Tea/coffee alternatives

[Blakeatron]

Since christmas when I drink tea I get really bad heartburn, Tried all the major brands and the cheaper ones and they all do it. Tried different milk/sugar combinations and no luck.

Tried some of the 'fruity' teas which are ok.

Cant stand coffee and dont like lift!

Are there any other drinks I could try, Brew time is not the same without a brew!

[davepoth]

Peppermint tea is very good for settling your digestion down, might be worth a go. Tastes acceptable too.

[Chim Girl]

Have you tried any of the green tea varieties?

My other 'brew' of choice is to squeeze half a lemon and add 1 heaped teaspoon of honey into a mug of hot water.

[Lefty]

Rooibos or Rooibos/vanilla tea is good

[arebrec]

davepoth said:

Peppermint tea is very good for settling your digestion down, might be worth a go. Tastes acceptable too.

I drink Peppermint Tea to help settle my IBS after a meal, and enjoy the flavour of them too.

[Stu R]

As said Peppermint is great for digestive system stuff, tastes good too. I'm a big fan of Green Tea, it's somewhat of an acquired taste for some folks, but if you get good stuff it's lovely. Generally worth avoiding the stuff from the supermarket, try and get it in leaf form. It can be bleedin' expensive if you want to try the higher end stuff, a mate gets given a pound of loose leaf stuff that's meant to be worth about a grand every time he goes to china on business. It's nice enough, but wasted on me.

[otolith]

Have you seen the doctor about this?

[condor]

Hot water - then imagine it's a cup of weak tea

or Horlicks, hot chocolate, cocoa, Ovaltine instead.

[Mobile Chicane]

otolith said:

Have you seen the doctor about this?

[tog]

How about mate (pronounced ma-té)? Massively popular all over Argentina, but you can get it here too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(beverage)
http://www.melburyandappleton.co.uk/taragui-yerba-...

Edit: I should add that I can't stand the stuff, but my brother and his Argentinian wife can't get through the day without it.

[MrJuice]

Jasmine or earl grey? or mint tea?

[Blakeatron]

Cant stand earl grey, will give peppermint a try!

Been to the docs and its an ulcer, on pills and things

[Mr Gearchange]

Changing to wierd tasting hippy tea isn't the answer.

Going to the doctor, fixing it, and getting back to drinking tea is the answer. It shouldn't be happening.

[Hoover.]

I've got some Spiced Masala tea (blend of black tea and spicies, which actually may be no good either), which initially I thaught was a bit suspect but now I actually like

[Gwagon111]

I had the same thing happen to me. It turned out I had become sensitized to caffeine. I laid off any caffeine laden drinks for a couple of months, then went back to my favourite Darjeeling.

[0a]

Use fresh mint or thyme, pour over hot water and drink. Cup-size infusers are goof for this, but you can just leave the herbs in without problem.