tea 1 July 2008
I do love a cup of tea, though for years I found it hard to ask for one after having been THAT splendid woman on television. Now, I don’t really have too much time for fruit teas as they always smell nicer than they taste, though a cup of fennel tea (which I am now enjoying before bed, is always lovely – guess it’s more herbal though). Anyhow, I have never taken to green tea – white tea, yes, but green tea not. Today a friend gave me a new sensation from Japan (new to here, probably been known to Japan for centuries) and I will try it and let you know what it’s like. I may have to stick with it awhile as she has given me a latte version of it that Richard assures me is the most vile thing he has ever tasted (and he loves green tea). I will stick with it though as apparently it’s way higher than most other foodstuffs in antioxidants and so on AND it stimulates the metabolism without raising blood pressure…which means…it may help in weight loss – sing hallelujiah and forget pu-erh (which I love but keep forgetting I have in the cupboard – oops, have just spotted why this latest one may go by the wayside compared with my regular builder’s tea which I never forget. Mind you, if it’s as vile as Himself says, perhaps I’ll be reminded to have it by dint of that, like it was a vital-slash-medicine type thing that’s good for you yet disgusting.
For those of you who were wondering YES am still polka dotted – I fear GLUE may have been one of the ingredients of the fake tan I maimed myself with. If we regenerate totally every 8 years I guess there’s a chance I’ll be clear by my 54th birthday – a cheering thought.
