Tea?! YUCK!

In my home, we're heavy tea drinkers. I was raised by Europeans and my husband is Jamaican so a good cup of tea is very important around here. A cuppa of orange pekoe with a lot of milk will solve any crisis.

That being said, green tea is an acquired taste. It definitely has some health benefits but it does require 2-3 cups a day to even start to get those benefits. You have to give it time. I find the green teas you get at your natural health store or Asian stores are much stronger so it's probably best to start with a Tetley type brand to ease yourself into it. I find anything added to it kind of put its it off, but I don't add sugar to my tea so I don't know if that helps. I would think lemon or honey would be a better idea.

When I need to kickstart weight loss I drink three cups of green tea a day and it helps. It's good for cleansing. It's also anti-inflammatory. There are a lot of benefits beyond weight loss to having some green tea in the house.

If you want to try other types of tea, I recommend places like Teavana. There are so many different types and flavours, they're great at finding you what you like, there is something there for everyone. And you get away from using tea bags, which often have yucky things in them.

LOL @ tea = hipster! BAHAHAAA!!! Every been to the UK? If they're not drinking booze, they're drinking tea.

Man, this place is hilarious sometimes!

^^^ Gross generalisation.....some of us can't stand the stuff!!!

LOL @ tea = hipster! BAHAHAAA!!! Every been to the UK? If they're not drinking booze, they're drinking tea.

Man, this place is hilarious sometimes!

I'm working on tea flavoured beer... so we can do both at the same time.

Tea, dammit!

I lol'd.

You think I'm joking!!! Am still trying to weigh up the pros and cons of a green or white tea based pale ale or a black tea stout.

None of this, of course, is to be confused with T.E.A. which, according to the Hogsback Brewery, is Traditional English Ale.

:drinker:

There is a tea company called Stash that make some of the best teas (I'm not a tea person either) I've ever had. We order our tea bags online and while they are a touch more expensive it's worth it. I love the Meyer Lemon and Blueberry Superfruit flavors. I steep my tea, add it two teaspoons of stevia in the raw, and I usually enjoy cold tea rather than hot.

I thought I hated tea, too, until I drank some that was better quality. (This has actually been true with a lot of foods for me - I had to have them prepared by a pro to actually appreciate them.) Maybe you should check out a tea shop and try something new.

I like tea. I do not like green tea. And I'm not convinced green tea has all the magical properties they claim -- at least not more than other kinds of tea.

Currently, I've been drinking English breakfast with milk and honey. I recommend, if yo uhave one, check out World Market. They have lots of flavors and many are green-tea based without the weird taste. I get chocolate jasmine green there and with a little honey added, it's yummy.

There are several different types of tea, don't just assume that green tea has the best benefits for your body. White tea has a very mild flavor and has better benefits, depending on how it is made. I would say sample some. I would not advise for a newbie to do loose leaf tea. You have the possibility of over brewing it and making it taste like dirt (personal experience). I personally LOVE the green herbal tea from Starbucks with mint (actually have some right now). If you like mint, I would say get a tall and try it. Possibly take the tea bag they put in it out first if it will make you gag.

I used to drink a lot of coffee in graduate school. I added too much sugar and cream. I thought tea was gross too but now I like it. I drink a Hibiscus tea from Target (their simply brand) and 2 packets of splenda. YUM. I also like Chia Tea with milk.

Clearly you have never tried a cup of PG Tips with a dash of milk and no sugar, otherwise you'd never say something so blasphemous.

I love Tea! go to your local grocery store and buy Lipton Diet Green tea. They come in a few flavors my favorite is the berry kind! very good without the blandness that green tea usually has. I personally don't like green tea either, unless it has splenda in it.