Tea!

countesscharleyangel

Keep in mind that if you're looking for the health benefits that are supposed to be found with tea, you will want to stick with actual tea. Herbal infusions (chamomile, peppermint, anything marked "herbal tea") and red tea are NOT made of actual tea. Only white, green, black, and oolong tea are tea. Check the ingredients before you buy.

Wow, I did not know this, thank:)

profr

Good Earth tea -- caffeine free, sweet and spicy without an added sweeteners. Great after dinner or during the day when you've already had enough caffeine.

countesscharleyangel

That's great my recommendations are STAH TEA AND TEA REPUBLIC ARE MY CHOICE THEY have great flavors I think u should try SLEEPY TIME TEA u will sleep like a baby try it

I tried the SLEEPY TIME TEA, it really does work.

kgates121

Yes! More and more tea!
I really like Licorice tea, it's naturally sweetened and kinda gives you that taste in the back of your mouth of sugar, if you like sweets, I actually have to get more of that, it's by stash in like a periwinkle colored box, My newest one I'm finishing up right now is a Pomegranate Raspberry Green tea, I like green tea, just not the dry taste it leaves in my mouth, so I found something fruity for the winter.

I have not seen licorice tea. I will have to try it. Pomegranate Raspberry is very good, I like the Yogi teas as well. Yogi Bedtime tea is the best before bed.

amanda_catherine

Keep in mind that if you're looking for the health benefits that are supposed to be found with tea, you will want to stick with actual tea. Herbal infusions (chamomile, peppermint, anything marked "herbal tea") and red tea are NOT made of actual tea. Only white, green, black, and oolong tea are tea. Check the ingredients before you buy.

Rooibos is a red tea, and it is a great tea, it has anti inflammatory purposes. I believe it is used for medical reasons and is really good for your health Peppermint is great for upset tummies and people who suffer irritable bowel syndrome and upset tummies use it to help out with that.

amanda_catherine

might not "technically be a tea" but there is a butt load of great reasons to drink it

Femmekid

Thank you for all the tips & recommendations! Excited to go buy a tea kettle today and get started We actually have a tea parlor in town, so I might have to swing by there also!

JosefinTonks

Green teas and white teas are nice. It depends why you don't like tea - it's easy for it to become bitter.

People who are very particular about tea will tell you to only buy tea leaves, never bags. Apparently the bags can be made up of sweepings and dust from dried leaves, and don't taste as good. And how you make it really matters - make sure you use boiling water, and heat the teapot first. I hate it when I'm in a restaurant and they bring me a pot of hot water along with a tea bag - the tea needs to go in when it's boiling. I don't know why, but it makes a big difference to the taste.

Happy experimenting!

I am quite sure that you are not supposed to put your tea in boiling water, as this can destroy the taste. Depending on which sort of tea it is, they are different brewing methods. Green and white teas should not be brewed in water over 85 degrees of celsius, while black teas can be brewed in 90-100 degrees without it causing the tea any damage. Also, a number of teas can lose their health benefits if they are exposed to too hot water.
Conclusion: Boiling water destroys the taste and takes away some of the heatlh benefits.

spamantha57

I LOVE tea!
I'm not a tea snob the way I can be a wine snob, but I really love tea so I wouldn't be surprised if I get super more into it in the future.

Green tea is the most revered by pretty much everyone for its various health benefits/ antioxidants. Not going to get into them, but I'm sure you heard of them. I try to have at least a cup every morning, but sometimes I feel like having a vanilla chai so I do. But organic green tea is always stocked & readily available.

At night I like to have some Sleepytime tea before bed. It's by Celestial Seasonings & it's the tea I've been drinking the longest (my mom used to give it to me when I was a kid & had trouble sleeping.) I also discovered Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride tea (also by Celestial Seasonings) over the holidays & it smells just like a sugar cookie! So good! But it's just out over the holidays so I stocked up on a couple boxes. It's a decaffeinated white tea.

Welcome to the tea world & have fun!

cmfruin2012

I drink sun tea by the gallon-full. One of the benefits of living in Florida. I wash out milk jugs, fill them with filtered water-- plop in my favorite tea bags and set in the sun for a few hours. I don't add any sweeteners. Just plain, fresh-brewed sun-tea. My current favorite of the moment is Stash's Lemon Ginger.

BamsieEkhaya

**Tea snob alert**

I LOVE tea, I only drink water...or tea

I went from the cheap stuff (tetley w/milk and sugar)
to the NOICE stuff - still relatively cheap compared to others (Earl grey - black no sugar...the aromatics ones are also nice)
now hitting it daily with chamomile (3-4x a day ...calming )
pure peppermint tea (2-3x a day - so refreshing and stress relieving)
lemon and ginger (once a day - before bed is nice and when your ill even better!)

and I stick with twinings

girlinahat

**Tea snob alert**



and I stick with twinings

tea snob alert - there are many better places than twinings......


I get my teas from Canton tea co.; Cup of tea ltd (did a tea tasting with them, a bit like a wine tasting although less fun) and Palais du The.

'tea' comes from the Camellia sinensis plant. If your products comes from any other plant it is not tea, despite any other health benefits it has. Black, oolon, green and white are different processes of the same plant.

Tea in teabags consists of 'dust' and 'fannings' When good tea is brewed, the benefits slowly seep out of the leaves, hence why the best tea is sold as whole leaves, often gently rolled by hand. teabag tea will be created by machine which breaks the leaves and therefore the health benefits are often lost. You will find that teabags give a strong colour very quickly, and if left for too long taste bitter and tannin-y. high quality leaf tea slowly develops a colour and the health benefits are gently coaxed out of the leaves. Really good tea leaves can be used several times – and the first steeping tends to pull the caffeine out first, so if you want low caffeine tea, throw the first steeping away and refill the pot.

Generally black tea needs water of around 95degC, green 70-80degC. Many people complain they don’t like the taste of green tea – this is often because they have burnt it by using boiling water. Coffee should be brewed with boiling water, not tea.

Did I mention I love tea?

violinkeri

I have really grown to love tea, and I think you will too, if you try some different types and make a habit of drinking the ones you like often. One brand I really like is Twining's - their green tea and jasmine is my favorite, but they have a wide selection of flavors for different types of tea. Republic of Tea is also great - they have a vanilla almond black tea i really like right now.

Some cheaper brands like Celestial Seasonings is good, as well.

JASMINE. jasmine tea is my favorite tea!

Other good ones are--Twinings Winter Spice (basically an apple chamomile), Twinings Darjeeling (black tea), Tazo Passion (fruity), Stash Rasberry Pomegranate. PG Tips and Yorkshire Gold are also very good black teas. high quality.

MG_Fit

I looove tea. I drink a variety of Teavana teas; green, black, herbal are my most common. At the moment it Golden Jade (green tea) and Celestial Temple Peaks (black tea).

It does have many health benefits too

Amazon_Who

I looove tea. I drink a variety of Teavana teas; green, black, herbal are my most common. At the moment it Golden Jade (green tea) and Celestial Temple Peaks (black tea).

It does have many health benefits too

Oh my! I must go make more tea now. If you are new to tea be careful at Teavana. Some stores have really pushy sales people. IMHO i think it is best to start with small amounts (2 oz. or less) with new teas.

VorJoshigan

My go-to drink over the last year has become loose-leaf white tea (Tao of Tea from Amazon) with a couple of drops of bergamot essense. Bergamot is the flavor that makes Earl Grey a little bit fruity - it's an exotic kind of orange.

I started with black tea, but I didn't like how it stained my teeth, and the flavor was sometimes too astringent. White tea is nice and mild.

I drink 6-8 cups per day of this, occasionally sweetening with xylitol.

violinkeri

i cant believe i forgot this...

http://www.etsy.com/shop/teaman

Guy blends his own coffees and loose leaf teas. you can buy them loose or in teabags--but they arent floor scrapings or crushed by a machine, so still very high quality. He has black, green, white, rooibos, herbal..you name it, and with all different flavors--I bought as a gift one year rose hibiscus tea, earl grey, peppermint, and apricot. They arrived very quickly and upon opening the box i was hit with delightful whiffs of the fragrances.

Added plus---MUCH cheaper than teavana, and no pushy salesmen If you want to request specific flavors for a multipack, just message him. His list of current flavors should be in one of his item descriptions and he will make a custom order for you,a nd usually sneaks in some extra samples. Delightful to work with!

CollegiateGrief

My favorites:

Twining's Blackcurrant Breeze - fruity black tea
Bigelow Constant Comment - black tea with orange flavor and spices
Celestial Seasonings Honey Vanilla Chamomile

They're all great to drink hot and straight, no milk or sweeteners.

SloRunner25

If you like your tea stronger (like me) go for matcha tea (the loose powder not the tea bags). It's so flavorful I don't even need sugar or honey. It's supposed to have all these amazing health benefits, but I just like the flavor so yay if all those claims are true.

Cheers! :drinker:

212ackley

I'm not a huge fan of the green tea, so I make iced tea by the gallon (using 1/2 black tea & 1/2 green tea) and I just purchased some Chai pumpkin spice tea 'cuz it smelled soooo delicious -- I didn't care for it plain, but I added some vanilla creamer (just a tsp) and WOW...tastes like pumpkin pie in a cup...I've been having it once in a while in place of a regular snack!

amanda_catherine

Thanks to this .. i craved new tea so went to the tea shop.. todays picks were.. Roasted Almond (a black tea) Coconut almond rooibos, and my daughter choose, Ginger snap cookie which is a rooibos.

TheNewBlake

i have struggled with being a soda addict and i recently switched to green tea sweetened with stevia a life saver..
tea good!

francimeerholz

Try Rooibos tea, very healthy with lots of good minerals in it , check this link:

http://www.livestrong.com/benefits-of-rooibos-tea/

staceypunk

I love tea because it helps curb my appetite between meals and is only like 10-20 calories with a splenda packet and some milk or ff cream.

AmyMalley77

I LOVE tea!! I have a mug of hot tea in the morning just black leaf regular tea (lipton tea bags). I have it with stevia! Then normally I have a second mug after the gym.... and I also have "sleepy time tea" at night... just soothing tea.

There are a ton to try, go to the store and a lot of brands have sample boxes that have 3 or 4 different. Raspberry is good too! Irish morning time tea is good too!

Enjoy!!

If you are a Sleepy Time drinker, you should try Bigelow's version called Sweat Dreams--it's in a royal blue box. I had been drinking Sleepy Time ever since I was a little kid, and then recently my mom told me to try the Bigelows...It's similar to Sleepy Time, but I think it's much better.

MorgueBabe

Brands:
Mighty Leaf
Tea Forte
Teavana