• UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Not the same, but I switched to tea mostly for aesthetic reasons, and after a brief adjustment period, I’m finding it a lot more fun an varied than coffee drinking. And easier to find v low caffeine, or tasty 0 caffeine teas of as many varieties as you can imagine.

    I’ll still have a social coffee every now and then, but anyway I’d recommend it, at least to check out. It’s like discovering scotch after a lifetime of beer drinking.

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      9 months ago

      Try eplaining tea to others though.
      Every time I am on-site I get asked for two options: Coffee or water.

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          9 months ago

          I assume your are either not interested in loose tea or not there yet.

          Once you reach temperature sensitive teas (like japanese greens) that are additionally sensitive to hard water it quickly becomes difficult to brew tea at work/not at home.

          Personally I started to bring a 400ml thermos (about my usual cup) and on some days my 1L thermos.
          Both my thermos keep a 70°C tea warm (probably 50°C) even until end of work and so temperature doesnt become an issue but instead oxidadation. Greens like to become a faint brown color and change their taste. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.

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            9 months ago

            not interested in loose tea or not there yet.

            This strikes me as particularly funny, thank you, that is very accurate. I have dabbled in the leaf that is loose, mostly buying baggies from the bulk food store, so not particularly fresh (or high quality). But yeah I am trying to stick to the cheap stuff for now. I love how it’s so much less expensive than coffee!

            Friends keep sending me these boutique tea and m samples now that I’m drinking tea haha, so I do know what I’m missing

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              9 months ago

              Yeah, bagged tea is definitely more cheap compared to those more boutique teas.
              But you can get it cheaper in local tea shops or on sites like yunnan sourcing. But: shipping and import