Thread: green tea

ok can pple please enlighten me. i wanna try and be a bit more heathy this year and someone told me that green tea is amazing and its really good for u... so i was thinkin of trying 2 drink a cup a day however another person told me that it gives u the runs and it tastes horrid while another said its really nice. as i dont drink tea or coffee anyway i dunno what to think! should i try it? i have ibs and i dunno if therefore it will b good for me or bad as i dont wanna mess whith my tummy 2 much... oh the confusion lol!
also... does it contain caffeine as like i said i dont drink tea or coffee and i dont wanna be pumping caffeine into my system as its bad for your digestive system... ok thats all my confusion out... any thorts?

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I used to be quite a green tea fanatic I must admit. It is incredibly good for you and it imporved my skin amazingly well.
As for taste, if you add a slice of lemon it spruces things up a bit and I never suffered from the runs drinking it and I drunk ALOT!
It doesn't contain caffine, just loads of antioxidants and goodness.

Hope this helps you
xxxx

Hi Bettie,

There are lots of different types of green tea out there, just as there are lots of different types of black tea.

Like Anastasia I've never heard of anyone getting the runs from it, but there are some types that do have caffeine - albeit in much smaller doses than coffee or black tea.

Have a look at the varieties in health food shops or larger supermarkets, there are loads with added lemon and other fruit-types which will make them taste more like herbal tea. Or you could just add lemon like Anastasia suggested.

Japanese-made or Japanese bands of green tea can have a very distinct taste so probably best to steer clear if you're not used to them.

A cup of green tea has roughly the same caffiene levels in it as black tea (black tea has 33mg per 100ml green tea 32mg per 100ml) and also has other caffiene like chemicals in it. The good bit about green tea is that it's packed full of anti-oxidents and are (to a degree) lost when you make black tea out of the green leaves. However to get full benefit you must remember not to make the tea with boiling water or you will be breaking down the good stuff! Brewing of green tea should be around 85 degrees. Taste-wise I find green tea much lighter than black tea with a pleasent (to me anyway!) bitter-sweet after-taste but like so many thing's it's personal choice. If you are after a caffiene free drink though you may be better off with rooibos?

you can get caffeine free green tea which is what i am now oh-so-saintly drinking it is an aquired taste but stick with it! xx

i really like green tea although it did take me a while to get used to it. i've tried quite a few brands and i like clipper the best, it isn't as bitter as some others. if i drink about 4 cups a day my skin looks so much better. if you don't like green tea you can always try peppermint, chamomile or buy some ginger root and a lemon and put it in hot water its yummy and good for you!

Originally Posted by Adelina Le Shay

you can get caffeine free green tea which is what i am now oh-so-saintly drinking it is an aquired taste but stick with it! xx

You can but decaf tea and coffee can actually be worse for you than the caffeinated versions depending on the process they use to remove the caffeine! Most versions use leaching with organic solvents :yuk:

Originally Posted by evildrneil

You can but decaf tea and coffee can actually be worse for you than the caffeinated versions depending on the process they use to remove the caffeine! Most versions use leaching with organic solvents :yuk:

this is a mine field! Is organic de caff green tea ok?!

i have green tea in my desj at work but tend to forget about it as i'm not so keen on the taste - i like the cold stuff you get in thailand but not sure if that will have the same benefits.....EDN you seem to be a bit of a tea geek!

Originally Posted by Adelina Le Shay

this is a mine field! Is organic de caff green tea ok?!

It depends on the process used to remove the caffiene rather than where the tea comes from. There are some water and CO2 based systems which don't leave organic nasties.

Originally Posted by Calliope Cootch

i have green tea in my desj at work but tend to forget about it as i'm not so keen on the taste - i like the cold stuff you get in thailand but not sure if that will have the same benefits.....EDN you seem to be a bit of a tea geek!

I'm a biochemist (well I was originally a biochemist) the geekery comes with the territory!