My tea recommendations
I am what Derek calls a teetotaler. I’ve never been a fan of coffee, and don’t really like any alcohol either. Juice is delicious but the calories add up fast. What does that leave? Tea.
Why drink tea?
- Tea is a very healthy way to satisfy a sweet-tooth craving.
- Tea is a great way to train the palate. After I tried lavender tea for the first time I could pick out the lavender flavor in my salad dressed with herbs de Provence. I never really knew what turmeric tasted like until I made myself a cup of straight turmeric tea.
- Many teas are full of antioxidants.
- Hot tea is a marvelous thing to bring to the movies. I always seem to want popcorn or candy or some such thing, even if I’m not really hungry. Instead I bring my largest mug and buy a big mug of a very fragrant tea. It lasts me a good half hour and I’m always happy.
- Herbal teas make it easier to get in the recommended amounts of water each day, without feeling like you’re forcing it down.
Simple herbal or spice teas:
- lavender tea is pale purple, floral, and delicious
- plain ginger is intense but very soothing
- plain turmeric is very strong and metallic tasting, but not unpleasant. Give it a try sometime.
- burdock?
- dry lemongrass?
Homemade herbal blends:
- fresh ginger and fresh lemongrass is intense and wonderful
- lemongrass and chamomile?
Proprietary blends:
- Stash’s lemon ginger tea is very good, but hard to find in Pittsburgh. If anyone knows of a local vendor please let me know.
- Celestial Seasonings’ Red zinger makes great ice tea, but I don’t like it hot
- Good Earth tea is so cinnamon-y, I love it.
- I tried Celestial Seasonings Roastaroma but didn’t enjoy it at first. I thought it was dirty tasting and not sweet enough. Lately I’ve been enjoying it more. Its bitterness helps keep sweet cravings at bay.
Green tea:
I’m pretty picky about my green tea, but I like the yogi tea green tea super anti-oxidant pretty well. I also really like green tea with mint.
Black tea:
White tea:
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