Loose Leaf Teas

[Vilifier of Zombies]

Anyone else here drink loose leaf teas? If so what type(s)?

[Vilifier of Zombies]

No one?

It can't be that you folks aren't hip to yerba mate teas?

But the big draw for most yerba mate enthusiasts is the promise of a “clean” caffeine-like buzz, free of jitters and unpleasantness, which yerba mate is said to provide. Drinkers report being in control of their wakefulness; they can stay up for hours, alert and on their game, but sleep is always right around the corner – if they want it. Basically, yerba mate is supposed to give you energy without the negative side effects. A common claim is that yerba mate is actually completely free of caffeine and that its stimulating effects come from a mysterious compound called mateine. Mateine, they say, is a stereoisomer of caffeine, thus giving it the stimulating qualities with none of the downfalls.

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/yerba...#ixzz1p7Wrz8Fp

What makes 'em even better is you can mix 'em with other better tasting teas...

[Vilifier of Zombies]

I thought with all the Berkenstock clad pot smoke'n hippies that posted here, surely some of 'em would've been loose leaf tea drinkers...

[Vilifier of Zombies]

Mixed together is one of the best tea combinations that I've ever had...

[Bill Cosby]

I just started drinking tea again.......

Earl Grey & whatever they put in it @ starbucks...

@ home I have been drinking black Irish tea, somewhat similar to Red Rose...

Bagged of course..........lol

I am trying to get back into tea & off the coffee, although the local store just started selling "Chock full of nuts" out of New York, my old favorite so I have bought a few cans-good stuff............

[Slick]

Shit, I'm probably going to regret this but what is the advantage of loose leaf versus bag tea?



You can make your own blends, I would assume?

I do drink tea, sometimes at night if I cant sleep or if its cold out and just dont want to drink coffee.

Where do you find loose leaf tea makings at?

[Vilifier of Zombies]

Shit, I'm probably going to regret this but what is the advantage of loose leaf versus bag tea?



You can make your own blends, I would assume?

I do drink tea, sometimes at night if I cant sleep or if its cold out and just dont want to drink coffee.

Where do you find loose leaf tea makings at?

Quality for starters, there are teas out there that have more caffeine (the type of caffeine that doesn't give you the jitters or crash like coffee does) in them than coffee but don't taste all that good so the trick is to mix 'em with teas that're more to your liking.

There are a couple of company's that're good - David's Tea is probably my favorite, Teavana is more or less like the Starbucks of teas (same shit packaged differently with it's own lingo and costs more), Harney and Son's is so so...it's subjective I suppose.

A good single malt scotch also goes well with smoked lapsang (a pine smoked tea) is a great bedtime concoction, et cetera.

http://www.davidstea.com/
http://www.teavana.com/
http://www.harney.com/

There are specialty companies that'll also only sell yerbamate which is the tea that's got just as much if not more caffeine than coffee, which is where I'll get my fix, albeit I prepare mine a whole lot different than what they'd suggest - like I said I'll mix it with teas that're better tasting.

http://www.myyerbamatestore.com/inde...t_detail&p=126

[Vilifier of Zombies]

I just started drinking tea again.......

Earl Grey & whatever they put in it @ starbucks...

@ home I have been drinking black Irish tea, somewhat similar to Red Rose...

Bagged of course..........lol

I am trying to get back into tea & off the coffee, although the local store just started selling "Chock full of nuts" out of New York, my old favorite so I have bought a few cans-good stuff............

I tend to stay away from coffee, all that time in the Army it wasn't easy. Now that I've been steadfast with drinking tea as opposed to coffee I feel a whole lot better...then again I was in my early twenties, single, no kids...wait - that's not right - never mind, and always hungover from the night before.

[Big Dog]

No one?

It can't be that you folks aren't hip to yerba mate teas?



What makes 'em even better is you can mix 'em with other better tasting teas...

I used to drink a lot of Kuchika twig tea. I'll have to check out the yerba mate.

[Bill Cosby]

I tend to stay away from coffee, all that time in the Army it wasn't easy. Now that I've been steadfast with drinking tea as opposed to coffee I feel a whole lot better...then again I was in my early twenties, single, no kids...wait - that's not right - never mind, and always hungover from the night before.

LOL........... That is where I started drinking it........

DO you put anything in your tea or coffee?? I use honey in both.. One of the reasons I was starting on tea again was I used about half as much honey as coffee.......

Some ppl believe honey has some healthy properties & many think some teas do as well........

You have any health reasons?? See any positive effects etc??