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I had to cut out caffeine my junior year of college (what a bad time!!!) because I was getting very recurrent kidney/urinary tract infections. I'm a big fan of no caffeine. Republic of Tea makes a SUPER yummy Cinnamon Cardamom tea that I swear tastes like Christmas. They also make a red chai that's great with milk and a bit of honey.
Love Tazo Wild Sweet Orange and Tazo Honeybush. Their Calm tea is good at bedtime.
I like Tazo's Lotus green decaff tea. It has a very delicate hint of lotus blossom in it- very good green tea with just a bit of special flavor in it.
http://www.amazon.com/Tazo-Decaffein.../dp/B0001CXS56
I'm just finding this thread....
Lise, how have your PVCs been? I've had them for years and cut out caffeine a few years back. I've worked my way back to drinking regular Irish tea, but it doesn't seem to affect me as negatively as coffee did. For a while I was drinking Stash Chai green tea, which I really liked.
Stress seems to be the biggie for me with the PVCs. I was able to cut back my work hours (which not everyone can do), started just doing more things for myself instead of worrying whether DH would get upset, and I listen to those soothing subliminal CDs at night about managing stress. Cheesy, but it works for me.
It's hard when your heart starts skipping, which makes you think about it more, which stresses you out, which causes the heart to skip more.....a vicious circle!!!! I've learned to accept it or concentrate on something else. Thanks to everyone for the tea suggestions!
I totally missed this one. I like Republic of Tea's Ginger Peach. I also like getting the confirmation email from the "minister of orders".
Try uptontea.com It is a wonderful mail order site for teas from all over the world. Many varieties and different sizes available for sampling as well. They had neat descriptions in their catalogue (on line and print)
Celestial Seasonings Decaf Mint Green Tea. It comes in a green box. It's delicious! I do not normally like the flavor of green tea, but with the mint added, yum! Tasty and soothing. I love to drink it right before I go to bed.
annie
I'll second this recommendation! I'm also partial to www.specialteas.com and www.harney.com. Both good. For the adventurous, there's www.artisanscup.com (you can pick your own tea flavors!).Quote:
Originally Posted by oldbikah
I sit here drinking Celestial Seasoning's Madagascar Pomegranite Red, one of their Rooibus teas. I still like the Vanilla Red best of those, and the Candy Cane Lane peppermint/vanilla green tea best of all so far.
MTK, thanks for asking about the PVCs. I notice them a fair amount when I get up in the morning--no caffeine at all, just the "stress" of getting up? :confused: I worked a 24 shift the other day, did get a few hours of sleep, but over the course of 12 hours consumed one Diet Coke and two squares of bittersweet chocolate (the diet Coke to sharpen up my brain, the chocolate to reward me for working so much!), and by the evening, end of the shift, my heart was jumping around. The caffeine or the fatigue? I don't know. It can be pretty annoying. I'm also guessing that perimenopausal hormone changes are playing a role here. In any event, back to the tea...!