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I always take theanine with my caffeine (that is, I drink tea).
by blacksmith_tb 5y ago
I always take theanine with my caffeine (that is, I drink tea).
- jvanderbot 5y agoI've recently switched over to green tea and really wish I had earlier.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoWhat did you switch from? Coffee? Coffee has some decent health benefits as well, but probably isn't so great for your anxiety levels. :-)
- jvanderbot 5y agoYes from coffee. I was almost at a pot/day and it was not helping.
- wil421 5y agoI switch to espresso a couple years ago and never looked back. A double shot latte in the AM is enough to keep me going and I don’t need a full pot. If I’m especially tired I’ll do a straight espresso shot in the afternoon.
- darthrupert 5y agoAgree. Coffee is a pretty bad drug. I wish there was at least some stigma against drinking it every day, but instead we're bombarded with studies that say it protects against cancers ... but only of you drink min 3 cups every day. I mean, these studies are scientific and probably true, but I wish coffee's bad effects were studied more.
- markus_zhang 5y agoInteresting. As a Chinese I used to drink tea but years ago I switched to coffee for better flavour. Maybe I should try milk tea instead.
- cyberpunk 5y agoDon’t give up on the flavour, there is a massive range of Chinese tea that’s indescribably amazing. I mean, duckshit oolong, da Hong pao, puerh…
- wil421 5y agoI worked at an American Chinese restaurant that had fantastic oolong tea. Whenever I bought it from Asian supermarkets it was literally the worst quality tea I’ve ever tasted, below the Lipton tea that’s for making sweet tea.
- Vrondi 5y agoLook for "Tie Guan Yin" (Iron Goddess of Mercy) Oolong. It's a lovely starting point. Usually good across most brands. Medium-light and naturally floral/fruity quality to it. The amount you use and the temp and time for brewing are also different for Oolong compared to black teas.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoPart of the problem there is that the domestic market consumes most of the best grades of all types of teas. But it's possible to get really amazing Chinese and Taiwanese teas from tea importers in the US[1] and EU. Some of them are pricey, but not all (and tea is generally not too expensive per cup, compared with lots of other beverages). 1: https://www.uptontea.com/teas/c/oolong-tea/pgsize/12/filter/100000000029eq100000000031or100000000043/layout/list/ https://www.uptontea.com/teas/c/oolong-tea/pgsize/12/filter/...
- cercatrova 5y agoBuy online, check out the /r/tea wiki [0] and specifically the user vendor list [1] [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/faq https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/faq [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/vendors/page_01 https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/vendors/page_01
- minsc__and__boo 5y agoI've found Pu Erh tea is a great transition as a coffee drinker. It has that strong earthy/malty flavor, even if it doesn't have the caffeine. Just make sure you buy it from a brick instead of the loose leaf (which tends to be lower quality imo).
- imwally 5y agoI’m addicted to matcha. Just so happens to have high levels or l-theanine.