Making the coffee to tea switch. Suggestions?

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  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    I like Jasmine Green Tea, Chai, and an herbal tea by Celestial Seasonings called Bengal Spice. Bengal Spice is my go-to if I need to quite cravings for sweets.

    I like both Stevia and Monk Fruit sweeteners, but you might need to mix them with sugar at first until your taste buds become accustomed to it.
  • amandacalories
    amandacalories Posts: 107 Member
    I like to mix black tea and some kind of flavored tea. Black coffee just isn't everyone's...cup of tea so to say. Black tea still has plenty of caffeine if that's what you're going for.
  • Green tea with peppermint is nice.
    Ice teas with lemon.
    Vanilla Chai with almond milk.
    Orange tea with spices.
    The list goes on.... :)B)
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    Chia spice and mint chamomile tea are my favorite
  • Aidnos
    Aidnos Posts: 3 Member
    I'm another tea addict. I recommend loose leaf if you can get it. Some supermarkets carry it, some don't. If yours doesn't, you can order it online or your city/town might have a local tea retailer. (Tucson, where I used to live, had three indie tea retailers stores that I know of and it's not even that big a city.) One advantage of loose leaf is that you can control how much you steep at a time so you can get a stronger or weaker flavor without over- or under-steeping. Basically, loose leaf gives you more flexibility to experiment and figure out what ratio of tea amount to steeping time you like best. Also, it's usually better quality tea. (Although there are some really bad loose leaf teas and some pretty good teabag teas. So loose leaf doesn't necessarily = good. The very best teas, however, will always be loose leaf.) If loose leaf isn't an option, some of the better supermarket bag teas that I can think of off hand are Republic of Tea, Stash, and Rishi.

    I usually go for a strong black tea in the morning, sometimes unflavored, sometimes a flavored tea like Earl Grey. (Earlier today I had an Irish Whiskey Creme flavored black tea from Chantilly Tea. https://chantillytea.com/collections/black-tea/products/irish-whiskey-cream ) The flavored teas will give a perception of sweetness without any sugar. For black tea, I recommend adding a small dash of milk, about a tablespoon--it doesn't just add taste, it chemically alters the property of the tea to decrease the natural bitterness. I usually also take my tea with a tiny bit of sugar because I have a massive sweet tooth, but even so it only takes about half a teaspoon for it to taste plenty sweet to me, like dessert. The whole thing ends up having about 30 calories, and something like that might have enough sweetness and flavor and caffeine to feel like a good replacement for your coffee.
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