Giving up Coffee...suggestions for a Good 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.

I love the morroccan mint tea by Stash teas. Its awesome!

I have a new favorite-Yogi brand. It is called Mayan cocoa spice. Tastes like Mexican hot chocolate to me. I have become so fond of it, I orderd a bulk pack of 6 box X 16 teabags each from amazon. I feel like I'm cheating on my diet when I drink it, but I'm not, LOL!

I still drink coffee, too, but about 1/2 of what I used to. I'm sure the tea has caffeine in it, but I'm not really concerned about that. If you are, you might want to google it and see if it' any better than coffee.

Lipton has an orange tea that I love! Its fab!

Coffee isn't bad for you. If it is the sugar/sweetened creamers you are concerned with I would gradually replace it with skim milk. I used to be a sweetened coffee drinker but now I drink with an ounce of 1% milk or black coffee. Your palate will change with time.

This! Cut yourself back on the creamer a little at a time. I like tea but dear God I love my coffee! I can drink it black and be a happy camper! :drinker:

Republic of tea cuppa line of tea.. dessert teas like strawberry chocolate and peppermint cocoa...delish. No caffeine.

Teavana loose tea has dessert tea I pour in almond or coconut milk.

I love Bigelow Green Tea Chai

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check out davidstea.com or see if they have a store near you.

they have good stuff

I second David's tea! They sell a variety of flavors in loose leaves. A lot of them you don't need any flavors sweetener or milk because they are just that good on their own! One of my favourites is called "read my lips".. It tastes like hot chocolate but it's a tea!

That green tea is what I start my day with when I'm at work (as it's a work supplied tea!). I LOVE infused green teas, not keen on it plain though. I love Licorice spice herbal and anything with ginger!

I swear by PG Tips in the morning and Typhoo decaf in the afternoons...