coffine-free alternative to green tea?

[joyce09]

Is there a drink that is coffine-free and calorie-free (or alomst) that tastes like green tea? I am thinking of doing a water fast and I would like to have a warm drink that tastes close to green tea but does not have its coffine, which will make me unable to sleep. If anyone has an idea, please share. Thanks.

Or does anyone know of a good brand of coffine-free green tea?

I don't like the ordinary herbal teas (the kinds I have tried) becuse of their sour taste. Once I was in a water fast for two days and I drank a sour-tasting herbal tea and I felt like vomitting for half of the night, and so I had to stop my water fast. Is there an herbal tea that tastes like green tea and does not have a sour taste?

[Juno]

Hi Joyce09,

The closest thing I have found to caffeine-free green tea is green rooibos tea.
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Rooibos tea is a South African, caffeine-free tea that tastes a bit like black tea. Green rooibos is the unfermented version. It tastes a little like green tea but milder. I like it.

Your local health food store should have an organic brand.

Hope this helps.

Juno

[queenkel]

Hmm... I've never really liked green tea that much so I don't know of a good caffeine free brand. My alternative to the caffeine in earl grey, which is usually my tea of choice, is liquorice tea. Unlike most herbal teas it has a naturally sweet taste. I usually get yogi brand.

[joyce09]

Juno, I purchased a small bag of organic rooibos tea this afternoon. It does taste a little like black tea. It will suffice for my purpose. Thank you.

Queenkel, thank you for responding. I will look around to see if I can get Yogi's liquorice tea.

[Stina]

Just more sleep!

[sport]

If anyone is looking for any drink that is caffeine free then they should choose one that never had any caffeine in it to begin with and not one that has had it chemically removed.

[joyce09]

Actually I just found I can make warm "tea" myself. I took some ginger and organic vegi's outer leaves that are to be discarded and boil them. I think that is as calori-free as any commercial tea is. :)

[Juno]

Hi Joyce09,

I'm glad you found some rooibos. It is naturally caffeine-free.

If you find green rooibos, you might find it a nice alternative to green tea.

:)

Juno

[joyce09]

Thank you Juno. The rooibos I found was the red kind. I could not yet find the green kind yet. I will keep looking. I searched websites and learned that green rooibos tea is not easy to find. I also learned rooibos tea is beneficial to health with no adverse effects. That is very good.

[Juno]

It's not so easy to find, that's true.

The two brands I have seen in Ireland are Tick Tock and Annique. You might find organic green rooibos online somewhere.

www.teeccino.com does great herbal teas and herbal coffees (yum!) but I don't know if they sell green rooibos.

[James Carmichael]

I drink rooibos earl grey tea before bed. The taste is sort of inbetween regular black tea and green tea. I have with before bed and it sends me staight off to sleep.

[joyce09]

Glad to know there are a few alternatives that taste close to regular green teas. Thanks to all.

[Stina]

Just last night I watched a Youtube movie with our brilliant friend Dr. Mercola recommending Holy Basil as a better choice than coffee. Its also called tulsi.

[joyce09]

I went to my favorite organic grocer and purchased a box of 15 Indian Organic's Tulsi tea bags (the brand recommended by Dr. Mercola) at $3.15. It tastes like black tea, not like coffee. It is OK to me.

[Stina]

I went to my favorite organic grocer and purchased a box of 15 Indian Organic's Tulsi tea bags (the brand recommended by Dr. Mercola) at $3.15. It tastes like black tea, not like coffee. It is OK to me.

That's fantastic. Give it a couple of weeks and let us know if you benefit from the adaptogen properties.

[joyce09]

Stina, I don't really like the black tea flovor of the Indian Tulsi tea. I doubt I will quickly finish the Tulsi tea bags. But someone who likes black tea may like the Tulsi tea well. Also I think the Asian health food philosophy (unlike the western fast food culture) is that one gains health very gradually from healthful food/drinks over months and years. 15 tea bags may not make a discernable difference.