Do the health benefits of tea outweigh the groggy ass feeling you get when you wake up every morning?
>>76582693try pepper instead of sweetener
>>76582693Do you seriously get tea hangovers
>>76582693the oxalates are pretty nasty so consume it with a calcium source to bind them
>>76582693Just don't drink it every day duh
>>76582699He's addicted to caffeine
>>76582693Yeah green tea is legit. I’ve been drinking it everyday for 15+ years just because I like the taste and I have great skin compared to my peers.
>>76582995>I’ve been drinking it everyday for 15+ yearsHoly shit, this guy teas.
>>76582693Tea doesn't have mystical powers but it's damn good. The healthiest thing it can do for you is a replace a beer or soda you may have had otherwise. I drink mountains of it every year. My recommendation for getting into it (either to replace coffee or whatever) is to drink good tea. Don't drink tea bags. Don't buy tea from grocery stores. Don't buy tea from Asian grocery stores. Order directly from China.t. tea merchant
>health benefits Lmfao
I've replaced coffee with rooibos tea and its great because you can still add milk. Tastes good and is comfy in the evening. Would recommend
>is bitter leaf juice good for youyeah bro drink up
>>76583029Cool.So easy and affordable
>>76582995I hope you're Bri'ish
>>76582995Years ago I tried drinking green tea on an empty stomach in the morning and I vomited it back up both times. I don't get it but I stopped trying after the second time
>>76583431You can't drink it on an empty stomach. Need food first.
>>76583431Tea is drank after food
>>76583409Just a weeb
>>76583441I’ve always drank it on an empty stomach. It’s usually fine if you follow with food right after.
>>76582723Imagine doing this.
>>76583114>I destroyed my palate with hyper processed foods like Doritos and Diet Coke. Therefore, I can't enjoy the healthiest beverage known to man, enjoyed my peasants, commoners, and royalty for millennia.
>>76583441Just blatantly untrue.
>>76583029What is some good tea? I read that green tea harvested from China has high levels of heavy metals and pollutants because their unregulated industry pollutes everything there
>>76583532Just buy organic loose leaf tea on Amazon. White is my favorite but green is fine too.
>>76583532Pesticides and contaminants is a complicated subject. There is no satisfying short answer. It's probably not as rampant as you think it is, especially in Yunnan. Come to /tea/ on /ck/ if you want to spark up some conversation.As for good tea, I have to recommend a variety of vendors. You won't find anything particularly good at Asian grocery stores in your city unless they're tea specialists. Those vendors recommendations also change depending where you are. USA has a lot to choose from, but the tariffs are fucking things up right now. Europe has slightly fewer choices but usually better rates and more niche offerings. Ireland and Germany are inexplicably hard to get tea shipped to.>>76583559If you buy on Amazon, you really can't be sure of what you're getting. Given tea is already pretty dishonestly marketed, adding yet another sketchy vendor to that adds to the degrees of separation from the origin. But it is easy. I've had luck from there before, but I also knew beforehand of a factory having a Western facing Amazon store, Dayi aka Teatea.
>>76583565>If you buy on Amazon, you really can't be sure of what you're getting.Yeah you can. Organic certification forces them to follow certain standards by law. The American companies did all the work of vetting their sources. As a solo buyer ordering from China, you have no idea what you're buying.
>>76583532Just buy from an organic Japanese. Sencha is a good option.
>>76583595Now that you put it that way, you're right. A seller has never lied to any person that they've sold a product to. It's just never happened. How could I be so silly. All those $20 Gucci handbags on Canal Street in New York must be actual Gucci. Nobody has ever claimed something is one thing when it's another.
>>76583431Lol? I drink tea first in the morning, no issues at all. Tea is not for betamales I guess.
>>76583519milk or butter in tea is pretty widespread and some watersources have more calcium.
>>76583790Okay.
>>76583793You seem to be retarded.
>>76583774I found the boomer who doesn't understand how Amazon works.
>>76583827Okay
>>76583858Now that you mention it, you're absolutely right. It's not like I can go online right now to amazon.com and find negative reviews from people reporting fake items from sellers. Amazon is 100% flawless and is by merit free of any fake products.
>>76583861Those are boomers who don't understand how Amazon works and are buying from third party sellers by accident.
>>76583873>pivot to absurdism
>>76583879No, you are just a boomer who doesn't know how to use Amazon. It says "Sold By" underneath the "Add to Cart" button. If it's anyone but "Amazon.com" then you're buying from a third party.
>>76583524No boiled leaf juice is not healthy that would be mineral water or breast milk, cheers
>>76583907Sorry you missed the point, cheers
I ruined tea for myself by reading about all the microplastic in teabags. Its like a hot plastic stew in your cup. It could all be meaningless. But its on my mind every time I see tea. And yes. Ive tried the bullshit fancy loose leaf teas. They taste like nothing. Ive tried every brewing method. Loose leaf tastes like nothing. Its black coffee and occasionally unsweetened cocoa powder in the winter.
>>76583879where is the concession stand? im in the mood for a hamburger right now
>>76583907>juice from a womans boob for babies is healthy and good>water collected from the ground outside is healthy and safe to drinkAnything sounds stupid when described as such.
>>76583914>microplastic in teabagsFuck....I hope twinings care about their consumer
>>76583914How the hell can loose leaf taste of nothing?It's literally just tea leaves.Did you try reusable teabags?
>>76583914>And yes. Ive tried the bullshit fancy loose leaf teas. They taste like nothing. Ive tried every brewing method. Loose leaf tastes like nothing.Buy good tea. I bought some generic loose leaf at an oriental grocery store and it was super bland but the tea I get from proper tea companies tastes great.
>>76584156Good tea from a specialty tea shop. I started with the metal mesh tea strainers but no matter how full of leaves I stuffed it, the flavor was incredibly watery and meek. The only way I achieved any flavor was putting the leaves directly in my cup raw and filtering it with my lips. But it was still super watery AND expensive for how much tea I was using. I grew up drinking celestial seasonings which apparently uses oil for flavoring. I will say that matcha powder is good and has strong flavor.
>>76583029I also drink mountains of green tea every year. I buy tea bags from the grocery store and nothing will stop me from doing so. I will not order tea from china. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
>>76584180Green and white tea are supposed to taste mild. It's for humans with refined taste.
>>76584184green and white tea lack most of the complex catechin flavour compounds created by the enzymatic fermentation that produces black or red teas. They're much more leafy and have a way higher caffeine content.
>>76584183Is it a "good enough" situation? Or brand loyalty? Or an utter disdain for tea as an interest/hobby?
>>76584201Works on my machine.
>>76584204I don't comprehend this reply.
I planted a tea bush (camelia sinensis) in my garden hopefully I'll be able to make my own tea.
>>76584202>Is it a "good enough" situation?This. I like tea bags from the grocery store just fine. Also I wouldn't trust a random vendor in china, if my local grocery store sells me tea with heavy metals in them I could at least sue them, so they have an incentive to make sure their stuff is safe. I'm sure there are reputable chinese vendors but I'm not going to look into that.
>>76584249>I wouldn't trust a random vendor in chinaThey're /tea/ approved. No randos. Let me try putting it another way. Which would you expect more to have cut corners: An old money English tea importer selling the cheapest tea imaginable from their "ex"-colonies or a dedicated tea retailer in China with 30 years of selling to satisfied anons. Even if you assume *everybody* is lying *always*, your odds are better buying more directly from the origin than the twenty hand-offs your grocery store tea undergoes from when it's picked to when it's in your grocery store.
>>76584180>Good tea from a specialty tea shop.What variety? As the other Anon mentioned most green and white teas are meant to be pretty subtle. >I grew up drinking celestial seasoningsWhich ones were you hoping to emulate with loose leaf? Did you brew them by the instructions on the box or did you do the American thing where you continue to steep your tea as you drink it?
That is not a picture of a hot guy. You get an F in meming for today.
>>76584369Chamomile, hibiscus, elderberry, orange peel, plus a couple berry mixes and different bedtime mixes. Bag instructions and internet guides. My favorite celestial is sleepytime. I also used to love the Trader Joe's seasonal teas.
>>76584407>Chamomile, hibiscus, elderberry, orange peel, plus a couple berry mixes and different bedtime mixesSo just herbal teas, not actual tea leaf teas? I don't have any advice from experience on that front.
>>76584249how about tea from east china, sold by a white guy from indiana? https://beautifultaiwantea.com/
>>76584224Based tea farmer
>>76584358Tea barons have a lot of value to protect but also a low sale price to maintain...tricky challenge
>>76583431Imagine getting mogged by a cup of tea. NGMI.
>>76582693Tea is zero cal and its not more harmful than redbull or coke. Drink that bitch, live a little. I drink mine with a bit of lemon, without sweetener. Also black coffee sometimes.
>>76586395What's tour favotie tea? I'm having a cup of lemon balm with star anise right now myself.
>>76586421Taj Mahal is my favorite.
