Wednesday TeaDay 8/27/08 Tea and appetite?

[murrius]

I don't think tea effects my appetite at all. I wake up, I drink tea, I eat, I work, I eat, I drink tea, I sleep..... rinse and repeat.

This morning had two large cups of Sencha Zuiko. Oh my! I'm going to have another cup or three tonight!

[joelbct]

I think there is a mild appetite suppressant effect, but that is not the worst thing in the world.

Drinking for the day, locally roasted *coffee* (yikes!) this morning, and matcha at the moment...

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I really don't know if tea suppresses my appetite or not. I feel that it works similar to water in that if you drink more liquids and are more hydrated especially before meals, you tend to eat less. Personally, there might be a little bit of appetite suppression for me when I drink tea. I've noticed that I am generally less hungry as it gets closer to meal times than I was in the past if I have been drinking tea between meals.

Today seems to have been more of an iced tea day. I enjoyed a mix of Organic Monk's Blend and Orange Blossom Oolong, which makes an awesome iced tea, and some cold apricot honeybush that my boyfriend kept stealing from me during class. He wasn't too sure of the honeybush as iced tea, but at least he was drinking it. Currently, I am enjoying the later steeps of some Nan Tou.

[Space Samurai]

I honestly don't know either way.

Today I'm drinking some Roasted TGY from Just4Tea that arrived today. Love this stuff, and I'm happy to have some again. I spent a while trying to find other, great TGYs like this one, always wanting to explore and try other teas, but in the end I decided that sometimes you just have to stick with what you love.

Also received my bicycle helemet and headlight for the bike. About to go night riding as soon as I finish this cup.

[Salsero]

About to go night riding as soon as I finish this cup.

... and I just got back. Waiting for me: Uji Kirameki. I have also been toying with the idea of ordering more of that TGY.

[bronzebed]

here's a sencha i made [/img]

Very pretty. This one may actually be just a little too feminine for me. At least it doesn't have ruffles.

yeah, its a bit too feminine for me too actually but it was a dollar and in good shape so i picked it up.

[Chip]

About to go night riding as soon as I finish this cup.

... and I just got back. Waiting for me: Uji Kirameki. I have also been toying with the idea of ordering more of that TGY.

I will be riding in around 15 hours. Wear the helmet Space. A very close friend of mine was killed in a simple fall, just never woke up. Another friend likely was saved by his helmet. In the type of riding I am involved in, I see too many crashes, but fortunately almost everyone is wearing helmets.

MMM, Kirameki, that is rare leaf now. I finished up a nice session of an equally rare Kunpu earlier. I like it a lot, but definitely liked the Kirameki more. Te styles are very similar though.

Finished the night with Ancient Tea Tree flowers. Not quite enough tea, but it was allll good.

[Victoria]

I think perhaps indirectly, yes. Sometimes for me if I brew a large pot, I find I just don't have room for a lot of food, I will eat something smaller or lighter. Or I'm not hungry at all. Sometimes I just forget to eat, if I am focused on making tea.

[chamekke]

I will be riding in around 15 hours. Wear the helmet Space. A very close friend of mine was killed in a simple fall, just never woke up. Another friend likely was saved by his helmet. In the type of riding I am involved in, I see too many crashes, but fortunately almost everyone is wearing helmets.

What Chip said.

My husband's best friend fell from his bicycle (no helmet), sustained serious brain damage, lingered for a few weeks, then died. Desperately sad, and so unnecessary.

There is some sufferings we can avoid...

[Wosret]

My sister was wearing a helmet on her bicycle and still got a hairline fracture on her skull when she had an accident. I shudder to think how much worse it could have been if she hadn't been wearing a helmet.

[Chip]

Sad subject with a happy ending, but my friend I mentioned who was saved by his helmet would have definitelely had life altering head injuries including major disfigurement (think road rash to the whole side/front of his head) and brain damage, quite possibly even death.

Even still he was knocked out for a whole day and did not even remember the helicoptor pick up.