Tea Is Definitely Not Like Coffee

Every morning I used to look forward to my morning cup of coffee…lots of sugar and even more powdered creamer. It couldn’t get any better. All that rich smooth, sweet mocha taste. What a great way to start a morning. I have even indulged in drinking it at night. If I went to bed as soon as I finished it I would be good and relaxed and slept like a baby. It was all about timing…if I stayed awake afterwards too long, it woke me up when the caffeine kicked in and I would not be able to sleep.

Back to the topic…I decided all that sugar and creamer and yes the caffeine was not good for me…so I gave up coffee and switched to herbal tea. Now if you have ever stood in front of the tea selection and tried to figure out what tea to buy, you know it’s a challenge. There are way too many. I decided it was best, since there are herb based herbal teas and fruit based herbal teas, to start out by illuminating all the herb based ones and to choose a fruit I love, oh did I mention I really don’t like fruit except bananas and I did not see banana tea which sounds gross anyway. Back to selecting…I do occasionally like strawberries, mangos, and blue berries…and rather than have to choose between them I grabbed the VARIETY PACK SAMPLER. Tah Dah! Problem solved or so I thought anyway. Then I couldn’t decide what flavor to start with. Hmmm…now here is what usually happens…you choose your favourite thing and end up with what you aren’t sure if you like it stuff. Therefore the best thing to do is reverse it and choose something you are not sure of and then you are “saving the best for last!”  Ahhh Haaa that’s where that saying came from!

I can’t stand sugar in tea, which is why I chose the tea in the first place, so I added Splenda and sat down with my raspberry tea. I used to really hate raspberry by the way but have learned to tolerate and even halfway like it over the past couple years…but still it ended up being on the bottom of the heap, which is why it was first…smiles.

I took a sip and it was good, even half-way to great…but it wasn’t coffee. It wasn't exciting. I don’t look forward to my next cup. It doesn’t have that aroma that draws you in. Who ever walked past a tea shop and had to stop and detour to buy some…no it’s not the same. Pass a coffee shop and you feel the need to buy some right then and there. Tea is definitely not coffee and I am so temped to switch back but it takes 30 or 31 days to break a habit and its only been 2 weeks. So even though tea is definitely not coffee I will trudge on for at least 17 more days and while I am sipping my tea I will close my eyes and daydream about the aroma of coffee.