As part of my new regime of lose the Fatty McFatterson and get in shape, I'm doing various things to improve this ol' lady. I've incorporated a few cups of green tea into my day. Did you know that green tea (the caffeinated version) can stimulate your metabolism from 22 to 77 percent? Not only is it a fabulous item for heart health, cancer fighting, etc., but it is now a nice accompaniment to diet efforts. Whodathunkit?
I'm a bit of a tea fiend. I'm like that weird cat lady who has a million cats in her house, except with tea. I have two drawers and a cabinet devoted to tea. Boxes of teas, bags of teas. Loose leaf. Course or finely ground. Black tea. Green tea. Red tea. Herb tea. You name it, I probably have it or just ran out of it. I have tea accoutrements ranging from a French press to make-it-yourself tea bags (fill 'em with loose tea) to tea cozies. Yes, I have silly, old lady tea cozies. Don't even get me started on how many tea pots I have.
I do love me some tea. Green tea, however, does not always like me.
Have you ever brewed green tea? It is the most fickle of hot beverages. With black tea, you can brew it for five minutes or longer, and you can still expect a somewhat decent cup of loveliness. Rooibos tea brews for even longer, so you can relax and read the paper while it leaks its red goodness into your cup.
With green tea, however, you have a two minute window. Less than two minutes, and it will probably taste weak. More than two minutes, and the first sip will make you suck your face inside of itself and come out the back of your head. Most of the time, you can't even fool yourself into thinking it is still salvageable with a bit of sugar. Nothing is going to unstick that bitter pucker face. I've had the bitter pucker face at least once each day as I neglect the timing of my green brew. Bleah!
However, in the past few days I have enjoyed a multitude of greenness. I had silver needle white tea, green tea paradise, jasmine tea, and genmai cha. I think I need to try gunpowder green tea, since I love the smokiness of lapsang souchong. Lapsang souchong is probably my favorite tea. I dig that smokiness, man. Here is what one person said about the gunpowder tea:
"Robust and refreshing, with sinister undertones. Great iced! The James Cagney of teas."
Holy cow! Now THAT is something I want to drink. Sinister in a cup? Heck yeah.
In other news, thank you to all the folks who are writing or pondering about writing 100 words or less to send me to San Francisco. You kids rock it hard. I blush and giggle like a Japanese school girl at all of the love I am receiving. Sure, I know it's just because you want to see my knockers, but the feelings are still the same. So, keep it comin', my people. I ain't in San Francisco yet.
Also, for some miraculous reason, the lovely Schmutzie has once again included one of my blogs in this week's edition of Five Star Friday. Please sit back and enjoy the other gorgeous entries from so many fine writers. I have plenty to read today, that's for sure. That is, if I can read it in one sitting before my bladder explodes from too much tea.
So, I raise a cup of green mirth in your general direction, my friends. Here's to your health. Happy Friday.
*slurp*
12 beautiful people muttered something back:
Wow, if I weren't such a Coca-Cola girl, I go out and by some (green) tea. You should go into advertising. :)
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Hmm, I'm not sure we should be introducing sinister teas to our household. We have enough mayhem around here without the tea being up to no good. And if it's the James Cagney of teas, will we start talking in that rapid-fire, 1930s movie style dialogue? This might be a bigger risk than I'm willing to pour into a cup.
I'm sitting on the toilet as I read this blog. I'm also giggling profusely.
Phil, ready in two minutes. Does that mean it's also true that longer than two minutes with Phil will cause your lips to curl back into a grimace? That's too bad.
I also enjoy green tea. Fortunately, I also like peeing.
I present to you: the Teavana Auto Tea Maker: http://tinyurl.com/5bqtt4
It steeps the leaves for a predetermined time (black? green? herbal?), then drops the resulting tea into the lower compartment, where it's kept warm on a hotplate. Brill.
I actually call it Fattyfat McFatfat, and I can't drink hot drinks due to me still only liking kids food. Can you get fizzy green tea?
Love Gen Mai Cha, will have to try that sinister flavour.
Hey I'm British, you don't have to tell me about tea. Drinking it is a national past time. The first thing I do each morning as I get to my desk is have a cup of tea.
I love tea too. I had no idea about green tea being so fickle. Rooibus is my new fave herbal tea... But usually I only drink tea when I go out, which prevents my tea collection from taking over my cupboards.
" there's only 1 Yorkshire tea !! 1 yorkshireeeee tea,, etcetc"
milk and sugar please, none o'yer green stuff fer me !!
I am the James Cagney of something...I'm just not sure what. I just love tea. We should hit up the House of Commons tea restaurant sometime. They've got LOTS of different flavors.
I am a green tea fan myself. I had no idea that it could boost your metabolism that much...I think I am going to slurp me some more right now.
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