Green tea...

AVGWarhawk · 01-26-12, 01:20 PM

is it as good for you as claimed?

Skybird · 01-26-12, 01:26 PM

Let'S say its' claimed positive effects are "discussed". Several meta-studies over the past ten years indicate that the miracles that get promised by some, are hopelessly exagerated, some are even unconfirmed alltogether, for example certain effects helping to counter cancer.

My advise would be to drink it if you like it, and then to truly enjoy it, taking the time, and not to hurry. The overall experience then indeed may be of benefit for you.

Sea Demon · 01-26-12, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

is it as good for you as claimed?

Sources say it's a good source of antioxidants.

Ducimus · 01-26-12, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

is it as good for you as claimed?

If you mean that crap you can buy at some of the hipster coffee shops like starbucks, - i didn't like the taste of it. I think one could do just as well by mowing their lawn, and mixing the clippings in a cup of water.

nikimcbee · 01-26-12, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

If you mean that crap you can buy at some of the hipster coffee shops like starbucks, - i didn't like the taste of it. I think one could do just as well by mowing their lawn, and mixing the clippings in a cup of water.

This./\ The first time I tried plain green tea, I about yacked. I thought it tasted like hay\ dried grass clippings.

AVGWarhawk · 01-26-12, 02:57 PM

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Sources say it's a good source of antioxidants.

I have read the same. The jury is still out.

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If you mean that crap you can buy at some of the hipster coffee shops like starbucks, - i didn't like the taste of it. I think one could do just as well by mowing their lawn, and mixing the clippings in a cup of water.

It is green! I have some with berry flavor. It's not bad tasting. I would say the berry flavor does make it better. Question is, are the grass clippings a good antioxidant?

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This./\ The first time I tried plain green tea, I about yacked. I thought it tasted like hay\ dried grass clippings.

I would bet the plain taste like hay/grass clippings. Added flavor make it better. At least with this box I have. Certainly a acquired taste.

AVGWarhawk · 01-26-12, 02:58 PM

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Let'S say its' claimed positive effects are "discussed". Several meta-studies over the past ten years indicate that the miracles that get promised by some, are hopelessly exagerated, some are even unconfirmed alltogether, for example certain effects helping to counter cancer.

My advise would be to drink it if you like it, and then to truly enjoy it, taking the time, and not to hurry. The overall experience then indeed may be of benefit for you.

The overall experience of drinking a good scotch serves me better!

tater · 01-26-12, 03:13 PM

Good green tea is quite good. I love it, though I prefer good, black coffee most of the time.

Note that if it is made with a bag, it ain't good tea (regardless of how it is dried).

CCIP · 01-26-12, 03:20 PM

I'm drinking some right now

Not for health reasons or anything though, I just like it. Like any good tea, to really get it right, don't go for it at starbucks or get it in teabags at a supermarket, get the good stuff as leaves from a specialty store. Delicious!

vienna · 01-26-12, 03:28 PM

I often drink green tea; very much so when I'm working on a long project and don't need the "after-crash-and-burn" from a long period of drinking coffee. It is quite true about the teabag version being the less preferred form of the tea; go to a good Asian store and buy the better quality tea. Oh, and yes, it is an acquired taste, but, then, so was beer for most of us...

AVGWarhawk · 01-26-12, 03:32 PM

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Good green tea is quite good. I love it, though I prefer good, black coffee most of the time.

Note that if it is made with a bag, it ain't good tea (regardless of how it is dried).

I like coffee as my first choice as well but I have a sore throat. The hot tea helps with that. My daughter, out of curiosity, want to try some tea. She did not like her selection of green tea flavored with berry. The box was in the cabinet so I figured I would use it up. We usually have the black tea around but not the green tea.

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Like any good tea, to really get it right, don't go for it at starbucks or get it in teabags at a supermarket, get the good stuff as leaves from a specialty store. Delicious!

I don't darken Starbucks doorway. The coffee is overpriced like crazy. However, the Sumatra blend from Starbucks for my Keureg is awesome. If I find some on sale I will get that blend. I agree, the supermarket brand is certainly not as good as what you would find in a specialty store. It is the difference between already ground coffee and grinding your coffee beans just before the pot is made. Much different taste between the two.

Ducimus · 01-26-12, 03:40 PM

I got your green tea, right here. Bon appetit, ya damn hipsters.

AVGWarhawk · 01-26-12, 03:42 PM

Oh Hell, I have not seen tea that green!! I knew there was a reason I liked coffee better.

Tea is better for sore throat though...IMO. When scotch is not available that is.

Ducimus · 01-26-12, 03:46 PM

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I knew there was a reason I liked coffee better.

Now your speaking my language! So says the guy with the longstanding reference to coffee as a sig pic.

CCIP · 01-26-12, 03:48 PM

I quit coffee after realizing your banner was accurate

Used to be a complete coffee addict for about 6 years, and then after I accidentally stopped drinking it for a few weeks I realized that I felt a hell of a lot better, calmer and more productive. Haven't gone back to it since, in fact haven't even had a cup of the stuff in 10 months now. The only downside is that I now sleep for like 10-12 hours a day, but then sleep is still better than doing stupid things while being all twitchy and agitated

01-26-12, 01:20 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Green tea... is it as good for you as claimed? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,622 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Let'S say its' claimed positive effects are "discussed". Several meta-studies over the past ten years indicate that the miracles that get promised by some, are hopelessly exagerated, some are even unconfirmed alltogether, for example certain effects helping to counter cancer. My advise would be to drink it if you like it, and then to truly enjoy it, taking the time, and not to hurry. The overall experience then indeed may be of benefit for you. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Good green tea is quite good. I love it, though I prefer good, black coffee most of the time. Note that if it is made with a bag, it ain't good tea (regardless of how it is dried). __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I'm drinking some right now Not for health reasons or anything though, I just like it. Like any good tea, to really get it right, don't go for it at starbucks or get it in teabags at a supermarket, get the good stuff as leaves from a specialty store. Delicious! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-26-12, 03:42 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Oh Hell, I have not seen tea that green!! I knew there was a reason I liked coffee better. Tea is better for sore throat though...IMO. When scotch is not available that is. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I often drink green tea; very much so when I'm working on a long project and don't need the "after-crash-and-burn" from a long period of drinking coffee. It is quite true about the teabag version being the less preferred form of the tea; go to a good Asian store and buy the better quality tea. Oh, and yes, it is an acquired taste, but, then, so was beer for most of us...

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I got your green tea, right here. Bon appetit, ya damn hipsters.

01-26-12, 03:48 PM	#15
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I quit coffee after realizing your banner was accurate Used to be a complete coffee addict for about 6 years, and then after I accidentally stopped drinking it for a few weeks I realized that I felt a hell of a lot better, calmer and more productive. Haven't gone back to it since, in fact haven't even had a cup of the stuff in 10 months now. The only downside is that I now sleep for like 10-12 hours a day, but then sleep is still better than doing stupid things while being all twitchy and agitated __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)