Speaking of Tea
By Thelma
@thelme55 (76476)
Germany
November 20, 2018 8:25am CST
What kind of tea do you drink? Any healthy one?
I have just read a new discussion here about tea and it inspired me to write about it.
I love drinking tea and I have just noticed after reading the discussion that I drink 6 kinds of teas. 3 of them are homemade teas which come from my garden.
I have made Moringa leaves tea powder a week ago. Then I always make fresh hibiscus flower tea which I collect from my red hibiscus plants. Then guava leaves tea from my guava tree. Sometimes, I make homemade ginger tea with lemongrass and honey.
The older I get, the more I am conscious with my health and I am becoming like my late grandmother who was fond of collecting herbs. It is good that I am in the Philippines because I can do that. I will be missing this routine of herbal tea drinking when I will be back home to Germany again.
How about you? What kind of herbal tea do you drink?
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28 responses
@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
20 Nov 18
I drink Ceylon or Earl Grey once in a while.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
20 Nov 18
@thelme55 @marguicha I also like Earl Grey but I mix it with Darjeeling. 3/4 Darjeeling with 1/4 Earl Grey. I don't weigh the tea. Sometimes it's more this or more that. The mixture is very tasty. Everybody who drinks it likes it. I can recommend it!
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
20 Nov 18
Earl Grey is delicious. I love the smell of it @marquicha.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
20 Nov 18
Almost every time I go to the grocery store I look for different teas. I already had a turmeric tea, but I picked up a new kind that also had green tea mixed in it. The tea is very smooth and I like it. I've already had two cups.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Nov 18
@thelme55 It is the Yogi Brand I believe. Atleast the kind that I get. It is such a smooth taste and I prefer it over another turmeric tea that I have.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
24 Nov 18
Turmeric tea is very healthy @ScribbledAdNauseum. I have not drunk turmeric tea mixed with green tea, yet. I will check if we have that here.
@arunima25 (85274)
• Bangalore, India
21 Nov 18
I drink whatever my husband prepares
. I don't make one for myself.
. I don't make one for myself.1 person likes this
@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
21 Nov 18
What kinds of teas your husband prepares @arunima25?
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
22 Nov 18
@arunima25 he is a healthy drinker. I have not drink tea with basil leaves.
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@arunima25 (85274)
• Bangalore, India
21 Nov 18
@thelme55 He is a big fan of ginger tea, lemon tea and at times tea with basil leaves during cold weather.
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@BarBaraPrz (45484)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Nov 18
I used to drink all kinds of tea but these days I stick mostly to green and black teas.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
20 Nov 18
Green tea and black tea with milk and sugar are delicious drink @BarBaraPrz. How do you drink your black tea?
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@BarBaraPrz (45484)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Nov 18
@thelme55 With honey, or tea if it's not available.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
21 Nov 18
@BarBaraPrz good. Honey in tea is healthy and yummy.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
20 Nov 18
I prefer just tea with nothing added. Would have preferred tea leaves but these days one hardly finds it. It is mostly granules.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
21 Nov 18
@thelme55 Not the brand that I am used to.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
21 Nov 18
Can't you buy tea leaves in the supermarket? There's a lemon granules tea in Aldi in
Germany but I don't drink it much as it has a lot of sugar. Thanks @allknowing.
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@xstitcher (30284)
• Petaluma, California
26 Nov 18
I like herbal teas. I've been drinking a lot lately !
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. Great teas, aren't they?
@florelway (23135)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Nov 18
I like green tea especially the one which is not packed because after I finished sipping the liquid I could munch the left over leaves. I also saw an an episode on TV about a certain kind of grass called paragis, which cures variety of ailments such as cysts, kidney problems etc. I just tried it once just recently, it actually taste nothing it's like drinking plain hot water. It's just that our home is located along major street so I cannot get fresh paragis. Paragis grows everywhere in my country, it's what we we would pick during our elementary days during clean up time.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
23 Nov 18
I have no idea what paragis is. I am in the Philippines this winter and maybe I could find paragis in my garden. How does it look like @florelway?
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
24 Nov 18
@florelway thank you. I will check that out. Have a nice weekend.
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@florelway (23135)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
@thelme55 it's that ordinary grass thar grows everywhere such as sidestreets, field, backyard, parks. Check on You Tube it has become popular after being featured on national TV.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
21 Nov 18
I drink all kinds of tea and coffee. I like herbs and spices in my tea. I grow some things that I use in tea, like various mints and lemon balm. You will find herbs in Germany, I am sure. They will just be different. I get a brand of tea called Celestial Seasonings and I know they have hibiscus flowers in some of their teas. Of course fresh from your garden is best.
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@Letranknight2015 (51513)
• Philippines
21 Nov 18
Is that from a small cup or huge one? I cancelled my plan to harvest and dry moringa leaves because of the rain.
How do you convert moringa powder into tea? just add hot water? I add this powder recently in my soup with okra.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
22 Nov 18
That is not only for a huge cup of Moringa tea. I made that from the leaves of 5 Moringa branches. Washed, air dried them and made them into powder by using my nuts grinder @Letranknight2015.
I just add hot boiling water to a teaspoon of Moringa powder in a mug. I drink it the way it is. Without sugar or honey. Yummy!
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Nov 18
I like green tea with orange or lemon
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
21 Nov 18
Good. They are delicious tea @andriaperry. I drink them when I am in Germany .
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
20 Nov 18
Very few I drink tea but once in a while I do, I more of coffee. The usual tea i drink is lipton and then there's oolong tea
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
21 Nov 18
I drink lipton tea here in Pinas @ilocosboy but only once or twice a day.
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