Giving up Coffee...suggestions for a Good TEA?????

If you can find a tea called sugar plum it is the best one I have ever tried! I used to be a coffee addict! But I also gave it up and now am addicted to different flavous of loose leaf teas! After Eight is also good if you like a strong minty taste

Try David's Tea, Teavana, Adiago's Tea for a wide selection of amazing teas. You can find chocolate teas, fruity teas, chai teas, etc!

I like tea, but I am never giving up my morning coffee! You don't have to stop drinking it. Just put less creamer in it. It's still good, I promise. I used to use tons of creamer and sugar. I've weaned myself down to coconut milk creamer (10 cals for half of a tablespoon) and no sugar/sweeteners. If I get my coffee out, I get skim milk and a splenda. Less than 20 cals either way.

Republic of Tea has some pretty awesome flavors. My favorite is Orange Ginger Mint but all the other ones I have tried are pretty awesome too.

I don't drink coffee but you can buy your own syrups to add to your coffee that are low calorie and sugar free. Combine that with low fat, skim or soy milk and you should be good to go :-)

Tea is amazing. there is only one tea plant variety. All the different grades of black tea come from picking leaves at different stages, drying them differently, growing the plants in different locations, and flavoring them with smoke, spices, and other cominations like fruit and herbs.

I prefer bulk tea brewed in a pot or French Press. 4 spoonfuls of bulk tea for a quart pot. I learned from a family in Winchester, UK:
One (heaping tsp) for you
one for me
one for the pot,
and one for the tea.

Tazo Awake is a great black tea. I also like the Tazo Chai with some coconut creamer and a bit of stevia.

Red Bush Tea its lush with or without milk and its caffeine free :drinker:

This!! and Sage Tea is pretty good too.

I agree, I would never give up a hot cup of joe. Blue diamond unsweetened almond milk is awesome in coffee, it takes the place of the cream and its also naturally sweet and nutty. A bit like hazelnut coffee with cream. A splash of it is like 8 calories and 1 carb.

I saw this post and just HAD to reply. I have gone through the SAME thing in the last few weeks, even though I kind of started on tea in the evenings a little a few years ago. I am trying like mad to not drink coffee at all while I am losing weight. (Grr.) Like you, my favorite coffee is the kind with tons of cream and fully flavored, so I started that way with my tea, too.

These are some facts I found:
*Apparently, tea is just some kind of leaf (no matter which kind - you can even use dried fruit or the leaves of cone flowers, called echinacea) that has been sitting in water long enough to flavor the water. Different leaves have different flavors, obviously.
*I found that I don't like plain tea, the kind my mom drank since I can remember. Basic "hot tea" that you would order in any restaurant is "orange pekoe", but I like other flavors better.
*If you let black tea leaves sit in water for too long, you'll notice a bitter taste. Basically, the tannons in the tea (that turn it a carmel color) have burned or been cooked too long, so the flavor is different. Try letting black tea steep for about a minute or two only. You may like that better.
*Chai tea is an Indian tea that is made with ginger, cardamon, and clove. It tastes strong, like a cinnamony-type flavor, so you can add a little milk or honey to it to tame it if you want. I started with lots of milk and honey, but now I just drink it plain without any sweetener or cream. I like mine spicy.
*My favorite non-sweetened tea (but it tastes so good with a little sweetener) is mint. In fact, if you have a health food or organic store near you, you could just get mint in bulk and buy yourself a little cup strainer to pour the water over the mint, then let it steep. I just put a pinch of the leaves in the strainer. I am not sure if that is right, but it works for me. If you have a garden, you could grow some mint of your own and just steep the leaves in hot water - so yummy in winter when it is hot and in summer when it is cool.
*Other good teas that are really flavorful are apple or raspberry. I also bought some cheap cinnamon sticks to put in my tea for a little spice.
*Green tea is super healthy and not too bad. Since I buy it in bulk and strain it with my own cup-strainer, I usually add some flavored tea with the green for variety.

Sadly, I could talk about this for quite some time, but I would probably bore you to tears. Let me know if this info is helpful at all.

Good luck drinking fewer calories and enjoying yummy tea!

Great suggestions! Mmmm.