Herbal Tea
This was originally a comment on Niina’s site in response to her comments on peppermint tea. But as I seem to have put some thought into it… I might as well re-post here:
I seem to have unintentionally totally abandoned coffee over the last six months or so. I have the odd cup, when somebody offers me it, but otherwise I can quite happily go without. My addiction to tea, however, fluctuates, and most days I have a cup or ten (usually over-stewed English Breakfast or something similarly hearty).
Herb teas are an acquired taste. (And fruit teas are the downmarket alternative for people who want to try something healthy but think that herb teas are tasteless [of course, peppermint is different from most other herb teas in that its taste is pretty readily apparent]). Actually, I guess tea and coffee are acquired tastes too, just that we tend to acquire them very young.
I remember when my dad started drinking peppermint tea every morning, the smell alone made me retch, but now I love the stuff. And Gill got some rasberry leaf tea when she was pregnant, which again just seemed like, err, leaves boiled, pretty nothingy, but after drinking quite a bit of it I now love its pungent undertones.
Recently I’ve been drinking Dr Stuart’s organic teas, which claim to be “pharmacoeipal grade”, whatever that means. They certainly seem to have a little more zing than other brands. There’s one in particular, called Detox Tea, which practically fizzes if you hold your nose just above it as its brewing. Lovely chewing-gummy taste of liquorice sticks mixed with dandelion & burdock, and hints of mint and ginger. Mmmm.
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