A beverage is a beverage. I feel you choose one, stick to it and before you know it, you cannot do without it. That is the life story of coffee–lovers and tea–lovers. Not that coffee tastes better or tea smells sweeter, but because it is the effect of a habit. Some of us drink both; have the best of both worlds. To appease the mind, we call café latte’s counterpart as masala tea latte.
The popular stories…
“Oh, my health advisor said tea is good for me” is the most often narrated reason for those who transform from coffee to tea. Most of those who shift from coffee to tea have been advised to do so. Caffeine content, bad effects to health and many more reasons are accorded to it. Some also have personal reasons. Others just fall out of a habit and into a new one.
Why should I change my coffee?
A masala tea latte does not look like a good brewing cup of coffee. Its color isn’t the same, neither is the taste. Café-holics suffer to change but there is good reason why they do.
Coffee is acidic and therefore, bad for the stomach. We need to have alkaline forming food and coffee is not the best option for that. A lot of coffee can lead to increased stress levels. It is a very strong stimulant and some studies have shown that those who drink coffee throughout the day require alcohol to counteract the coffee and enable them to sleep in the night. Then, they require another cup of coffee to counteract the alcohol in the morning. This way the vicious cycle continues. Moreover, coffee is a contributory to discolouration in teeth and bad breath. Am I dismissing coffee entirely? No, not at all! I have coffee every morning. A moderate amount of it is no harm at all. Let us just avoid being over-anxious bad breathed coffee addicts.
Thinking about chai?
Tea is not the only substitute for coffee. There are plenty of options but it is the next closest beverage for a change. There are even certain kinds of tea like the pu-erh teas which are similarly coloured as coffee and have the same feel. Surely the taste is very different. Strong alternatives of tea are usually the first step. Tea isn’t acidic. It in fact is very hydrating and anti-oxidizing for the body. It fosters the immune system and is equally as stimulating as coffee just without the extreme side-effects. Varieties of Chai like the Chai lattes that are getting more popular in the present days make it out to be an interesting experience for coffee-lovers too.
How do they change?
If you are a raging coffeholic and are wondering how people change, my answer is ‘slowly’. Habits break hard and what most people do is take a very strong black tea for the start. They give the same effect as coffee and are good for the morning. Green tea is also strong and bitter but so much more of a healthier choice. Or just have a tiny sip of coffee a day and make the rest of your day all about chai by picking some incredible flavours of Chai just like the BondiChai, a premix chai latte from Australia and which has spread to Singapore. That works too…
The popular stories…
“Oh, my health advisor said tea is good for me” is the most often narrated reason for those who transform from coffee to tea. Most of those who shift from coffee to tea have been advised to do so. Caffeine content, bad effects to health and many more reasons are accorded to it. Some also have personal reasons. Others just fall out of a habit and into a new one.
Why should I change my coffee?
A masala tea latte does not look like a good brewing cup of coffee. Its color isn’t the same, neither is the taste. Café-holics suffer to change but there is good reason why they do.
Coffee is acidic and therefore, bad for the stomach. We need to have alkaline forming food and coffee is not the best option for that. A lot of coffee can lead to increased stress levels. It is a very strong stimulant and some studies have shown that those who drink coffee throughout the day require alcohol to counteract the coffee and enable them to sleep in the night. Then, they require another cup of coffee to counteract the alcohol in the morning. This way the vicious cycle continues. Moreover, coffee is a contributory to discolouration in teeth and bad breath. Am I dismissing coffee entirely? No, not at all! I have coffee every morning. A moderate amount of it is no harm at all. Let us just avoid being over-anxious bad breathed coffee addicts.
Thinking about chai?
Tea is not the only substitute for coffee. There are plenty of options but it is the next closest beverage for a change. There are even certain kinds of tea like the pu-erh teas which are similarly coloured as coffee and have the same feel. Surely the taste is very different. Strong alternatives of tea are usually the first step. Tea isn’t acidic. It in fact is very hydrating and anti-oxidizing for the body. It fosters the immune system and is equally as stimulating as coffee just without the extreme side-effects. Varieties of Chai like the Chai lattes that are getting more popular in the present days make it out to be an interesting experience for coffee-lovers too.
How do they change?
If you are a raging coffeholic and are wondering how people change, my answer is ‘slowly’. Habits break hard and what most people do is take a very strong black tea for the start. They give the same effect as coffee and are good for the morning. Green tea is also strong and bitter but so much more of a healthier choice. Or just have a tiny sip of coffee a day and make the rest of your day all about chai by picking some incredible flavours of Chai just like the BondiChai, a premix chai latte from Australia and which has spread to Singapore. That works too…
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