A question about green tea

kieranfitz

Ive been recommended green tea by a few friends. The problem is, and most irish people don't understand this, I f*cking hate tea. I've seen green tea tablets/capsuals for sale and was wondering if they work just as well?

fussyonion

Up until only last week, I hated green tea with a passion.
But I recently discovered Robert Roberts Green Tea with Lemon and Echinacea and it's gorgeous!

It's not like plain green tea; it has a lovely refreshing taste to it.
I've cut down my normal tea now (and I was a HUGE tea drinker) and am substituting it for this green tea.

Give it a whirl; it's on offer at the moment in supermarkets for €3 for 40 teabags...it's normally €4.69

Mars Bar

I really disliked green tea to begin with and gave away my box to the people who worked in the gym. I tried it again a few months later and persevered with it and now I quite like it. I won't have dark chocolate with anything other than green tea. They work so well together.

Give it a go OP!

thegreatiam

don't like tea? don't drink it. It is not a requirement in the slightest.

While I'm sure that it does have benefits you'll perform perfectly fine without it.

Try it a few times, you may develop a taste, but if you don't it won't make a difference to an otherwise healthy lifestyle.

fartyarse

I hated green tea every single time I tried it. HATED IT. I stuck with it, two cups a day every day for the last 6 weeks or so and while I don't LOVE it now, I do find it quite relaxing.

For reference, I like the Clipper brand best.

Jimmy Iovine

I never drank tea or coffee until I tried green tea. I needed honey (and a lot of it) to stomach it.

Last week though, I had an incredible cup in a restaurant in Paris. No honey around but I tried it and it was perfect. The nicest cup I've ever had. Up until then, I've been having the cheap stuff.

My advice, get yourself some good quality green tea and give it a try. The type (not the brand) of tea I was drinking is Sencha. You can find it on Google or, if you're based in Dublin, you could go into the tea shop. I think it's called 'Palais de thés'.

Twinnings and all the other brands won't match paying for good quality tea.

colossus-x

Green Tea is popular because it's said to be high in anti-oxidants. Lots of things have anti-oxidants so green tea is not 'required'. My policy with health foods is if I don't like or can't find a way that's to make it nice nice for me then I won't bother with it. Try again in 7 years.

Peregrinus

kieranfitz wrote: »

Ive been recommended green tea by a few friends. The problem is, and most irish people don't understand this, I f*cking hate tea. I've seen green tea tablets/capsuals for sale and was wondering if they work just as well?

Work for what?

endacl

Peregrinus wrote: »

Work for what?

Same as all tay. Dunkin' biscuits.

Rough Sleeper

A life in which you take green tea capsules is going to look pretty much identical to a life in which you don't take green tea capsules. There might be some minor health benefits associated with drinking green tea, but I wouldn't really bother with it unless you actually like drinking green tea. I prefer the black stuff myself.

Low Energy Eng

A large slice of lemon into a green tea and it tastes amazing.

vigos

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I never drank tea or coffee until I tried green tea. I needed honey (and a lot of it) to stomach it.

Last week though, I had an incredible cup in a restaurant in Paris. No honey around but I tried it and it was perfect. The nicest cup I've ever had. Up until then, I've been having the cheap stuff.

My advice, get yourself some good quality green tea and give it a try. The type (not the brand) of tea I was drinking is Sencha. You can find it on Google or, if you're based in Dublin, you could go into the tea shop. I think it's called 'Palais de thés'.

Twinnings and all the other brands won't match paying for good quality tea.

+1 this. Don't get the tea bags ie cheap version spend a few euros more, definitely worth it taste wise

dinneenp

I think it tastes nothing like traditional /black tea. Have you tried it yet? Personally I drink white tea as it's meant to be better health wise than green tea.

dinneenp

Wtf is that "not that she owes me" quote coming from?

Mars Bar

dinneenp wrote: »

Wtf is that "not that she owes me" quote coming from?

What are you on about?

dinneenp

Mars Bar wrote: »

What are you on about?

LOL, someone had a quote from another thread (disappointed/let down when you met someone ), they were talking about JK Rowling. They've obviously deleted the thread since.

PinkLemonade

I really like the twinings salted caramel and gingerbread green tea

Oasis1974

I've been drinking Green Tea for a number of years now and its my only hot drink now. I drink black tea on occasions but never coffee. If you are buying Green Tea do some research into the different varieties out there. Some of the cheap bags from the companies mentioned above are pretty awful. I personally buy Organic Green tea from Amazon never bags always a better flavor from loose in my opinion.