(NSFW/Gross) Why do tea and coffee effect me in different ways, digestively?

They’re made of completely different things, it’s not surprising that your body would react differently.

Tea seems to have a faster-acting diuretic influence. I have noticed the same thing.

In addition to caffeine, it contains thiazide diuretics.

Tea makes me pee too! I don’t drink coffee so wouldn’t know about the side effects with that.

In addition to all the above, coffee is acidic and can affect your digestive system…interestingly.

@Trillian You mean like giving you a stomach ache and giving you diarrhea?

Gross? Yes. NSFW? No.

Anyway, I don’t think it’s you, it has the same effect on me, and so I would imagine if you and me than many others as well…

@mrrich724 There isn’t actually a gross heading like there is a NSFW heading. So I know it’s not actually NSFW, but sometimes I read the questions and right there in the title is some gross-out and I’m like “Hey, I’m eating dinner!” I can often help with those questions, it just requires a certain mindset.

Ah, LOL. Good point :)

@papayalily in a word. I guess that’s why people add creamer, kind of like buffer. Consider; coffee is made from the bean and tea is brewed from the leaf…
Different plants, I know, but.