I was never much of a tea drinker. I certainly like tea. But it usually comes in second place behind coffee when it comes to hot beverages.
Today, I noticed that a buddy of mine was drinking tea. I see him drinking tea all the time, but today for some reason, it stood out to me. I asked him about it, and we talked a little while about tea. I ended going with him to purchase a tea of my own.
Which is sort of funny. What I did was I purchased a cup of boiling water and as a reward for doing that, they let me pick out a bag of flavored leaves to go with it.
I don’t know why my mind works that way.
But in any event, I feel in love with the tea. It has a subtle and pleasant aroma and taste. It’s like coffee’s more sophisticated sister.
You see, like coffee it is a hot beverage. But unlike coffee, it doesn’t have to burning hot to be enjoyed. Tea is very tasty at a hair above lukewarm. At least to me. Coffee at that temperature is not very good.
Tea gives you a gentle caffeine boost, should you choose to drink a caffeinated variety. Coffee tends to give you more of a jolt, followed by a crash. In some cases this is preferred, but not every.
Also, tea is a bit of a cleanser. But a gentle cleanser. It’s like Dial soap versus a Clorox product that is coffee. Coffee cleans you out. Tea sort of gently refreshes you.
While I can’t say that I prefer tea to coffee, or coffee to tea, I can say that I’m aware of how each is used. And I can now use both of them as compliments of one another.
Written by Justin J. Milliner - in between bites of cucumber sandwiches.
