How I started drinking tea..

Let's start from the beginning. The usual tehs and teh-os from coffee shops don't count :p

Well, I will start from ice lemon teas. I used to think it tastes weird. That was way back when I was in secondary 1. But everyone was drinking it, so i thought I'd try it. I didn't like it at first, it was kinda bitter. But for some reason I grew to like it, and then it sorta became a staple. Subsequently I felt I was drinking too much sugar at the same time, and so I looked for an alternative.

Pokka's green tea became an alternative then, and it was very refreshing. I loved it, other brands were good too. But again, SUGAR. I'm not sure why, but when i started drinking green tea I became quite sensitive to sugar. Sensitive not in the sense that I would break out in a rash or whatever, but in the sense that it started to taste tooooo sweet.



Then I tried dilmah's tea bags, plain. Initially I was like urrghhh - with the face and all - but I started to appreciate it, and its taste. After a while I could taste the subtle taste of jasmine in the tea and it was really nice.

Then I was introduced to the loose leaf variety and I loved that one as you could vary the taste of the tea.

So, initially I drank tea for no real reason, subsequently I drank tea as it was a healthy and yummy beverage, and now I just drink tea because I do.

Oh, I just drank jasmine tea cos I needed to poop oops hehehehe yes I ate too much and tea always helps me in that area :p

Peppermint Tea

I hven't been updating much as I've been really busy, but I do drink tea everyday still :D I can do without blogging, but not without tea hee! Today I just wanted to try something new, so chose Lipton's Peppermint Herbal tea. I like Lipton's packaging as it is small, so it doesn't cost too much to just try although I haven't tasted tea that tastes bad yet. Here's what it looks like..

Yup, it's like a neat little box that I can bring to work or something. But I haven't opened it, maybe later. Now I am drinking Lipton's Jasmine tea. Actually my mum bought it on a whim, but she doesn't actually drink tea. She just likes to buy stuff and she thought she would drink it but she didn't. So I told her don't waste it, pass to me. For a teabag it's not too bad, But I still prefer the loose leaf kind.

Anyway here's some info I found about peppermint, taken from http://www.womens-health-symmetry.com/peppermint.html :

Benefits of Peppermint

Peppermint is one of the oldest and best-tasting home remedies for digestive support.

Studies show that peppermint lessens the amount of time food spends in the stomach by stimulating the gastric lining.

Peppermint also relaxes the stomach muscles and promotes burping.

Peppermint is used for indigestion and distress of the GI tract.

Migraine headaches are often relieved when peppermint oil is rubbed on the temples.

The herb peppermint has a calming effect on the body and can help soothe a nagging cough and allergies.