Fuck. So, I’m in Hanoi and I’m accidentally hopped up on caffeine right now. For those of you that need context, I’m caffeine-sensitive and having a cup of tea keeps me up all through the night, even if I have it during the morning. Tonight, I had a whole fucking pot. Right now, I feel hot, twitchy and panicked right now because I know I’m not going to be able to sleep for a very, very long time.
So in Vietnam, they do this thing where they mix tea leaves with caffeine in teas that are not normally caffeinated. I was on a junk ship that was serving lemongrass tea to its guests. Now, because of my condition, I am very familiar with which teas are caffeine-free: mint tea, camomile tea, rooibos tea, ginger tea, to name a few and lemongrass tea is one of them too. But when I took a sip, I could taste the flavour of tea leaves. I think it was black tea. I asked the staff to confirm and they informed me that yes, their lemongrass tea had Lipton tea mixed into it. I dodged a bullet. But only once.
Just less than an hour ago, I was eating at a restaurant and I ordered myself a camomile tea. It’s always been a safe choice for me. They brought me a pot, with a side of honey and a packet of sugar. I didn’t really think much about it and I drank it with my meal as always. It wasn’t until the last cup where I realized that it didn’t taste like a regular camomile tea. Actually, it tasted like green tea. I panicked and looked at the tab on the tea bag. It said “camomile tea” and there was some Vietnamese on it that probably said the same thing. I reassured myself that I was fine and took a couple more sips But I went back to the same thought… it really tastes like green tea… I open the pot to look at the tea bag and what do you know, the camomile was mixed with green tea leaves. WHAT THE FUCK? There was even more green tea than there was camomile. WHAT THE FUCK!
Whatever. It’ll pass. I just have to see how long it will take for this to pass through my system. Maybe I’ll go for a run. I was wondering if taking melatonin would counteract or negate the caffeine but experiences vary and are very dissimilar on the forums I’m reading. Fucking hell… someone just please knock me out…