Chile has been running a Quit Now challenge. Last month I signed up to reduce my tea drinking habits back to 4 cups of black tea a day (with the long term goal being to get down to one cup). I'm taking it slowly, and am renewing the challenge to not go beyond 3 cups a day this month. It is hard though - it's tied into rituals, it's enjoyable and it tastes good. While pregnant and breastfeeding I didn't drink beyond 3 cups a day, so this should be a breeze really.
This time around, I'm wanting to replace my black tea with a homegrown herbal alternative. I don't have a lot of choice in my garden just yet, but am on the hunt for tasty combinations.
4 comments:
Slow and steady is likely to be more successful than cold turkey for something that is so hooked into rituals. Keep us posted on what garden alternative you come up with!
Good on you for cutting down ... I try sometimes but I am addicted to Scarborough Fair's Earl Grey tea and to coffee full stop...
I'll be interested to see what herbal alternatives you like. After paying no less than $6.39 for merely 40 camomile teabags in the supermarket today, I'm getting very keen on growing my own this summer.
Yeah, this will be my new research focus I think for the coming weeks. Sandra, I am sitting here supping on a mug of chamomile as well, I only drink one in the evening, so at least my box will last a good 6wks or so, but yeah, not cheap. I was looking into mint tea recipes today, but moroccan mint tea has a base of green tea - so not much of an improvement on the self-sufficiency!
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