Tea

[spaxman]

Any tips with tea?

 

[db89]

Make mine strong

Aside from the obvious like reduce/cut out added sugar if you have it tea tends to be quite a good drink with diabetes. It can apparently also increase insulin sensitivity. Is there anything specific you were wanting to know?

 

[Squire Fulwood]

I haven't had sugar in tea for about 40 years so I don't need to look for a replacement. If you just don't take sweeteners for a time the tea tastes sweet enough anyway.
As of late I have lessened the amount of milk I put in tea. I wouldn't call it black but darker and stronger than before. I find the tea flavour that results is very pleasant.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

I wouldn't call it black but darker and stronger than before. I find the tea flavour that results is very pleasant.

I drink mine black with no sugar, tastes great.

 

[db89]

I drink mine black with no sugar, tastes great.

Unless the water is particularly good it needs texturising as I call it. It's a very fine balance between black tea and too much milk for me so I usually just have to ask for it black if offered a cup.

 

[Chook]

Any tips with tea?

Do you mean the drink or the meal?

 

[daisyduck]

It was difficult for a week, but now I prefer my tea black and unsweetened. Earl Grey is my favourite

 

[Bluetit1802]

I drink tea made with bog standard tea bags and skimmed milk. I don't like it black and I don't like it creamy. I use sweeteners and have done for 40 odd years.

I also have one decaf coffee with double cream a day. If I'm out and about I have decaf black coffee.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Do you mean the drink or the meal?

LOL. Never thought about that.

I use the word tea for the meal, being a northern lass, but no-one else on here seems to.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Some good "tips" here.

 

[Chook]

LOL. Never thought about that.

I use the word tea for the meal, being a northern lass, but no-one else on here seems to.

I am a Londoner living in Yorkshire so I've experienced this confusion many times.
Dinner / Lunch
Tea / Dinner

 

[Bluetit1802]

I am a Londoner living in Yorkshire so I've experienced this confusion many times.
Dinner / Lunch
Tea / Dinner

and don't forget supper .... that is a bedtime snack up here, not an evening meal

 

[Hotpepper20000]

and don't forget supper .... that is a bedtime snack up here, not an evening meal

And Pudding.
For a while when I first started reading here I though, wow people sure like pudding. Ha took me a while to realize it meant something sweet after a meal.

 

[covknit]

yes please. Commercial teabag, black, no sugar. If infused black peppermint or currant leaves for preference. Thyme or sage for coughs, elderflower for fevers, elderberry for flu. If I think a cold is coming on I can cope with lemon balm. No way I can drink chamomile though.

 

[kokhongw]

Any tips with tea?

You might find raw puer tea to be remarkably effective in lowering glucose.

Here is my anecdotal experience
https://myhba1c.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/raw-puer-tea-for-glucose-control/