Tea

MommyBea

So i am a big lover of tea and i love it sweet...i really dont wanna give up my tea but i need some suggestions on maybe a kind of tea thats better but still has that same taste..someone help pleaseeee!!!

krystyleee

Green tea with stevia sweetener (or a tad bit of honey) and lemon. I love it like that, hot or cold!

bathsheba_c

Why do you need to give up your tea? 1 tsp. of sugar is only 16 calories.

That said, maybe try some fruit-flavored tisanes? Or maybe regular tea with jasmine or mint?

iLoveMyPitbull1225

I think adding lemon to tea adds so much flavor and cuts the bitterness, so I dont use as much sugar.

Fit_2013

What about vanilla flavored tea. I think celestial brand has one.

TheVimFuego

So i am a bog lover of tea and i love i sweet...i really dont wanna give up my tea but i need som suggestions on maybe a kind of tea thats better but still has that same taste..someone help pleaseeee!!!

I'm English by birth and therefore a huge tea fan, historically. For 30 years more or less I mainlined the stuff.

But the amount of sugar I was lobbing in there was ridiculous so it had to go.

I do coffee and cream in the morning now and then green tea in the afternoon, it's an acquired taste but one I've grown to like.

Maybe switching to Stevia would help if you want to keep the tea?

ahamm002

If you keep drinking sweet drinks, artificial flavoring or not, you're going to continue craving sweet drinks (and probably sweet foods too). Just get used to drinking it w/o the sweet flavor. At first you'll really miss the sugar, but after time you'll realize that there are actually other flavors out there. Then you'll look around at all these people putting either sugar or artificial sweetener into every single thing they drink and wondering how people can do that and not realize how bad it is.

FaugHorn

There's a pomegranate green tea for Kuerig* that I enjoy at work, doesn't need any sugar.

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TheVimFuego

Green tea with stevia sweetener (or a tad bit of honey) and lemon. I love it like that, hot or cold!

Honey and lemon, I like the sound of that ...

kappyblu

I love the teas from White Lion. They have a website or you can get them on Amazon. They make a White Ambrosia that has coconut and pineapple and it is out of this world! They also have a lavendar earl grey that is amazing! Also, the Celestial Seasonings (at any grocery store) are wonderful,too. I love the Sleepytime Vanilla at bedtime. :drinker:

MummaSue

You could try a caramel/vanilla flavour tea - I don't think it changes the calorific value of the tea itself but as it has a natural sweetness you might be able to go without sweetener - or at least reduce the quantity of sweetener you use.

krystyleee

Green tea with stevia sweetener (or a tad bit of honey) and lemon. I love it like that, hot or cold!

Honey and lemon, I like the sound of that ...

Seriously, it's so good. I drink it all the time! Can't live without my tea lol.

Carmelio11

I love tea also. Green tea with lemon and honey is pretty delicious and healthy.

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ElizaBethyAnn93

The repubic of tea makes organic teas that have 0 calories in them
They even have chocolate flavors

klybarger

Some of the red teas (rooibos) have really sweet flavoring without having to add sugar.

ashreynolds09

I get the Lipton Tea & Honey packets....there's a lemon flavor that I absolutely love. I use one packet a day!

Erindipitous

I love the teas from White Lion. They have a website or you can get them on Amazon. They make a White Ambrosia that has coconut and pineapple and it is out of this world! They also have a lavendar earl grey that is amazing!

Oh, wow.. Their teas sound delightful! I'll have to try them.

Dragonnade

I say start cutting back on the sugar. I used to have tea white with 2 very heaped sugars. Now just have it white. And for some varieties, black. Weaning off is the way to go, and if you do it gently you acclimatise to the new taste without really noticing.

Can't do it for coffee quite, but I've got it down to just the one teaspoon.

dinoring

Try this tea: http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/mate-teas/p/mat-vana-herbal-tea

It's sweetened with cocoa, chocolate chips, almond bits and enhanced with hazelnut... soo yummy! You don't even need the sugar! (Or will learn not to need it!).

Teavana is expensive, but their teas are high quality, and with flavors that really pack a punch, they are great for someone weaning off adding sugar. Also try the Earl Grey Creme; Chai; and Strawberry Lemonade mixed with Blueberry Bliss for an awesome iced blend!

jmoralesx5

just add stevia to your tea instead of sugar, etc.

Ariyuni

I had the same issue, so I started drinking fruit and herbal teas instead. Pretty soon, I was able to drink tea without any sweetener at all. My hypothesis is that you could be just used to drinking sweet things. If you mix it up and try a new flavour, you won't miss sugar because you never had this flavour before. Then you can slowly get rid of your sugar cravings without having to go cold turkey.

Try some sweet fruit teas, like strawberry, first.

SparkleHorse224

I drink tea every single day and I'm all about stevia. Honey if I'm sick or have allergies.

katy84o

I don't see the need to cut out sweetness from your tea. Drink it how you like, at least your not drinking soda or sugary juices. How do you drink your tea? With honey or sugar? I like my tea and coffee different ways. Green tea- hot, no sugar. Black tea or other herbal teas-, I always add honey and 9/10 times I add a squeeze of lemon. I never add sugar to my tea, I like the way the honey flavors it. Iced tea, I like unsweetened with lemon. I'm the same with coffee, hot I like sweetened, and cold I like unsweet. If you really want to cut out the sugar or honey from your tea, try it over ice, you may like it that way.

ccburn5

Oooohh Tea, how I love thee....

Take my unsweetened with extra lime.

People ask "Why lime and not lemon?" Honestly it started simply as a way to avoid sucking the seeds of lemons up a straw and now I just like is better.

mangohead100

try teas with cinnamon or licorice. they have a natural sweetness. also, fruit tisanes (herbal teas) are great.
you will get used to tea without any sweetener. i gave up adding any sweetener to my herbal teas years ago and the teas taste great on their own.

tla_Godsgirl

I use stevia in my coffee and tea now and I really enjoy it.The sweetness is different than sugar so a little goes a long way. I feel safer with stevia than other sweetners since it is created from a plant and not a lab-but still I caution on over use

Bilbobradshaw

Giving up TEA of all things is totally ridiculous. Cut back on the sugar if you must (I don't know how much sugar you could possibly be using, but I don't see a serious need to make replacements with the kind of sweetener you use, save for switching to something less processed), but DO NOOOOOT feel like just because you're dieting you need to give up sweetended tea--it isn't like packaged juice or sodas, after all. I drink a glass of wine or two most nights, which can add up for 200 calories a day, but I factor it in and am usually still under my calorie goal (1200 per day) while still getting all of my vitamins.

You have to work to find a balance, in my opinion, especially when what you're giving up isn't really that bad for you. Just drink it moderately.

gingerveg

I'm a tea fiend and I drink it with stevia. I try to eat a little something with it though (today I had some 70 calorie blueberries) so my blood sugar doesn't spike. Love love love tea I could write songs about my adoration for tea.