drink more tea

Still sick, still drinking lots of medicinal teas (primarily “Throat Coat,” and “Gypsy Cold Care.” They don’t seem to be helping to get rid of my cold, but they are very soothing to drink, particularly in the evening.

Well I’ve been drinking a lot of medicinal teas the past few days, due to nagging cold. So I am forced by circumstance to do what I had intended to do regardless.

Harumph.

So I am off the coffee and on the black tea (oolong), which act is directly connected to yet another attempt to quit smoking. I’ve also had a cup of non-creamy chai (though I must say I prefer the creamy, but I bought this tea in bulk and didn’t really know what I was getting into) in the past couple days, and I have some throat-coat and sleepy-time teas for later in the day.

I am back on the coffee. Maybe this winter, tea will start to seem more appealing…

Yesterday I drank a pot of half-oolong/half-green tea, with honey, and it was acceptable. I was just trying to get rid of a little loose green I had left over from last time I was on a tea-drinking binge. So. Today I’m just going to drink straight oolong. There is something very soothing about drinking tea, even stimulant tea. I’ve got a nice tea-set that Shn’s mom gave me – a sea-green pot with a bamboo handle and four small, handle-free cups. It’s a small-sips kind of tea-set.

I drank a couple cups of some unknown black/spicy tea this morning instead of coffee (because I am giving the whole “no cigarettes” thing a go today). I put cream and sugar in, but did not like it very much. Need better tea. Maybe iced teas, for now. It is summer, after all…