Green Tea Ideas to make it more tasty?

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  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    Plop in a few peppermint candies to your cup, let em melt and stir em up.
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    Mint and lime juice. Also, make sure you're not treating it too harshly (high temps and over steeping), this can really alter the flavor of the tea.
  • littlewolf3785
    littlewolf3785 Posts: 2,592 Member
    I like the Lipton brand Orange, Passionfruit and Jasmine Green Tea, I like it without any sweetness or add a teaspoon of honey for a little sweetness.
  • bearwith
    bearwith Posts: 525 Member
    I don't care for the taste of green tea--tastes like hay to me, and not in a good way. So when I brew it for iced tea, I throw in a few mint tea bags. When I drink it hot, I just buy the fruit-flavored green teas (like any of the Lipton Superfruit line), and all the ones I've tried have tasted good.

    That is the funniest thing I have heard all day and so true. I just could not find the word to describe it!
  • sallydurkin
    sallydurkin Posts: 211 Member
    If you don't like it don't drink it. No need to force yourself.
  • caterpillardreams
    caterpillardreams Posts: 476 Member
    I loooove my green tea - and it is a crazy good source of EGCG.

    If you're not super down to sweeten it with a little honey, try the Celestial Seasonings Green Tea with White Tea (not an ad, I just like this one). It's got an elephant on the box - it's legitimately so much sweeter than normal green tea, you won't even need honey.

    I love green tea as well, will try this one day.

    Not everyone loves green tea at first. I always have but if you keep looking around you may find what you like. And you can not use boiling water, if its too hot you can add a couple of ice cubes to not burn it. Honey, yum.
  • kassiebby1124
    kassiebby1124 Posts: 927 Member
    I buy Private Selection Citrus green tea. I usually make a big batch and ice it. So it's a green iced tea. You can add sugar or splenda to it or whatever. I use splenda. But it's really refreshing.
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    The posts pointing out proper brewing temperature are bang on.


    For a more round tasting green tea, try genmai-cha.
  • tekwriter
    tekwriter Posts: 923 Member
    I think it tastes like grass must taste if you boiled it. I keep trying because it is supposed to be so good for us. Normally I just water the grass with it when I toss it out.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    If you don't enjoy the flavor of it, consider drinking something else.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I'm a strong believer in avoiding foods that I don't like. If you don't like green tea, drink regular tea, or coffee, or monster energy drinks, or water, or whiskey. Life is too short.

    There is nothing magical to green tea.

    Finding something else that you enjoy.
  • amaysngrace
    amaysngrace Posts: 742 Member
    This is going to sound very odd but I love green tea with sage. I have a stainless steel tea ball and I just tuck some loose green tea (don't like the paper tea bag taste) and a pinch of sage in it and brew it for just a couple of minutes (let the tea kettle sit for 15 seconds after it boils to cool the water to the appropriate temperature). The aroma is really nice. Sometimes I add a squeeze of lemon juice too.


    I might have to get one of those steel tea balls.
  • amaysngrace
    amaysngrace Posts: 742 Member
    I brew green tea using my cofee pot and then add a generic crystal light packets for flavorings. I make a gallon at a time and drink it iced. :)

    Interesting combo, I keep crystal light packets, I might try this as well.

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