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Tea or coffee?

Kitsune

I’m just finishing my 3rd coffee of the day (I really need to cut down again!) and just wondered what hot drink other people prefer? Are you a coffee drinker or do you prefer tea or perhaps you like herbal tea (good flavour recommendations welcome!) or something else? How do you take your tea/coffee/other. I drink strong black coffee with no milk or sugar but with half cold water due to sensitive gums; I don’t drink tea but do drink herbal teas depending on the flavour, lemon, ginger and manuka honey is a current favourite but peppermint and liquorice is a recent fail on the herbal tea front!

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  • I personally prefer tea over coffee. I didn't drink coffee until the past couple of years (and only latte with lots of milk; and only very occasionally). I feel that coffee is too bitter so it's difficult for me to drink. I also find it hard to fall asleep if I drink coffee in the evening. 

    A couple good/interesting tea recommendations to try: (1) lemongrass tea; (2) Taiwanese bubble tea; (3) milk tea with ginger (but self-brewed with fresh ginger) ; (4) honey and aloe vera tea; (5) a variety of loose leaf tea
    (compared to those made out grocery-store tea bags, I much prefer tea brewed from original ingredients or loose leaf tea)

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  • I personally prefer tea over coffee. I didn't drink coffee until the past couple of years (and only latte with lots of milk; and only very occasionally). I feel that coffee is too bitter so it's difficult for me to drink. I also find it hard to fall asleep if I drink coffee in the evening. 

    A couple good/interesting tea recommendations to try: (1) lemongrass tea; (2) Taiwanese bubble tea; (3) milk tea with ginger (but self-brewed with fresh ginger) ; (4) honey and aloe vera tea; (5) a variety of loose leaf tea
    (compared to those made out grocery-store tea bags, I much prefer tea brewed from original ingredients or loose leaf tea)

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  • in reply to qwerty

    How do you take your tea?

    Coffee is bitter, but it has caffeine in it Slight smile I only started drinking coffee when I was 24 and started working night shifts and needed something to keep me awake! I never drink it after 6pm (unless I’m on a night shift) as otherwise, as you said, it makes it difficult to fall asleep!

    Thank you for the herbal tea recommendations. The Taiwanese bubble tea seems particularly interesting, what ingredients are in it?