Do you have any specific recommendations for coffee drinkers who are interested in tea as an alternative beverage that can offer both a caffeine boost and flavors of comparable complexity to coffee? More generally, do you have any recommendations for someone who is interested in Chinese tea but not sure where to start?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Well, it depends - do you like the flavor of tea? What teas have you already tried? If there is a family (oolong, green, black, etc) of tea that you are drawn to already, you should just start exploring that.
That said - I have noticed that the hardcore coffee drinkers I know have tended to be drawn to rooibos tea (which I really can't stand personally) and to pu-erh tea. Pu-erh's can be very dark, and certainly give you a boost, and can be quite complex. They can also be something of an aqcuired taste, even for tea lovers. A good tea to start out with pu-erhs can be found here, or you could try one of the offerings from Seven Cups.
Of course, all quality teas have quite complex flavors, and none of them will have as much caffeine as coffee. Still, pu-erh and some of the more heavily fermented oolongs, I have found, tend to get me moving a bit - they are reputed to increase metabolism.
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