topic Re: Tea benefits in Wellness

Tea benefits

northiie57 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:06:29 GMT

Re: Tea benefits

Jersey Born — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:14:29 GMT

@northiie57 - I have found that many different types of tea have extraordinary health benefits for me and my family. I love green tea, black tea, and herbal teas (chai, basil, ginger, chamomile, in particular).

Re: Tea benefits

chessylady — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:28:12 GMT

I am drinking more tea. I saw Tea Forte teas on QVC but ordered directly from the company's website. I use the loose teas. I especially like the Chamomile Citron herbal tea. You can actually see the chamomile dried flower heads.

Re: Tea benefits

Sooner — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:35:46 GMT

I just cleaned and purged my tea closet last weekend! I have found over the many years my favorites and most used are Fortnum and Mason teas. I order them from England in a batch every other year. It's cheaper that way.

I like Harney iced teas, but think some of their other teas are not as good now as they used to be. Taylor's of Harrogate makes good tea, Yorkshire Tea is good and Upton Tea sells wonderful teas from around the world.

Also, they are expensive but Forlife tea mugs and pots are great for loose tea. Especially those little glass Bola ones--they don't drip!

Re: Tea benefits

JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:43:30 GMT

I like a number of teas but kinda got out of the habit. I drink coffee more often these days. Yesterday I received a delivery from HSN and inside the box was three teabag samples of Lessman Peppermint Sencha Green Tea. I made a cup this morning with hot water from my coffeemaker. I don't have a clue as to what Sencha is, but the tea was very good.

Re: Tea benefits

SportyShorty07 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:00:06 GMT

I make a big batch of citrus iced green tea every Monday and I drink it everyday. Delicious 🙂

Re: Tea benefits

Shelbelle — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:04:50 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I like a number of teas but kinda got out of the habit. I drink coffee more often these days. Yesterday I received a delivery from HSN and inside the box was three teabag samples of Lessman Peppermint Sencha Green Tea. I made a cup this morning with hot water from my coffeemaker. I don't have a clue as to what Sencha is, but the tea was very good.

Sencha and Matcha are green teas with lots of good benefits, my DH drinks these daily. You notice green tea in many skin care products too.

Re: Tea benefits

Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:37:38 GMT

I like a cup of peppermint before bedtime.

Re: Tea benefits

just bee — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:18:36 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I just cleaned and purged my tea closet last weekend! I have found over the many years my favorites and most used are Fortnum and Mason teas. I order them from England in a batch every other year. It's cheaper that way.

I like Harney iced teas, but think some of their other teas are not as good now as they used to be. Taylor's of Harrogate makes good tea, Yorkshire Tea is good and Upton Tea sells wonderful teas from around the world.

Also, they are expensive but Forlife tea mugs and pots are great for loose tea. Especially those little glass Bola ones--they don't drip!

@Sooner

I've had the same thought lately...

Re: Tea benefits

JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:49:31 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I like a number of teas but kinda got out of the habit. I drink coffee more often these days. Yesterday I received a delivery from HSN and inside the box was three teabag samples of Lessman Peppermint Sencha Green Tea. I made a cup this morning with hot water from my coffeemaker. I don't have a clue as to what Sencha is, but the tea was very good.
Sencha and Matcha are green teas with lots of good benefits, my DH drinks these daily. You notice green tea in many skin care products too.

Thanks @Shelbelle. I know "green tea" - I drink it and it's in some of my skincare. I have also heard of Matcha. I just never heard of Sencha.

Re: Tea benefits

Carmie — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:00:20 GMT

I am a big tea drinker. I drink it all day long.

I was distressed to read an article last week that most tea bags are made with plastic. When you place plastic in hot or boiling water, the plastic breaks down and you injest the particles.

Injesting plastic is dangerous. There are many reports on this.

Since reading about this, I stopped drinking tea. I have a lot of different types in my pantry.

I think I am going to buy a tea ball and empty the contents of the tea bags into it and throw away the bags.

This makes me so angry that our government allows these dangerous food products in our country. Most of Europe has outlawed this garbage.

I hope we get up to par and make sure our food is safe too. Do you hear me, Bigelow Tea Co?

Re: Tea benefits

Sooner — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:34:35 GMT

@just bee Just doesn't have the distinct flavors and characteristics it used to have, and seems like the teas are just weaker. Great minds think alike.

Re: Tea benefits

just bee — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:50:12 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@just bee Just doesn't have the distinct flavors and characteristics it used to have, and seems like the teas are just weaker. Great minds think alike.

@Sooner

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Re: Tea benefits

Sooner — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:52:04 GMT

@just bee wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@just bee Just doesn't have the distinct flavors and characteristics it used to have, and seems like the teas are just weaker. Great minds think alike.
@Sooner

Couldn't have said it better myself.

@just bee Since the dad died and now I've started to think the boys have cut a lot of corners and gone way more toward the commercial type of tea rather than the higher end products they used to be known for. Sad.

Re: Tea benefits

just bee — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:54:02 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@just bee wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@just bee Just doesn't have the distinct flavors and characteristics it used to have, and seems like the teas are just weaker. Great minds think alike.
@Sooner

Couldn't have said it better myself.
@just bee Since the dad died and now I've started to think the boys have cut a lot of corners and gone way more toward the commercial type of tea rather than the higher end products they used to be known for. Sad.

@Sooner

You're probably right.

Re: Tea benefits

Sooner — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:06:59 GMT

@just bee wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@just bee wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@just bee Just doesn't have the distinct flavors and characteristics it used to have, and seems like the teas are just weaker. Great minds think alike.
@Sooner

Couldn't have said it better myself.
@just bee Since the dad died and now I've started to think the boys have cut a lot of corners and gone way more toward the commercial type of tea rather than the higher end products they used to be known for. Sad.
@Sooner

You're probably right.

@just bee Have you ever visited the Upton Tea site? They have teas from around the world, and blends that have been very good in the ones I have tried--mostly breakfast blends.

It is fun to just look through their listings and if you sign up to get them (and I think they are available to read on their web page) their catalogs are a lot of fun to read and look at. Also Elmwood Teas are run by a man very very knowledgeable about teas. He writes books and articles about tea--also I think on that web site.

Re: Tea benefits

just bee — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:42:24 GMT

@Sooner

Both sites have tempting varieties.

For some reason people felt the need to give me gifts of tea last year. I acquired so much that it will take months to work my way through it.

A coworker traveled to British Columbia and brought back a sample of Granville Island tea -- which I haven't tried yet. Their website is sure interesting.

The bulk of my tea now is from New Mexico Tea Company. I've been considering buying tea exclusively from them because they're local and I'd be supporting an Albuquerque business.

So many choices...

Re: Tea benefits

Shelbelle — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:39:53 GMT

My DH is a big tea drinker, he likes some from Yogi.

Re: Tea benefits

Jersey Born — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:11:40 GMT

@Carmie - I was concerned about tea, also. I came across an article about which tea brands use plastic components in their tea bags. The article is entitled "

Plastic Free Tea Bags: Which Brands Are Really Plastic Free?

Re: Tea benefits

haddon9 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:30:07 GMT

I'm not a big tea drinker but I have been making an effort to drink more.

I have been drinking green tea with matcha which is supposed to have health benefits. I also just purchased some hibiscus tea which is supposed to help with blood pressure.