is, sure it’s just about as safe as smoking anything, which is, not very good for you at all. Here’s what I have to report on the effects of smoking tea leaves, to address the questions above: Is it safe?Īfter a bunch of searching, I found many people asking if it is safe to smoke tea leaves. All in all, they all left me with a very heavy feeling in my chest and my throat felt coated in a kind of film that was unpleasant. The sencha has quite harsh and didn’t make me feel good at all, I got a bit nauseous afterward. The Indian green was herbaceous but also smoother than you’d think. The tea didn’t burn very well due to uneven leaf size, moisture content, etc.

They were both aromatic and the smokiness of the lapsang souchong especially reminded me of tobacco. All in all, the smoke of the two black teas was smooth but heavy, kind of like pipe tobacco. The consistency of the leaves was difficult to roll, but I managed.

#TAZO RELAX TEA HOW TO#

I don’t smoke tobacco anymore (I used to) but I still remember how to roll a cigarette. To be clear, we are talking about actual tea, from Camellia sinensis, and not any of the other varied herbs and plants out there that people might also like to smoke. I chose two black teas and two green teas: a basic black tea bag, a loose leaf blended lapsang souchong (Zheng Shang Xiao Zhong) with herbs and fruit, an orthodox green tea from Darjeeling, and a sencha from Japan. I chose four different teas to smoke, on separate days, to gauge how I felt. Is it “good” for you? Could this be a substitute for drinking it?ĭo you absorb caffeine? What about theanine?ĭoes it help you quit smoking cigarettes/cannabis? I decided to investigate by trying this out myself. To this day, people ask us if smoking tea is okay. I do not condone this, I would not try this if I were you, I’m not telling you to try this - smoking anything is harmful to your health. After all, clove cigarettes are a thing right?ĭoing a quick search will show you that there is a bit of information online about the healthful effects of smoking tea leaves.

Chances are someone has mentioned this to you at some point, or talked about smoking other herbs and spices in your kitchen (especially if you’ve ever been a teenager). There has been some information circulating the internet about a growing trend of smoking tea from tea-bags.

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