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Switching from coffee to tea

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supersquid
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So I have always been a big coffee drinker and drink mountain dew a lot and I'm starting to see its effects. It really became apparent during finals week when I was drinking a lot of caffine. lately unless i drink a full cup of coffee in the morning i get huge headaches, the aspirin with caffine is ok and works but i was thinking about switching over to tea. If you guys drink a lot of tea what flavors do you guys like. Any recommendations would be great!
Feb 3 2016 5:02PM
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Morriski_
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I used to drink alot of coffee because i worked in a cafe and it was free (used to have about 4 double espressos a day for a while) so moved to drinking tea, i just go for earl grey, none of the super fancy stuff
Feb 3 2016 5:26PM
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Squirrel_Murphy
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Huge fan of tea, especially Yerba Mate (yer-bah mah-tay) tea. Guayaki being my favorite brand. They have cans, bottles, and loose leaf, and if you wanna get all hippy with it, get a gourd. It has very close to the same amount of caffeine as coffee and has a lot of other micro nutrients as well. Also a fan of black and green tea.

If you can, wean yourself off of so much caffeine dependence, and don't forget to stay hydrated with good old fashioned water. Stay away from the soda and energy drinks if you can but I'm guilty of reaching for one too.
Feb 3 2016 5:28PM
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SammyDubz
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used to drink a lot of coffee, stopped, and now I drink tea maybe once a day. I drink generic black tea with a teaspoon of honey in it. Good stuff.
Feb 3 2016 5:33PM
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Park.
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straight white tea brewed a minute longer than recommended is my absolute favorite, but green ginseng and honey is great and really brings out the chill vibes especially after a smoke session. I dont smoke anymore, but my favorite tea to go with weed was that ginseng stuff, vanilla chai, and black chinese tea I cant remember the name.

I drink a few cups of tea a day after school and it really makes you feel good comparing it to when I didn't drink tea.

also, just use 1 teabag 2 times because you will get way more money out of what you buy that way and it tastes the exact same as the first cup you make. Protip for when money is tight but tea is great and add honey instead of sugar.
Feb 3 2016 5:44PM
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JohnBolea
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red rose tea with milk and sugar is good stuff.
Feb 3 2016 9:01PM
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All_Alpine
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Recently picked up some "morning thunder" which is a mix of black and Yerba mate teas...deluxe. Packs a nice little punch early in the am and tastes killer with or without honey or lemon er whatever.
Feb 4 2016 12:03AM
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profa_212
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I am all about that Constant Comment. Decent tea and available everywhere.
Feb 4 2016 4:08AM
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Slush
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sort of unrelated, but I drink iced tea like its crack. Sooooo good, only unsweetened stuff though, it's amazing. Most refreshing drink out there besides water
Feb 4 2016 7:28AM
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louie.mirags
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have you considered just drinking less coffee in the morning? A serving is only 6oz (may vary). And that is really all the caffeine you need. I usually have 10oz or so of black coffee in the morning. I am assuming you add a bunch of sugar to the coffee as well? Plus the Mountain Dew and you're looking at diabetes. Switch to a coffee company that is local to you and roast their own coffee, drink it black, and instead of mountain dew drink water. Notice the effects
Feb 4 2016 8:57AM
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freestyler540
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You should gradually reduce your intake of caffeine throughout the day. You can start with coffees, but then, reduce your cups. Say, 2 cups in the morning, 1 in the afternoon; then reduce from there. You can substitute the afternoon cup with juice or beer. As long as you dont do cold turkey, the withdrawal symptoms wont be disabling.

Tea can be just as bad as coffee in cafeine, but with most teas being really good diuretic; you will pee more than a prostate cancer patient with the same volume of tea consumed. Avoid energy drinks at all costs. They spike stress hormones increasing the effectiveness of caffeine and still developing a tolerance to the stuff.

When I live at work, I got through 6-10 cups a day and on vacation 2-3 a day. As long as the coffees are getting spaced out, your resistance and withdrawal wont be felt.
Feb 4 2016 9:01AM
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Randy_Quench
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In college I drank a metric fuckton of coffee. I couldn't go to class without a coffee. If I was bored I would make coffee. If I was getting ready to go out I would drink a coffee.

I work in an office now and there is complementary k cups. For the first couple months I was running through 5-10 k cups a day. About a month ago I made the switch to black tea with honey because I had tonsillitis and the honey/tea helped. I still drink coffee, and usually start my morning with one, but otherwise I've been drinking tea. I recommend just plain black or green tea with honey, all that flavored shit is gross.
Feb 4 2016 9:30AM
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WSMFP
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the basics are black tea and green tea. black tea comes in several forms like earl grey, English breakfast, and all kinda of flavors like i have some tazo organic peach cobbler its fire. as for green tea i also prefer it enhanced with natural flavors, i have some "green tea mango" by tea of life that i would really recommend. they have all kinds of other teas like white tea, but black tea is what you are gonna want coming from coffee.
Feb 4 2016 11:21AM
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WSMFP
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also sorry for the double post but YERBA MATE i would highly reccomend if you are looking for a clean caffeine experience. the tea bags are too weak buy a bag of loose leaf you can make it in the coffee maker but i suggest using a french press. the taste is very earthy but the effects are desired by many, defiantly worth looking into
Feb 4 2016 11:24AM
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act.resist
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I don't understand why people think coffee is necessary to function. If you wouldn't have started drinking coffee regularly you wouldn't have a problem because now you have an addiction to it. Your body produces all of the essential energy you need to start the day. It's like the whole creatine thing, your body naturally produces creatine so if you start taking the supplement on a regular basis your body stops producing it and becomes reliant on the pills.
Feb 4 2016 11:46AM
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therealsassy
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go to tea, you'll never look back... i am british though so i'm enormously bias.
Feb 4 2016 6:31PM
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OregonDead
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I'm drinking some saffron tea right now. It's pretty good and I've already had a lot of coffee today. For a big coffee drinker tea is not an adequate replacement. I cut Mt Dew and all other pop a few years ago and I feel way healthier because of it.
Feb 4 2016 7:32PM
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louie.mirags
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butterslut.I don't understand why people think coffee is necessary to function. If you wouldn't have started drinking coffee regularly you wouldn't have a problem because now you have an addiction to it. Your body produces all of the essential energy you need to start the day. It's like the whole creatine thing, your body naturally produces creatine so if you start taking the supplement on a regular basis your body stops producing it and becomes reliant on the pills.


I feels ya for sure. But I also do not think the body was designed to sit in front of a computer all day. If I were active at work I wouldn't need the delicious boost.
Feb 5 2016 9:31AM
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