Jeffrey Barker wrote:

> Dan Logcher > wrote in message >...
>
>>Sandy wrote:
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>>>Yes, we both had hot tea, and we both had Miso Soup. The salad was just
>>>cucumber, crab, and the vinegar/sugar mix, and then the tuna/hamachi and
>>> salmon nigiri(s). I felt ill before I finished six pieces of nigiri,
>>>which followed the soup and salad. When I came back, we had a few rolls
>>>with the same types of fish, plus some scallops, and it happened to me
>>>again, and to him for the first time. I'm fine now, so I'm not worried.
>>> My only real concern was the salmon and the threat of a tapeworm. But,
>>>from what I've been reading, I wouldn't really have any symptoms for
>>>awhile.
>>>
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>> >
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>>>Anyway, thank you for your input. Why does soup and salad make a
>>>difference? That's what we usually have -- this was a typical dinner
>>>for us...
>>>
>>I had a few bouts similar to this after drinking hot green tea and
>>miso soup. I would doubt there was any "germs" in the tea, that stuff
>>was super heated. I burned my mouth once when I didn't notice the
>>waitress had filled my mug.
>>
>>Anyway, someone here concluded that it may have been the hot liquids
>>that were the cause. I don't recall if I had salad on either occasion.
>>
>
> I've also become ill after drinking several cups of green tea. I
> don't drink much caffeine and blamed it on having a lot of caffeine in
> a short period of time. A cup doesn't bother me, but several did.
> (And this was at home, when I was NOT eating, and the same brand from
> the same package that didn't make me sick after 1 did after 3.)

I don't think it's the caffeine that does that. I am a regular coffee
drinker, about 3 cups a day all in the morning. My green tea experience
was at lunch, so if it were caffeine, I'd be having the shakes or something.

I think it's the temperature of the tea.

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Dan