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Twining's loose-leaf Earl Grey (the square yellow can) is the perfect coffee replacement. With honey and milk, it pushes all the right buttons with minimal suga
by wrinklz 17y ago
Twining's loose-leaf Earl Grey (the square yellow can) is the perfect coffee replacement. With honey and milk, it pushes all the right buttons with minimal sugar/caffeine bounce.
- buugs 17y agoA very nice earl grey (if you like stronger tasting teas) is earl grey bravo from adagio http://www.adagio.com/black/earl_grey_bravo.html http://www.adagio.com/black/earl_grey_bravo.html
- windsurfer 17y agoOh my goodness that is so expensive.
- silentbicycle 17y agoSeriously? $7 for 4 oz. tea is really not bad. Even rather expensive high end green teas are much cheaper than (say) fine wines.
- cpach 17y agoI bet most people don't drink two bottles of fine wine every day ;-)
- silentbicycle 17y agoWell, touche, but that much tea could last a while. A couple ounces of tea is like a couple cases (not bottles) of wine, several pounds of coffee beans, etc. I'm not sure exactly how long 4 oz. of tea would last (my wife and I rotate through a couple different teas), but probably several weeks. Good tea is cheap, you typically just mail-order a good quantity at a time and keep it in an airtight tin. The samplers from Adagio are ~1 oz., and a great way to try out several for a few dollars each.
- Dove 17y agoCorrect, really good tea can be cheap. I am a fanatical tea drinker -- something like a gallon a day. And I find a 100 gm supply (3.5 oz) to go for about a month. At teaspring.com, that much of a geniunely good Taiwanese oolong (my favorite) costs about $20. I don't know how much a month's supply of really good coffee costs for the fanatical drinker, but I know my monthly budget sure wouldn't get you far at Starbuck's . . .
- sjs 17y agoAnd if you have a way to steam milk at home you can make London Fogs (earl grey, steamed milk, vanilla syrup).
- mdemare 17y agoBlack tea contains about as much caffeine as Red Bull (per liter). Admittedly less than coffee, but hardly minimal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
- Mongoose 17y agoComparing caffeine content in tea vs coffee is a tricky argument to make. The caffeine content in tea varies on many factors, including oxidation level, steep time, and leaf agitation. On average, the amount of theine/caffeine in a cup of tea is much less than that of a cup of coffee.
- silentbicycle 17y agoAdditionally, tea has other elements (l-theanine, for one) that seem to give it a different profile of side effects. Drinking green tea gradually over the day (carrying around a thermos, perhaps) seems to give most of the benefits while minimizing side effects, provided you like tea. The worst aspects of coffee & caffeine come from having a whole bunch at once, then spiking and crashing.
- mdemare 17y agoYes, it's less (about 1/3 to 1/2), but it's significantly more than cola. Don't switch to black tea if you want to kick your caffeine habit. Here's another source: http://www.stashtea.com/caffeine.htm http://www.stashtea.com/caffeine.htm
- Dove 17y agoFurthermore, the caffeine content in tea is quite easy to manage while making it. A nice tea is good for three to seven brewings, depending the type and your brewing preferences. I understand that the amount of caffeine in the pot falls by roughly an order of magnitude with each brewing. Thus if you like the tea but are concerned about the caffeine, just throw the first pot away. Many folks think the second has the best flavor anyway . . .
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