In December, I mentioned Diversitea, herbal teas that help reduce the fatigue from multiple dives. Owner Janine Davis claims the minerals in her teas help discharge nitrogen, balance blood pressure, prevent seasickness, soothe the bronchial system, and more.
Apparently, the tea was recently tested at Russia's
Is it strange that drinking tea can have this effect AND taste good, too? Kinda. But who cares? Davis is waiting for your orders.
2. Reporting back on my test of this product: I think it tastes great. I'd drink for taste alone, regardless of the benefits for diving and DCS. However, it makes you have to pee, which can be problematic for dry suit divers.
Posted at 2:46PM on May 31st 2006 by Calvin Tang
4. Most tea makes you have to pee because they contain caffeine, which is a diuretic. But Diversitea has no caffeine, it is the Hibiscus rather, that makes you have to visit the loo. Hibiscus is very good for digestion and cleansing of the urinary tract and acts by flushing out toxins. As a consequence of its beneficial properties a person ends up, understandably, getting a call from nature.
This small fact wouldn't keep me from drinking Diversitea though, I'd just drink it a while prior to diving and take care of business before I hop into the dry suit.
I have yet to try the Sunset Blend though, which I also have a box of. I'll let you know how that one tastes.
Posted at 3:16PM on May 31st 2006 by Calvin Tang
5. Where can we get the tea in this part of the world? Philippines
Posted at 11:03PM on May 31st 2006 by Lee Tien Poh
6. I suppose you could just contact Diversitea themselves. They seem like a pretty cool company and I bet they'd send you some.
http://www.diversitea.com/
Posted at 1:25PM on Jun 1st 2006 by Calvin Tang
7. Thanks for the input! What is interesting about Diversitea, is that it has a greater diuretic effect when your body is detoxing. I drink it a lot, even when not diving, and the effect is less than if I had consumed an equal amount of water. When doing repetitive diving (and, probably also drinking more Diversitea per hour than usual) it is apparent. I just spent 3 days diving in a drysuit - and drinking about 3 quarts per day) and had no problems with control. I did, however remove the suit between dives, and answer natures call during surface intervals.
As for getting Diversitea in the Phillipines, we do not have a distributor there, but I can ship overseas, and do so anytime it is requested.
Posted at 12:44PM on Jun 8th 2006 by diversitea
8. What'd I tell you? What a cool company, following up on discussions about their products. The detoxing thing makes sense, and when I noticed the effect it during a stretch of many dives. Interesting!
Posted at 8:29PM on Jun 16th 2006 by Calvin Tang
9. While this sounds like a good insurance policy I do not think it should replace sound and proven methods of deco and surface interval combined with a healthy dose of common sense.
Experiance and medical understanding of metabolic functions tell us that our bodies do not off gas nitrogen the same way from one day to the next. Please use caution and sound Deco practices to rely on!
Posted at 6:09PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Captain KC
10. I completely agree Captain KC! All we want to do is offer a little extra help in the offgassing process, by supplying some of the nutrients which are depleted by the stresses of offloading Nitrogenous waste. Diversitea is NOT intended to allow you to "push the envelope" or alter safe diving practices. Thank you for stressing that!
Posted at 9:07AM on Jun 30th 2006 by diversitea
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1. Hmmmm, that deserves a taste test!
Posted at 5:48PM on May 19th 2006 by Calvin Tang