I just can’t bring myself to like Green Tea (yet)…it tastes like dried lawn clippings. I am forever reading how Green tea is so good for you, an excellent source of antioxidants, a fine remedy for allergies and an aid weight loss and general good health, but I just can’t stand it. The only green I’ve found tolerable was “Earl Green” and I can’t find it anymore. The ginger is not detectable in this, the lemongrass is slightly present, but not enough to offset the basic ‘green’ flavor. I really want to cultivate a taste for Green Tea, but I haven’t been able to. blecch. :(
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It’s interesting. I personally love green and white teas (and I now prefer my black tea unsweetened too), but my sister can’t stand green tea either. If she drinks it, she has to have honey in it (and lately, she says that doesn’t help much either), whereas I can’t stand having any sort of sweetener in my greens and whites. And both of us were raised on black tea with milk and sugar (to this day, my parents make it the same way). Just different tastes, I guess. (Also a little funny for me, because in general, she has “healthier” tastes than I do, usually.)
Have you tried sweetening your green tea? I don’t know if that would work for you, but it might be worth a try. Otherwise, greens just may not be for you. (I’m in the same situation with Pu-erh teas. I’d like to drink them more for the health benefits, and I’m ok with them, I guess, and they’re growing on me, but they taste…dirtier to me, and I just don’t enjoy them as much as other teas, sometimes.)
Another good option for you to try might be oolongs. If I remember correctly, oolongs are basically partially oxidized green tea (blacks are fully oxidized), and while I don’t know if you would like the flavor profile and better than green tea, if you do like it, it might be a good stepping stone between greens and blacks.
And if you don’t end up liking oolongs and greens, then you don’t like them. Everyone’s got different tastes. :)
I love oolong! I had some in Chinatown in San Francisco many years ago with my friend J-Law. I keep looking for something that will be as good as what I got in San Fransisco but no luck yet :) I didn’t know what the process was on making oolong. That’s very interesting! Thank you!
It’s interesting. I personally love green and white teas (and I now prefer my black tea unsweetened too), but my sister can’t stand green tea either. If she drinks it, she has to have honey in it (and lately, she says that doesn’t help much either), whereas I can’t stand having any sort of sweetener in my greens and whites. And both of us were raised on black tea with milk and sugar (to this day, my parents make it the same way). Just different tastes, I guess. (Also a little funny for me, because in general, she has “healthier” tastes than I do, usually.)
Have you tried sweetening your green tea? I don’t know if that would work for you, but it might be worth a try. Otherwise, greens just may not be for you. (I’m in the same situation with Pu-erh teas. I’d like to drink them more for the health benefits, and I’m ok with them, I guess, and they’re growing on me, but they taste…dirtier to me, and I just don’t enjoy them as much as other teas, sometimes.)
Another good option for you to try might be oolongs. If I remember correctly, oolongs are basically partially oxidized green tea (blacks are fully oxidized), and while I don’t know if you would like the flavor profile and better than green tea, if you do like it, it might be a good stepping stone between greens and blacks.
And if you don’t end up liking oolongs and greens, then you don’t like them. Everyone’s got different tastes. :)
I love oolong! I had some in Chinatown in San Francisco many years ago with my friend J-Law. I keep looking for something that will be as good as what I got in San Fransisco but no luck yet :) I didn’t know what the process was on making oolong. That’s very interesting! Thank you!