Monday, January 18, 2010
Switch to Tea
I've been thinking about switching from coffee to tea for awhile. I have started a couple of times, but it was more in the spirit of just giving up caffeine. I would switch from coffee to tea in order to slowly step down from my caffeine addiction prior to each IVF cycle. I really like tea, but I'm not a tea connoisseur; I have a few loose teas, but most of my tea is the grocery store bought bagged kind. The other day I was looking through my Food Network magazine (first one in a subscription I purchased from one of the neighbor kids doing school fundraising), and I came upon an article about rising food stars under the age of 30. Being that I'm from Michigan and a small business owner myself, I was immediately drawn to the blurb about Ono Tea from Detroit (it's actually based in Novi, a suburb). It is so exciting to see other Michigan based small businesses getting national attention. The article talked about Viet Le, age 26 who founded Ono Tea with his sisters Phuong age 32 and Phi age 30. They market tea based on your lifestyle. Anyway to make a long story short, I checked out their website iloveono.com which is awesome and I ordered some tea. Their website explains the benefits of the different kinds of teas, and they even have a section of teas for Yogis! Love, love, love! Another funny thing is that Phuong's nickname is The Tea Chick and she has a blog called TheTeaChick.com. Since my nickname is Soapchick, I find her nickname endearing. I just added it to my google reader and hope to become educated about tea! I ordered a mighty athena green tea, a caramel slimming tea, and a kick the coffee habit tea. I'm looking forward to seeing if that last one will help me kick my coffee habit. I'm not trying to give up coffee permanently - being part of an Italian family that is impossible as I am offered coffee or espresso on every visit to my in-laws. However I'd like to start drinking tea as my daily beverage of choice. There seem to be so many health benefits with tea.
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Lifelong tea drinker here. I'm not really into all the exotic teas, but I do enjoy a well brewed cuppa. I especially like English Breakfast & Darjeeling. I drink cammomile when I need something non-caffeinated.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh about your Italian family. The first time I went to lunch at dh's aunt's house, I got offered coffee & accepted to be polite. I'd never had espresso before & oh my GOD. 25+ years later, I STILL can't drink straight espresso (although I've learned to like Starbucks lattes). His relatives generally keep a small box of teabags on hand now for when I visit. ; )
TeaChick! it's meant to be!
ReplyDeleteYou can give up coffee. I live in freaking Italy where you smell amazing coffee every where and I managed to give it up for the past 10 years. The first year was hard; now I don't even miss it.