When I first started teaching I used to drink a travel mug of two Lipton orange pekoe tea bags every day. I had them around and found tea easier to make than coffee, so I went with it. Before that year, I would switch between tea and coffee quite regularly. But, after starting that routine, I stuck with it over the next five years and drank one travel mug with two tea bags every morning.
Well, once I finished up those Lipton orange pekoe teas I never really went back to Lipton again. Don't get me wrong, at a diner I'll still get tea and most likely it's Lipton orange pekoe and I love it. But, for the most part, I'll stick with Bigelow or Twinnings at the grocery store and buy other more unique teas from etailers.
Yesterday, however, while at Target I found a box of Lipton White Tea with Mango and Peach flavor. They've been taking their cue from Tea Forte and Mighty Leaf and combined the Tea Forte cone bag with the silk Mighty Leaf tea bag idea. Of course, it all comes down to flavor and it is a really nice white tea blend. Very nice. I may try others of these if I can find more unique flavors. What I don't like is that they aren't individually packaged.
I was able to get Maddy to drink 3/4 cup of mint herbal tea today. I was really glad because she held the mug herself right under her nose most of the time even when she wasn't drinking it. I know, for me, that steam and hot liquid really loosens up the stuffiness in my head and congestion in my chest. So I hope that helped a bit. Plus, it was mint, her favorite!
Ok, just had to add about the Lipton.
Tea of the day: Lipton White Tea with Island Mango and Peach Flavor