I am drinking a lot of green and a lot of black tea. I totally agree with you about the Rooibos - awesome taste.
Recently I started my research for stress relieving and mood elevating herbs. I made me a mix of:
St. John's Wort
Mint
Lemon balm
Thyme
Lavender
Sage
Chamomile
I dare to say that a cup of tea before going to bed is... mmmmmmm heaven!
All of which I have planted in my garden. Taste is 10 times better than the tea in sachets. In addition, the tea in small teabags is easily the poorest quality there is. The reason for this is that usually companies use the leaves for the big bags and then fill sachets with the powder on the bottom.
It's cool that you actually grow the stuff in your own garden and make it yourself. I don't have the space or time for that, so I settle for buying loose leaf teas, a few of which I'll purchase on Amazon and I get the others at websites like http://www.naturestealeaf.com/
And, yes, the right tea before bed is sweet dreams, for sure :)
Green is probably my second favorite. I try to stay away from black though, because it has the highest caffeine concentration of the teas and the Rhodiola root extract (adaptogen) that I take on a daily basis is known to amplify caffeine's effects to the point of causing blackouts. That said, I'll still sneak in a few black teas from time to time, cuz, well, it's worth the risk ;)
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I like other tea lovers! :)
Especially the ones who care to educate themselves on effects and who really appreciate taste and aroma. Thanks for the link. I will check it out.
Green tea is a wonderful antioxidant. Plus it tastes good (once you get used to the taste) :)
Do you prefer your black tea with milk?
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Same. We should start a tea lovers community when Steemit gets the communities feature up and running! We could arrange contests for who can come up with the most healthy or delicious tea recipes and I can be the judge, haha.
You know what, I've never tried milk in black tea, or even knew that it was a thing. Is it good? I might try it now that you brought it up.
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I am in!! :) You can be the judge! My passion lies in inventing new combinations - everybody happy! :)
Next time you decide to cheat with a cup of black tea add a little bit of milk. :) Let me know if you like it! ...And where are you coming from?
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I don't know if everybody is happy, but I'm happy :)
Will do on the milk, you have me curious there.
I'm out of the pacific northwest in the US, up right around Mount Rainer in Washington state. Where you at?
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Thought so. :)
Tea with milk is common for Europe (mainly UK) and Asia.
Eastern Europe -this is where I live.
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Alright. That makes sense. Yeah, I'm pretty sure milk in tea isn't too popular over here, but neither is common sense, so I'll give it a try!
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