Originally Posted By: BorkBorkBork
At the moment I dwell in the south, in Malmoe, but I have my home town in the north in Arvidsjaur.

Tannin is a chemical compound belonging to the polyphenols.
Tannic acid is a special form of tannin, but the two are not the same. And it is true that tea does not contain tannic acid, but it do contain various types of polyphenols = tannins.


Tea tannins
Tannins
Tannic acid


i misread the wikipedia, and i stand corrected. thank you for that!

i had the pleasure of visiting sweden years ago and motoring the gota kanal. it was summer and the weather was good. the swedes we met told us that sweden has nine months of winter and three months of bad skating weather!
a very beautiful place.
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