<p>I drink tea every day--black, with a dash of milk and sometimes honey.</p>
<p>I'm still addicted to Coffee, with no plan to change that soon.</p>
<p>I drink my tea with brown sugar and soy milk..</p>
<p>I used to drink three shots of espresso every day, but quit when I woke up one morning still wound-up and shaking from the night before... it wasn't healthy.</p>
<p>"Does tea have caffeine?"</p>
<p>Green, white, and black tea (which are all leaves of the same plant, Camellia sinensis, that have been processed differently and picked at different times in the leaf's life) all have caffeine in them - black tea has the most, then green, then white.</p>
<p>I drink 2-4 cups of lipton green tea a day now, and it has helped me a lot. Yeah, I might not be completely wide awake in the morning everyday, but it raises my mood and I seem a lot more clear minded throughout the day. </p>
<p>It also helps my headaches. I get headaches mostly from stress, but a cup of green tea takes it all away. I never liked taking medicine, even tylenol. </p>
<p>Green tea does has a weird taste (and i never sweeten it), but i eventually got used to it.</p>
<p>Green Tea...and all kinds of other asian type tea that I dunno the english name of... plus diluted vinegar water :p</p>
<p>Green, black or white, if you're drinking it made from bags, you are drinking tea in only the broadest sense. Bagged tea is to tea as instant coffee is to Starbucks. Which is a shame because there are lots of ways to brew tea properly these days without a tea pot and ways which are faster and neater than making coffee. Why stick with those bags?</p>
<p>All of you who say the green tea you've tried tastes terrible: you're right, but you haven't really tasted brewed green tea. And if you only drink it in bottles like Liptons which is more sugared water than tea you're no more drinking tea than someone drinking Sunny D is drinking orange juice. (there are some Japanese brands of green tea sold in bottles or cans, if you live near Asian markets but....those are Japanese style and taste, and are very different from Chinese styles and leaves.)</p>
<p>Tea, though all made from the same plant has incredible varieties of tastes. If your water starts turning color seconds after the tea or bag is put into it: you've got poor quality flakes or dust, tea in name only. If you get that furry taste/feel on your tongue, it's tanin from poorly brewed tea.</p>
<p>In general tea has about 20% the caffeine of coffee, though black can have more and all kinds can be brewed with more, less or next to no caffeine. It still gives you a lift but not the buzz of coffee. It also doesn't drop you the way coffee does.</p>
<p>As you can tell, I'm an avid, long time tea drinker and this thread hit a nerve with me. My favorites are Taiwan Oolong, both green and black for different times (just like you'd prefer to drink red wine sometimes and white other times if given a choice). Others are Japanese Gen Mai (with toasted rice kernels) or Gyokoro.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, chammomile, rioboos, etc. - any herb "tea" may be great, but is not really tea, it's a tissane: a brew made from plants or herbs and hot water.</p>
<p>i think so. i love Irish breakfast :)</p>
<p>well to keep tea from getting bitter, try using spring water instead of tap since it can change the taste of the tea altogether, and for green tea, it's best not to boil the water. Steaming the water would already be enough. Others like black tea would be best boiled.</p>
<p>mhc48: I agree, absolutely. I always use loose tea at home, and only use bags as a last resort.</p>
<p>As for the water--I use filtered tap water (one of those Brita filters), and it tastes fine. You probably shouldn't use it unfiltered.</p>
<p>tea. i think i just pour the ingredient into the cup then pour hot water then wait for about five minutes? U might all know but tea has caffeine lol. I don't mean it in a bad way btw. Just though it was funny since u don't expect tea to have it.</p>
<p>Coffee is too strong. Tea is just right. </p>
<p>This is my secret tea recipe_</p>
<p>Fill a mug with 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup of water
Place it in the microwave for 2 minutes
Put in a Lipton Tea Bag (normal)
Add milk to fill the mug
Mix as much sugar and enjoy</p>
<p>I am a masala chai addict. =)</p>
<p>Definitely use bottled or filtered water as tap often has mineral tastes that alter the tea. No leaf tea should be brewed with boiling water which harms the leaves. Green tea, depending on the type should be between 175F (White or good Japanese) to 200F (Oolong). In Asian markets you will see water heaters that keep water at various just below boiling temperatures for tea making. Otherwise, boil the water and set it aside for a few minutes or pour it back and forth into two other cups or pitchers first.</p>
<p>Tea leaves can usually be used for three brewings, of which the second is better than the first because the leaves have openned. Most green teas are brewed about a minute for the first brewing, adding 10- 20 seconds for each subsequent. Oolongs I like a bit longer each brewing.</p>
<p>I'm not as familiar with Darjeeling teas, which were planted and developed by the British in their Indian Colonies and so the traditional English brewing instructions as to temperature and brewing time may be correct.</p>
<p>i looooove tea, esp. english breakfast tea :)</p>