Whenever I heard about the benefits of
green tea, I would force myself to drink it, and try to swallow bitter, pithy
taste. I couldn’t even finish a full
cup. Time after time, I would read or
hear about even more benefits, and I would try again. Maybe you had the same experience: knowing
something as easy as drinking a cup of tea is beneficial to your health, but not
able to swallow those benefits! As you can see from the photo, this has changed
for me!
A friend introduced me to flavors of green
tea. It was a flavor revelation for me! I started noticing flavors of green tea
popping up in grocery stores. The flavors included berry, orange, pomegranate, peach,
mint, lemon, and others, but my very favorite that I found: jasmine. The smell
is warm, flowery, intoxicating, reminding me of summer nights, with the
lingering scent of jasmine flowers in the air.
My favorite time to sip it is in the
morning, when I first sit down at my desk at work. Then I’ll drink a cup in the afternoon to
ward off the 3 p.m. snack cravings. It may surprise you (HA!) to know, but some
days on my fitness and weight loss journey, I crave snacks and sweets (would
you believe it?). So, I make myself a cup of jasmine or orange green tea, drink
it, and go for a quick walk. The majority
of the times, cravings are gone!
This has replaced my morning coffee, latte,
or mocha with sugar, cream, and crap in it! I don’t need all those extra
calories in my coffee, and I’m not a fan of drinking it black. My green tea
drinking morning ritual soothes and warms me in the winter, and refreshes and
cools me, when I drink it over ice in the summer. Sometimes, I get really crazy
and squeeze a bit of lemon in my cup!
If you are not already drinking green tea,
I hope you’ll join me in a cup. The
benefits just keep increasing.
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