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posted Mar 05, 24 10:23 Hide Post
I wish we could get coca leaf tea here in the states. Probably a few hurdle to cross though.

Mmmm….yeah, I think so.

I’ve been re-reading the Patrick O’Brian Aubrey/Maturin novels. Dr. Maturin got the opium monkey off his back, but through the rest of the series swears by the benign but potent stimulative—or in his words, “roborative”—powers of chewing the coca leaf.

I had a friend, now sadly passed too soon, who was in Peru at very high altitude; exhausted and unable to go on. Was given some local tea to drink, and by golly he was just fiiiiinnnne after that.

I don't know about Fiiiiinnnne, but it sure settled down my tummy while in Bolivia. learned you have to include the ash to have the effect. Coca tea is great but the kids would probably smoke it here.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
Our older son got kind of hooked on rooibos during a visit to South Africa. He's offered it to me several times since. I find it disgusting.

I'm with you. Can't stand the rooibos swill.
I'm in the darjeeling, ceylon, oolong loose tea camp.

For a very good, basic tea, Tetley British Blend (purple box) is very good.

My everyday tea is classic green tea by bígelow. I do like English, oolong, etc, and I’ll have to look at these others, but for basic green, bigelow doesn’t have a bitter taste (imho).

I'm a massive tea fan. If you ever get the chance to try Oolong from Taiwan, it will change your life, and ruin you on other teas.

Preparing tea this way, is extremely relaxing and I do it every evening with my wife and a friend.

https://goodteaplace.com/blogs...-taiwan-tea-ceremony