From Coffee to Tea

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Sandyleibs
Sandyleibs Posts: 1 Member
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I love coffee, but I only drink it with a lot of fat free milk, and sugar. I just tried some pomegranate tea (decaf) this afternoon and put a little bit of honey in it and it's not bad at all! I would love to switch completely, but I would need enough caffeine. Anyone know of a fruity tea that has enough caffiene as coffee?

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  • sjaplo
    sjaplo Posts: 974 Member
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    No tea (that I'm aware of....) made from fruit leaves or parts will have significant amounts of caffiene. What you could try is a specialty tea store - there are all sorts of lovely flavoured teas available with caffeine.

    That being said I drink coffee and tea black...........
  • afia233
    afia233 Posts: 47 Member
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    Its not fruity (Fruits tend NOT to have caffeine in them - its the leaves which have the caffiene) but green tea. Its light and refreshing although it does take a while to get used to if your not a green tea drinker.

    Its the same kinda watery light refreshing feeling though tbh.
  • Rlavigne93
    Rlavigne93 Posts: 119 Member
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    Black tea has fairly high caffeine content. If you need caffeine that much, though, why not just buy pills? They sell 100 mg caffeine tablets pretty much everywhere for cheap.
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 701 Member
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    You want a fruity green or black tea. Herbal teas don't have caffeine (it's the tea plant that has the caffeine, herbal teas technically have no tea plant in them). I know Celestial Seasonings makes a pomegranate green tea that I started with.

    However, no tea will have as much caffeine as coffee.
    http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/caffeine/art-20049372

    What I did was I fit one cup of coffee into my calories/macros at the beginning of the day, then I drink black, unsweetened green tea for the rest of the day.

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