I’m basically a low maintenance coffee person. But they say
that tea is good for you. Tea is healthier, etc, etc.
The more familiar tea brand in our house is Lipton, because
that is what the balikbayans bring us. I’ve only tasted other brands like
Twinings at work and in hotels. But again, that’s another topic for another
post.
We mostly have the Lipton Yellow Label. And I take my tea
with sugar. I don’t know when I started doing that, and I don’t know if I can
undo it. So anyway, apparently, green teas are healthier. It took a while before I got used to the
taste, but I have grown accustomed to it. I usually take green tea after a
hearty meal.
When I went to Qatar, and the expats there were drinking
their Lipton Green Tea, I prepared my own cup as well. So imagine my surprise
when it tasted like toothpaste! How was I supposed to know that green teas have
different variants as well? The box
looked the same as the green tea I’m used to. The one I tasted was mint. Well,
I did not want to waste it so I used all my willpower to drink it all up. No
amount of sugar can mask the “toothpastey” taste.
