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uhhmeliaa
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I KNOW that this is going to get weird looks. It seems like tea has made it's way into the modern, hipster world. Tea is everywhere I look.
I'm Hispanic, and so I was raised on coffee every morning and night since I was 2 years old. My grandmother drinks different kinds of teas.
I find tea to be so-- Gross.
I want to start drinking Green Tea to help with my diet and insulin assistance. Is there anything one can do to make tea taste... better?
If I HAVE to, I may just have to drink it and suck up how bad it tastes. -....-
Help?
I'm Hispanic, and so I was raised on coffee every morning and night since I was 2 years old. My grandmother drinks different kinds of teas.
I find tea to be so-- Gross.
I want to start drinking Green Tea to help with my diet and insulin assistance. Is there anything one can do to make tea taste... better?
If I HAVE to, I may just have to drink it and suck up how bad it tastes. -....-
Help?
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I only like black tea with milk - usually 2/3 tea, 1/3 milk. I use skim milk so there's not as much of a punch in terms of calories. Do you tend to drink your coffee black, or with milk and sugar? You can dress tea up the same way.0
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If you don't like it, don't drink it. You can buy green tea supplements. All the goodness without the nasty taste.0
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It seems like tea has made it's way into the modern, hipster world. Tea is everywhere I look.
That said, don't force yourself to drink stuff you don't like. Tea (including green tea) doesn't have magical qualities.0 -
tea , no milk but just a tiny slice of lemon(no sugar) I find its quite ok.0
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If you really want to drink tea just do it and eventually you will likely get used to it. Are you cutting coffee out or just adding tea?0
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I want to start drinking Green Tea to help with my diet and insulin assistance. Is there anything one can do to make tea taste... better?
add sugar.0 -
I always start drinking tea (black, green, white, herbal, you name it) with no sugar/sweetener or milk when I am trying to be healthy or dieting.
And for the first week, I am GAGGING on it. Hate tea. Just want coffee.
However, after a week or so, I start to develop a taste for it, even crave it. Right now I have a cup of green tea next to me, and I love it, and 2 weeks ago when I first thought of drinking it, I had a gag reflex, just thinking of it.
If you really want to drink tea for the great health benefits, maybe try one cup of coffee for breakfast, then the next cup, substitute a tea, and increase the tea to coffee ratio as you want.
On the other hand, I am not sure that there is anything terribly wrong with having your coffee. If you load your coffee with creamer and sugar, that is a problem. I have lost 8 lbs in 2 months, and I have a coffee whenever I want it (I still couldn't wake up to a cup of tea - that would make me cry - I got to have my coffee first thing - it's the flavor, not the caffeine). Mind you, my coffee is decaf with skim milk and stevia, but I still get my coffee.
But anyway, drink a little tea here and there, and maybe you will develop a taste for it too (or at least maybe stop hating it!)
Good luck!
Edit: I was also raised on coffee from a baby; I am from Alabama and old timers used to always feed the babies "coffee and biscuits" - i.e. a couple of leftover biscuits crumbled into coffee (with sugar), until they are mushy enough to feed babies who don't have the teeth to eat other foods. My grandmother used to give me this - she was from a time and economic status in which you were lucky if you had shoes or food at all, so you sure as heck didn't have fancy jarred baby foods. You were lucky to get anything! I still crave coffee and biscuits and make it sometimes0 -
Tetley sell a mild green tea which i find with a bit of honey is so much better than other green teas. I also think the hipster tea you are referring to is the general black tea we get in the UK, which usually we add milk and sugar too. (I can't tell where you live so you may be referring to this)0
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It seems like tea has made it's way into the modern, hipster world.
Quite the opposite - tea is one of the foundations of civilisation. The British Empire was built on it.
The ultimate drink with which to solve a domestic crisis. Milk, no sugar, ta. x0 -
There are lots of naturally flavored teas...I have some delicious cranberry tea, jasmine tea, etc.0
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It seems like tea has made it's way into the modern, hipster world.
Quite the opposite - tea is one of the foundations of civilisation. The British Empire was built on it.
The ultimate drink with which to solve a domestic crisis. Milk, no sugar, ta. x
I remember when I was in college in Tennessee, all of my groovy hippy friends were drinking herbal teas with honey in it. I had never had "hot tea" as we call it - not anything except for Southern "Sweet" tea - i.e. iced tea. However my husband is British, and so when we are in the UK I see a lot of tea drinking. My hubby's his parents drink a tea in the morning instead of coffee - they have a machine that makes it and rings a siren so they can drink it before they have to get out of bed (Then they drink coffee like it's crack for the rest of the day lol). From what I hear from my friends in the UK, the children there drink tea from an early age as well. For my British friends, a cup of tea can solve any problem. But then they put milk and sugar/sweetener in it, so it actually tastes more like coffee that way. Yes, try some skim milk in it - that might make it more palatable to you.
Edit: milk in black tea. I wouldn't put it in green tea!0 -
try one bag of green tea and one bag on lemon zinger by celestial seasonings. the lemony goddness will overpower the bitterness of the green tea.0
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I like my tea with a teaspoon of honey and a slice of lemon0
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Yeah, Tea is not a recent, hipster thing. My American mom drank it daily as far back as I remember (I'm 45) and my nerdy, average self has been drinking it for at least 30 years. I love all tea and drink it unadorned, but there are a million varieties of flavored teas that would work for someone who doesn't care for it. Check out the teas at Republic of Tea.
I drink coffee too. I am quite caffeinated.0 -
I have always loved tea, growing up it was a staple item, like milk...
I no longer use sugar in my tea (at least I try not to, but every now and again I must have a glass of southern sweet tea). I take strawberries, raspberries or blackberries and put them in a blender and let the tea chill with the fresh fruit pulp. It has made a nice change and depending on how much fruit you put in, can be super sweet, or barely sweet.0 -
Tetley tea, no green tea for me, can't stand it. Teabag not in the cup too long and a very small amount of skimmed milk - a thimble full or just over really - love tea.0
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It seems like tea has made it's way into the modern, hipster world. Tea is everywhere I look.
That said, don't force yourself to drink stuff you don't like. Tea (including green tea) doesn't have magical qualities.
Seriously-Have been drinking tea since I was a kid. My Irish grandma had us drinking it! There are flavored teas out there-just
watch the calories. Having said that, why drink it if you don't like it? Just drink water.0 -
You are probably steeping the tea too long. Green tea only needs to be steeped 2-3 minutes, any longer and it becomes bitter. Also try and buy the full tea leaves as they are better quality. Try it iced with some lemon and some natural sweetner.0
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also green tea tastes much better if the water is not as hot- less bitter. I tend to double tea bag (2 not reuse) when I drink green tea as well. One green tea and one fruit herbal tea (berries or lemon) together0
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