Tea?! YUCK!

Try different green teas. Different qualities have different flavors. Some are milder and some are very strong.

I love green tea with some lemon and a touch of honey. The honey wouldn't necessarily be good for you but you could add some diabetic friendly sugar.

Here's my ideas on what you can try, and what works for me:

1. Add a teaspoon of sugar or honey (or whateever sweetener you prefer - I'm not an artificial sweetner person myself, and I use honey more than anything else)

2. Don't steep the bag as long. Then the flavour won't be as strong and you may get accustomed to it easier, or even like it better weaker than you are making it now.

3. Experiment with different types of tea. I grew up loving the smell of tea, but thought the taste was terrible. I always wanted to drink it because it just smelled so darn good to me, so when I started I only drank herbal fruit teas - they already sweet on their own, similar to having warm juice, but not as sugary or as powerful tasting.

4. Try loose leaf. It's something I actually didn't consider until I read some of the suggestions here, but from my experiences there is a different between loose leaf and bagged. I find loose leaf has more flavour myself.

5. If you really really can't stand it, don't drink it. Especially if you are associating tea with being something "hipster" like it's a terrible thing, but then you say you want to drink it too? It reminds me of, sort of, saying "eating salads is soooo vegetarian, uhg..I can't stand salads but I want to eat them because their good for you." I hope that makes sense, haha. Basically, if you really don't like it after trying it for this long, then just don't drink it.

In regards to the chai tea thing - I'm not a tea expert, but I LOVE chai tea with some milk and honey. It's beautiful They couldn't call it chai TEA if it wasn't tea. If you like that one, because it tastes similar to a cappuccino to you (which I guess it would...if you put in a LOT of milk and sugar. I've had chai lattes, but that's different than just a regular chai tea), then why not just drink that for now?

For the longest time, I've was putting honey in my tea. Another option is lemon juice. I would love to suggest sugar, but that probably wouldn't be the greatest idea since you brought up needing insulin assistance. You could also get a water infuser, put tea in it, and infuse things like watermelon pieces. Otherwise, try different flavors of tea.

If you don't like it, don't drink it. You can buy green tea supplements. All the goodness without the nasty taste.

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Don't force yourself to drink or eat anything you don't like.

You can always brew the green tea and then make it into a cold beverage.

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!

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.

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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.