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Title: Any tea drinkers here?
Post by: Rman on February 05, 2008, 12:02:39 PM
I'm looking to start drinking, mostly for health purposes--antioxidants and such.  Does anyone here drink tea on a regular basis?  Where should I start?  Green tea?  Black tea?
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Post by: Mupepe on February 05, 2008, 12:03:33 PM
you can't go wrong with either.  I personally like green tea more.  I drink quite a bit of tea everyday
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 05, 2008, 12:03:54 PM
I drink iced tea a lot, usually green iced tea or the Arizona iced tea (lemon flavor)
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Post by: Smooth Groove on February 05, 2008, 12:12:28 PM
I possibly drink more tea than I drink water.  I personally think that it helps me burn fat even though there's still no definitive proof from research.  With all the fatty foods that I eat and the lack of exercise in the past year, I should be severly obese.  Yet I'm not, so I attribute the fat burning to my tea drinking. 

Almost all teas are good for you, so just try out what you like.  Some teas that almost anyone can enjoy are Earl Grey, Dragonwell, Jasmine, Oolong.  If you're really just drinking for health reasons, then supposedly white tea is the best. 
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Post by: Rman on February 05, 2008, 12:18:40 PM
Is it a diuretic like coffee?
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Post by: Eric P on February 05, 2008, 12:21:37 PM
i drink organic green tea from Bigelow.  it comes in sealed packs of four, so i drink those at work after morning coffee
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Post by: MrAngryFace on February 05, 2008, 12:22:07 PM
I have mostly STASH brand tea in my office:

English Breakfast
Earl Grey
Oolong
Peach Black Tea
Green Tea
Blackberry Tea

Green Tea is probably the best way to go plus its got some of the lowest levels of caffiene
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Post by: Mupepe on February 05, 2008, 12:22:30 PM
most green teas have a nutrient that speeds up your metabolism smooth groove
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Post by: MrAngryFace on February 05, 2008, 12:22:36 PM
STASH Organic Green rocks, give it a go sometime Eric
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Post by: Eric P on February 05, 2008, 12:23:58 PM
STASH Organic Green rocks, give it a go sometime Eric

i'm out after this week's worth, so i'll pick it up and give it a shot
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Post by: MrAngryFace on February 05, 2008, 12:24:56 PM
Its pretty tasty, my main tea at work. STASH's Black Peach tea is also amazing
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on February 05, 2008, 01:07:27 PM
My friend/roommate/bandmate/coworker is a tea connoisseur who gets tea from his friends in China.  According to him

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Fast-forward now to Troy's return to America. He neglected to bring much tea with him, assuming "It's America.. I can get anything I want there!". Troy just assumed he could walk into a tea shop and buy decent quality Chinese teas, without too much trouble. Unfortunately, he found that to be far from the truth. The products he encountered were nicely packaged, but only mid-grade, stale, and hugely over-priced. So, he simply asked Liu Lin to mail him some tea. After some time, his friends and co-workers began noticing his wonderful teas, and asking if he could get them some in the next package.

He was trying to turn it into a business for a while, but it's kind of defunct or suspended right now.  You could still probably contact him for tea advice or for great cheap Chinese tea.  http://happypandatea.com
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Post by: MCD on February 05, 2008, 01:18:36 PM
Regular/Black tea everyday for me, 2 or 3 cups.

usually Lipton tea.
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Post by: tiesto on February 05, 2008, 02:05:52 PM
Green tea, Moroccan mint tea, and Masala Chai are my faves... Black tea (Red Rose) on occasion when I need a pick-me-up.
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Post by: demi on February 05, 2008, 02:07:03 PM
Tea is for the limpwristed
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 05, 2008, 02:10:01 PM
I'm not a big fan of tea, but my wife loves Genmaicha and bottled Itoen and Kirin green tea.

(http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2299/gcangreenteakirinpyg8.th.jpg)(http://www.japancentre.com/images/items/250px/SO_JT_ohiocha.jpg)
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Post by: abrader on February 05, 2008, 02:16:40 PM
I drink Yerba Matte - the most nutrition loaded tea in the world!


(its more like a coffee tho)

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Post by: APF on February 05, 2008, 02:45:12 PM
For iced tea I like Ito En's Green-Jasmine Teas' Tea.  Surprisingly, it seems like you can find them just about anywhere nowadays; over the last couple of years the "specialty" packaged drink market appears to have exploded.  I tend to avoid bagged teas at home, but I have a couple of Tazo's blends at work (Earl Grey, Zen).
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Post by: Human Snorenado on February 05, 2008, 02:50:04 PM
Green tea every day with breakfast.  It's the shit.