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In reply to the discussion: By substituting green tea for coffee I've lost 80% of [View all]Orrex
(65,828 posts)45. Went camping with friends years ago
Seeing that I was parched and thirsty from whatever activity, one of my friends kindly offered me a green tea in a tall, unopened can. I'd never tried it before but had heard good things, so I gratefully accepted.
It was so unbelievably foul that I looked to my other friends because I was sure I'd been pranked. "How could anyone drink this?" I wondered. "How did the first person to drink it convince the second person that it wasn't poison?"
Two decades later the questions remain unanswered, my opinion unchanged.
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Why substitute? Why not drink both? Coffee for joy in the morning and green tea for peaceful sleep at night!
ancianita
Dec 2024
#14
I lived in Japan for 21 years and never came to enjoy green tea. I drank it all the time to be polite, but when I have
Martin68
Dec 2024
#22
In China they have jasmine and other teas in plastic bottles like we have soda/ pop. It's really good. I love my coffee
Evolve Dammit
Dec 2024
#26