Tea

[shais_mom]

Hmm, I looked it up, and if it is just sweetened with sugar, I may give it a try sometime. I tend to drink my teas black, with sugar depending on the tea, but might try that as an indulgence! I used to every now and then get a vanilla chai from Dunkin Donuts, but it has coconut oil in it, so cannot any more.

@Karen - are you allergic to milk?
@Jenn- I have made my Pioneer Woman's iced coffee and used sweetened condensed milk in it. YUMMY -

but alas - after having my blood work done a few weeks back the numbers don't agree with it. So I've been drinking my iced coffee with just flavored creamer, no sweetener or sugar. Tho I do use Stevia/Truvia if needed. And when drinking my tea I've been not sweetening it at all. Which about sent my mom over the edge a few weeks ago when she took a big swig of my rose hips and hibiscus tea UNsweet. (which I found in the Oriental foods aisle)
Have you ever been to Teavana the Heaven of Tea? Talk about TEA HEAVEN! I LOVE IT!
I've been drinking mint tea with a packet of true lemon or true lime in it.

Typically I don't care for green tea's after taste, but Trader Joe's has a peppermint ~ Decaf Candy Cane green tea that is quite good.
ZippyKat sent me a Lemon Blueberry or something tea for the Kuerig awhile ago. It was really good. I tried to duplicate it by buying lemon zinger and blueberry - close buy not the same!
When I was in New Mexico visiting Zippy Kat - we stopped at Sonic and I got a Cranberry Iced Tea Sweetened. Which I thought was awesome, but even without tasting it Zippy said she doesn't like to drink Hummingbird water! ()

I have a sweet tooth which obviously has gotten me into trouble with my bloodwork! So re-training myself to get used to tea/coffee etc UNsweet is going to take some time!

[Karen]

I am not, thankfully, allergic to milk! Thank goodness.

And I have been experimenting, with the sweetened condensed milk and the Stash black chai I like, and finally settled on double-strength (2 teabags in a cup) chai with sweetened condensed milk - good yummy treat when I am feeling like something luxurious. I never even take milk in my tea usually, so this is a big treat, thanks, Jennie!

I worked at a Teavana briefly, and while they have lots of cool stuff, it is largely way, way overpriced. Especially compared to my beloved Virtuous Teas - they have a website http://virtuousteas.com - but if you are ever in the Boston area, Stacy, I will bring you to the store. It's wonderful, just jar upon jar of interesting teas of all sorts, and absolutely no pressure to buy - the salesperson never hovers.