I have drank normal black tea with milk the whole time, and still lost weight. But could I have lost more? could i have coped with out tea? hmm lol I love tea, more than I love loosing weight and being thinner and healthy is the answer to that. I don't take suger, and I've only been puting in a spalsh of skimed milk, but still I have a good 4 cups of tea a day.