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Of late, I have noticed a small following of people on this forum who love a cup of the green beverage. It has been hotly contested by a few "non believers" and "heretics" that green tea tastes "vile".

These people are morons.

So, join me if you will, and raise a glass to Green Tea, in all its yummy glory! Zola, I know you'll join me!

How many cups have you had today? What brand? Why do you drink it? What health benefits have you discovered from drinking it (there are many) ?

I'm still on Twinings Green Tea, my second cup of the day. It comes from the Hunan region of South East China.

 
Fantastic idea, green tea is my lifeblood, I'm not sure how I'd cope without it. I was skint recently and had to go an entire day on some raspberry and cranberry nonsense and was in a bad mood all day (although that may well have been for other reasons). It's become an obsession.

I get M&S own brand (apparently the "product of several countries" but still Fairtrade), either plain green tea or green tea & lemon (which I am currently drinking as I type). I started drinking green tea after I found that normal tea had the unfortunate tendency to make me throw up occasionally if I drank it in the morning; I switched to green tea and haven't had that problem since and quickly grew to adore it. Currently on my fourth cup of the day, I take it to the library with me and make sure I work in close proximity to a kettle.

 
Normal tea made you throw up in the morning? Bizarre!

I started drinking it after my vegan friend wouldn't stop going on about it. Me and him and one other mate went on a road trip through California. One morning, whilst at our hostel in San Francisco, feeling slightly hungover, he advised I had a cup. "It will calm you down" is what he said (my hands were shaking, the alcohol shakes!) . After drinking it I felt really relaxed. This was in October last year.

Whilst in San Fran we went to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, where we drank "Sencha" Green tea. It was lovely, the best I've tasted. Good old Japs!

I drink 3-4 cups a day now, close to 7 on the weekends. I am going to try Green Tea with Lemon once I've finished my box of Twinings. Is it nice, Ploks?

I've also tried Sainsbury's Fairtrade green tea, but it was a bit bland. And also Tea Pigs, which was really nice but expensive; £4 for 15 bags!

 
I start the morning with a strong coffee then switch to green tea for the rest of the day, I'll probably drink about 3-4 cups on a normal work day.

I've got some nice Chinese green tea that somebody brought back from a trip to China, the packaging is all in Chinese but there's a logo that says "China Tea" so that could be the brand name. It's 'gunpowder' tea, so the whole tea leaves are rolled up into little pellets by hand (sounds very labour intensive so it's probably not fair trade...) and dried, and when you add hot (not boiling!) water to them they gradually unroll and settle on the bottom of your cup, so no tea bag/pot needed. You can re-steep the same leaves several times so a little goes a long way.

I've tried Twinings green tea but I wasn't too keen on it, found it a bit bland.

I agree with Blueblue that Sencha is very nice, when I've run out of this Chinese stuff I'll probably be getting some Sencha from the oriental grocers down the road.

 
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I start the morning with a strong coffee then switch to green tea for the rest of the day, I'll probably drink about 3-4 cups on a normal work day.

I've got some nice Chinese green tea that somebody brought back from a trip to China, the packaging is all in Chinese but there's a logo that says "China Tea" so that could be the brand name. It's 'gunpowder' tea, so the whole tea leaves are rolled up into little pellets by hand (sounds very labour intensive so it's probably not fair trade...) and dried, and when you add hot (not boiling!) water to them they gradually unroll and settle on the bottom of your cup, so no tea bag/pot needed. You can re-steep the same leaves several times so a little goes a long way.

I've tried Twinings green tea but I wasn't too keen on it, found it a bit bland.

I agree with Blueblue that Sencha is very nice, when I've run out of this Chinese stuff I'll probably be getting some Sencha from the oriental grocers down the road.
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Add a couple of drops of lemon, if you think it tastes bland! I do that from time to time, if I feel like a treat.

That "China Tea" you were talking about sounds intriguing! I like the idea of "pellets" that slowly unroll in the mug! Indeed, temperature control is vital, 80 degrees Celsius, not boiling!

 
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I have one strong coffee in morning and green tea rest of the day.

I like Twinings with Lemon the best.

In work we have one with jasmine, not as nice but I drink it anyway, its free.

 
Mmmmm, non wussy green tea.... yum yum. 

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Well, it's not British. Tea is meant to be of the standard Assam variety and drunk with milk!

No wonder this country is in trouble...:-)

 
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Add a couple of drops of lemon, if you think it tastes bland! I do that from time to time, if I feel like a treat.

That "China Tea" you were talking about sounds intriguing! I like the idea of "pellets" that slowly unroll in the mug! Indeed, temperature control is vital, 80 degrees Celsius, not boiling!
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I've tried the Twinings stuff with lemon flavour and found it too lemony so I guess I must be a fussy bugger. Maybe I'd have been better off manually adding lemon to the plain stuff like you say.

The Chinese tea is very strong and has a fresh flavour that I don't think you get from the standard tea-bagged stuff.

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Well, it's not British. Tea is meant to be of the standard Assam variety and drunk with milk!

No wonder this country is in trouble...:-)
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If you're a builder maybe... I think us Chelsea are a bit more worldly and sophisticated than the average football fan.

 
^ Fair point re. the sophistication of Shedenders. I probably lack the refinement to, like, appreciate a proper brew like what green tea is, innit?

How can you top a cup of builder's tea though? I bet God himself drinks a strong cuppa PG Tips.

 
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^ Fair point re. the sophistication of Shedenders. I probably lack the refinement to, like, appreciate a proper brew like what green tea is, innit?

How can you top a cup of builder's tea though? I bet God himself drinks a strong cuppa PG Tips.
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Before my eyes were opened to the world of Green Tea, I always loved a cup of builder's. Not anymore! Too much caffeine, sugar etc.

I'll never go back.

 
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