Green Tea

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I like these:





I brew 2 large cups in the morning with 2 bags each in them, a little honey and a splash of half & half.

Now I come to find out green tea is real good for your health.
Any other green tea lovers out there?
What are some of your favorites?

I am open to trying others that may even be healthier.


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[Believing Is Art]

1. I like some of the Celestial Seasonings ones

They have Goji Berry Pomegranate and Tropical Acai Berry varieties, both of which have even more antioxidants and nutrients than green tea alone. I'm also a big fan of herbal teas since I can't drink actual tea on an empty stomach.

[Sanity Claws]

2. I love it too

I drink it straight and prefer green tea with some kind of natural flavoring. In Tazo teas, I like their Zen; I think it is blended with lemongrass and some other things. However, I'm a penny pincher and usually go for less expensive brans. Trader Joe's green tea with jasmine is good and economical. Twinings also makes some good green tea blends, including jasmine and chamomille.

[RedEarth]

3. I prefer the Victorious Elephant Brand Green Tea

I've been drinking two or three cups of green tea for over 20 years. No milk or honey...just brewed green tea.

I do make my own chai with milk and honey, but green tea, I prefer it straight.

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5. I am wondering...

...if the cream and honey I add take away from the health affects at all?

I know about the added cholesterol from the cream but I am curious if both the added honey and cream are somehow chemically affecting the medicinal properties of the tea.


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[RedEarth]

10. I wouldn't think so, however,

you might want to try a cup a day without cream and honey and see if you can acquire a taste for green tea just plain. Who knows, after a month or two, you might enjoy just green tea without the added calories and cholesterol.

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12. true

[LeftishBrit]

4. I don't drink lots of green tea as such; but I like herbal teas.

Twinings do some good ones - I particularly like their Lemon and Ginger. Also the London Fruit and Herb Company: Blackcurrant Bracer; Apple and Cinnamon; and many others.

[supernova]

6. Yes, I drink it as a second cuppa

after I have a shot of caffeine with regular tea first thing in the morning.

Green tea us usually two bags in my travel mug which holds about 1 cup and 2/3.

Right now, I'm enjoying a Bigelow GT with lemongrass.

[tabatha]

7. Yerba Mate

http://www.guayaki.com/


In South America, yerba mate has been revered for centuries as the “drink of the gods” and is drunk daily for optimum health, sustained energy and mental clarity. Of the six commonly used stimulants in the world: yerba mate, coffee, tea, kola nut, cocoa, and guarana, yerba mate triumphs as natures most balanced stimulant, delivering both energy and nutrition. The leaves of the rainforest mate tree naturally contain 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids, abundant antioxidants. In fact, The Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific society in 1964 concluded "it is difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to mate in nutritional value" and that yerba mate contains "practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain life."


South America’s yerba mate and Asia’s green tea are two of nature’s most treasured, health-giving daily rituals.

A green tea is one that is not fermented and not roasted. Healthwise, green teas are superior to oolong and black teas as many of the beneficial antioxidant compounds are protected by the green tea production process. Black teas may taste sweeter because they are fermented and then roasted, but this flavor comes at the expense of its life giving properties. Just like in nature, green is life giving.

While yerba mate and green tea share many of the same benefits, (antioxidants, polyphenols, flavenoids, bio flavenoids, and theophylline) modern science shows that yerba mate has 52 more active compounds than green tea. There are 196 active compounds in yerba mate compared to the 144 found in green tea. In fact, yerba mate can boast higher polyphenol and antioxidant counts than either green or black teas.

You can get the benefits of both yerba mate and green tea in Guayaki’s Greener Green Tea, which is a nourishing combination of organic green tea, organic lemongrass, and organic yerba mate. This stimulating blend is an antioxidant powerhouse! Brew a cup to spark up your day. Makes an excellent iced organic tea too.

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8. Looks great thanks!

[wishlist]

18. Like the taste, but gives me terrible heart burn chest pains

After suffering from prolonged severe heart burn a few years my doctor advised me to avoid caffeine in tea, coffee and yerba mate. I have had great relief from following that advice, but whenever I take a chance on drinking caffeine drinks, I pay the price in hearburn pain, so I try to stick to decaf and herbal teas such as chamomile.

[tabatha]

19. Rooibos and Honey Tea are pretty good.

There is also a Rooibos and Mate combo tea.

[Orrex]

9. Funny OT story about green tea

During my longago days of involvement with the SCA, I was at a multi-day event and returned to my group's campsite after some grueling exertion in the hot sun. A well-meaning friend offered me some green tea as refreshment, and I accepted eagerly, having heard such great things about it.

I took a big gulp and nearly vomited on the spot. It was so unutterably foul that I couldn't believe that she wasn't trying to poison me. And for the life of me I can't imagine how the inventor of green tea got anyone to try it a second time.

Then again, I can't stand the taste of coffee, so I'm aware that I'm not exactly in the mainstream on things like this.


Still. What a dreadful concoction!

[trotsky]

15. You are not alone.

I can't stand coffee either, and green tea to me tastes like grass clippings. On the other hand, I love black tea. The one and only way I've found I can tolerate green tea is to add it to black tea and make a mixed brew. Strong on the black, though. :)

[Dorian Gray]

17. I'm the other way around

but have you tried Rooibos tea? It doesn't have any caffeine (so it's more a nighttime drink for me), but it's delicious and its (supposedly) got all the health benefits of green tea.

[trotsky]

21. I have, it's pretty good.

Rooibos with vanilla. Very nice flavor.

[monmouth]

11. I gave up diet coke for green tea, within a week the bloat was gone

from my stomach and I feel so much more energetic. Love it, and at night I warm it in the microwave for about 10 seconds. Wonderful and healthy stuff...

[tabatha]

13. Yes, get that aspartame out of your system.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Overpriced. Go to an Asian grocery store

and you'll find many types of green tea, both in bags and loose, for far less money.

[tabatha]

20. Yes, but how "clean" are they.

Trader Joe's has green tea.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. Cleanliness of stores varies

The teas are sealed.

[Crunchy Frog]

24. It's not the stores I would worry about.

It's the potential contaminants in the product, if it's imported from China.

[Warpy]

16. I love green teas

and my favorite is a jasmine flower scented green tea I get at a local international supermarket.

If they have health benefits it's just icing on the cake.

I usually drink them just as they are. Once in a while, a little alfalfa or orange blossom honey will add enough extra that a simple cup of tea can become a wonderful dessert.

I generally sweeten red teas with succanat or turbinado sugar.

[cletustakethewheel]

23. I love green tea but lately have had a hard time brewing the perfect cup!

For some reason, it gets all tannin-esque on me:(

You have to really watch the boiling and quit right before or it'll get yucky!

I have also just learned that black tea is better than we thought for health reasons!