What's in a long island tea?

Is it bad to drink about 5-6 or even 8 cups of tea a day?

• so im 16 and ive been addicted to tea for about 2-3 months. i started out drinking just 1-3 cups a day but now ive gone on to 6-8. is that a bad thing? because ive herd that its not good for you. i drink lipton tea though its the island mango and peach...its so good! my dad just bought me a box yesterday that had 18 tea bags in it and now theres only 7 tea bags left and im the only one thats been drinking it O.O whats the affects of drinking "too much" tea? :(

• Answer:

  Not according to my doctor as long as there's no milk, cream, or sugary stuff added. I drink that much plain iced tea a day easily and my doc wasn't worried at all, he said it's basically as good as water, plus it has antioxidants. That said, the reason people say that tea is bad is because it has a little caffeine and dehydrates you a little. That's it, you're not going to get a terminal disease or die from drinking a lot of tea.