“Here Angry, try this.”
“What is it?”
“Just try it, I’m sure you’ll like it”
I put the warm mug to my mouth and take a mouthful of the liquid inside.
“Well? What do you think?”
“It tastes of pond. With a hint of wet dog. You haven’t just warmed up a cup full of puddle have you?”
“No Angry, I haven’t.”
“What in the name of God is it then?”
“It’s my new Herbal Tea, I drink it now instead of coffee. It’s very good for me”
Oh no it isn’t. Why do you believe that tripe? I have yet to hear a single yoghurt-knitting tree-hugger offer a convincing argument regarding the merits of Herbal Tea. It normally takes no more than a couple of minutes before they get onto spiritual energy and cleansed chakra’s.
I know what vitamins do for me.
I know what fruit and vegetables do for me.
I know what reducing my fat intake does for me.
But what does Herbal Tea do for me? And please don’t give me that bollocks about it “cleanses your insides, and flushes toxins out of your system”, I want to know HOW. I know how colonic irrigation cleanses your indsides, yet I’m not about to shove a fucking hosepipe up my arse (and not just for water conservation reasons).
Why people insist on blindly following these health fads I’ll never know. Personally, I’m going to stick to my Half-Caff Skinny Mocachino.
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most of those herbal teas are like something the dog up-chucked without the interesting flavour. the only people i know who love them wear recycled hemp clothes and are off their heads on some sort of tobacco that you could not pass through customs with.
But the worst are those aloe vera juices that make bile an appealing drink, they are evil. I hate most things from nature shops and anything organic is only fit to be thrown out. Organic peanut butter is plain vile and is so ucky that tou could eat nicer cement.
Most of those nature shops an assistant (stoned off their heads) is trying to sell extract of marine crap or plantago, or some mystery shite that will cure all that ails you can will turn you into a super healthy person. I think a lot of the stuff is sold under dubious claims and are at times not only gross but nothing is mentioned about interactions that these natural plants can have.
karilyn – I could not agree more….
Green tea is an excellent source of antioxidants. If only they could make it taste like coke.
I actually quite like herbal tea. The reason for this is that I loathe making tea, and when the missus says “Ooh, I’ll have camomile” it means I can leave the teabag in the mug and forget about the milk. Half the work! I just have to leave the room while she drinks it.
NF – and antioxidants do what? Antioxidise?
Matt – make her a cup of warm mud and see if she notices the difference…