Green Tea
 

I don't know too much about green tea, but I've started to drink it. When I'm not feeling so well, its like shot of vitamins; a real quick pick up. I've been told that green tea is very healthy, and much better for you than black tea.

Anyone have insight or knowledge that they would like to share?

Green Tea is good. The pick up you feel is because Green Tea is chocked full of caffeine!!!

all i know is that when people who are sick come into Starbucks, they love to drink the different green teas

It took me a little while to get used to the taste, but now I choose it instead of other caffeine-based teas. I especially like it if it's mixed with mint or jasmine/ginseng!

Here's an article from About.com about the health benefits of green tea; http://chinesefood.about.com/library.../aa011400a.htm

I love Green Tea in the mornings because it makes me feel...uh, cleansed.

YES!!!!!!!!!! GREEN TEA!!!! It seems to make me feel better too!
One brand that is relatively inexpensive yet so, SO good is STASH!
Bigelow is pretty good, more mild than the other. Any really great brands out there? I like black tea too.

i drank green tea one time. but it was only green cause it was in the fridge to long. i wasnt a big fan of the stuff.

Ahhh green tea ...
 

Same effect as coffee?
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LOL!!!
I had lots of green stuff in my fridge too when I was single!
People were scared to open the door!

Green tea . . . beyond its health beenfits . . AND fat burning power. . . has an amino acid called L-theanine in it.

L-theanine is a mood elevator it increases dopamine while bonding to GABA receptors which produces a calm . . . the L-theanine takes the edge off the caffeine.

Lots of people take l-theanine seperately now also because of its calming effects.

I had some the other night when we went to this ritzy Chinese restaurant.

It tasted like flowers. um, not that I know what flowers taste like, but you know...

Everyone here in Korea drinks it and I still don't get it.

Errr... from what I understood, it has less or equal the caffeine of black tea, which is far less than coffee.

One thing I know is that it's supposed to help wash down all the grease and stuff in foods. That's why at most Asian restaurants, they serve the tea and people drink tons of it to more or less purge some of the grease in their system.

I like the Arizona Green Tea with honey and ginseng. :)

I get Green Tea smoothies from the Tea and Tea store in Lower Manhattan, as well as the Business Department at my school. Yum. :) It keeps me alert during long studio reviews.

I'll stick to Earls Grey.

-Rudey

Bwahahaha! Between the claimed benefits and this brand name, this sounds like some kind of liquid marijuana, lol.

I've never tried the stuff, but I might pick up some at the store today. :D

I used to love that until I went on the Atkins Diet.

Arizona Diet Green Tea isn't so good.

Keep in mind that's GREEN TEA...:p

OK Dionysus I was wait(ing) for that! ------------>edited

OH CRUD! My bag just blew up in the Microwave!!!:mad:
Green tea everywhere...

BTW-I didn't see caffeine listed on the box, but it does say-

Since 1972, Stash has been committed to providing premium quality teas and an UNSURPASSED TEA DRINKING EXPERIENCE!

I guess it all boils down to what's in your stash!:p

loose tea?
 

Has anyone else tried the loose teas? I got a tin w/ loose tea at the "Asian mall" [ it has thigns imported from every country in Asia and great food!] near my place. I make it as strong or weak as I want, and per cup it's cheaper than bags.

:)

I got a little set like that for my daughter last Christmas. She SWEARS by it. I'm just lazy.

Mmm! Lipton Orange, Passionfruit & Jasmine Green Tea is my all time fav!

It has all kinds of antioxidants to "neutralize free radicals, molecules which can damage healthy cells."

That means absolutly nothing to me, but it makes me feel like I'm doing something halfway decent for myself. :)

I don't fully understand why its good for you either, but lots of people say that green yea is one of the healthiest foods around, and I have yet to hear anyone refute that.

I'll start drinking another cup of Stash green tea in a minute, just as soon as cools down so that I don't burn myself.

Green tea ice cream is really good. Yummmmmmmmmy.

According to the side of my Good Earth brand jasmine green tea box, green tea has 30% of the caffeine of coffee.

Bigelow's "Constant Comment" green tea is my favorite. It's orange spice, and it is soooo good!! I also like jasmine and mint green tea.

I got some lipton green tea. They were completely out of Bigelow. :eek: Stash was almost out, I almost got that, but I didn't think I would like the "spicey" ingredients they added.

BTW, my tea is amber, does that mean it's bad or something?

Anyone try the big-train green tea chai? That stuff isn't bad.

It turns less green and more amber the longer you brew it. Next time, take the tea bag out after 1-2 minutes and it'll be greener looking (although leave it in if you like the stronger flavor).

Chai tea was about all we saw in New Mexico. Is it all the same??? We dranks several different kinds and all was good!

Dionysus, my Stash green tea is just plain. I have had some though that taste a tiny bit peppery.

chai in general is black tea, unless otherwise indicated. I LOVE chai, it's my new drink of choice!

Chai is a yuppy drink...it's like hey look at me I'm different and exotic cofees are no longer trendy enough :) I think there is also a brand called Chai that sells different teas.

It's black tea, milk, and spices. I know in the middle east they call tea Chai. I think it's too heavy personally. I love fresh leaves and I personally really like teas without anything added in. In NYC, Moby has a little tea place that isn't too pricy like the other tea joints where you can get some interesting teas but at the end of the day an Earls grey, some sugar, and a little snack are exotic enough for me.

-Rudey

Thanks! It's hard to keep everything straight when it's new!

I have a grammatical error in my post!:o
NOW, I have to run over to Superficial AND pet peeves to see who
I have totally annoyed!:p

I love chai and green tea!

I like chai hot, iced and creme frappuccino (Starbucks). However, I prefer green tea hot. I tried it iced once, but it tasted nasty (too bitter. I would drink it iced with fruit juice blends if the tea isn't the dominant flavor!

I also love green tea ice cream. It is lightly sweet and it has a delicate green tea flavor.

Has anyone tried Genmaicha? It is green tea flavored with roasted or puffed brown rice. I have it many times and it is delicious. The flavors of the tea and rice are very subtle.


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Kind of off topic, but when we took a cooking class in NM, they used black tea to smoke shrimp. TALK ABOUT GOOD!

It's hard to think of green tea and ice cream in the same sentence! I'll try anything once though.

Genmaicha-I've never come across this. Sounds good though.

We carry Both Chai and Green Tea at the Coffee Shop where I work. But My Personal fav Tea is Orange Pekoe. that's really good.