Green Tea - worth fighting the taste barrier?

[Legend83]

Had a company medical last week and blood test came back showing slightly higher cholesterol level than recommended.

Reading up on the potential causes (aside from saturated fat) includes caffeine.

I have wanted to push myself away from coffee / PG Tips for a while now and have thought about green tea. But it am not so keen on the taste.

Are the health benefits associated with this stuff worth a slightly puckered mouth as it goes down??

[Z4monster]

I've tried some of the flavoured ones and green tea with pomegranate(sp?) is quite nice. A bit sweeter and tastes OK.

[LeeME3]

White tea and chamomile (sp?) tea are OK as well (yes, ghey, i know!).

Also, i accidentally bought Sainsbury's Decaf teabags the other day and they seemed to taste pretty much like the real thing which is clearly an improvement as last time I drank decaf tea (copule years ago) it was like mud!

[Lois]

Green tea is not caffeine free, try redbush.

[XJSJohn]

Jasmin green tea, very nice! As is crysanthinum tea

[LeeME3]

anonymous said:

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Indeed. Some useful (ish) info here: http://www.wikihow.com/Minimize-Green-Tea-Caffeine

[staceyb]

Get some Redbush tea leaves

http://www.imperialteas.co.uk/tea/fruit-herb-ayurv...

[Legend83]

Cheers for enlightening me on the downsides of green tea!

So I think I will have max 2 green teas a day to get the benefits then stick to decaf!

[RichyBoy]

What about making a simple earthing mat?

[HereBeMonsters]

Z4monster said:

I've tried some of the flavoured ones and green tea with pomegranate(sp?) is quite nice. A bit sweeter and tastes OK.

I know the lady who invented that. Great stuff. Tried the white tea with pomegranate?

[wiffmaster]

Thought about mint tea? Or a mint/green tea blend can be quite nice.

[Anthony Micallef]

Why not just buy caffeine free tea or coffee? Or am I missing something?

[shakotan]

RichyBoy said:

What about making a simple earthing mat?

Buh?

[eskidavies]

a bloke i know drinks green tea and does not have hangovers,something to do with the antioxidents he reckons