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newberry wrote:

Hexpane wrote:vitamin water has about 1/2 the sugar of soda/gatoraide.

I like the pom and dragonfruit flavors, its the only drink I will buy here at work.

Of course regular water is better for you, but if you are going to drink something w/ calories in it, VW is tough to beat.

Tough to beat tastewise?

mr.arrison wrote:

Hexpane wrote:Of course regular water is better for you, but if you are going to drink something w/ calories in it, VW is tough to beat.

Four drinks that absolutely slay vitamin water, and are "better" for you:

100% fruit juice. Any kind, even OJ.

Iced Green Tea with honey.

Iced Black Tea with a dash of simple syrup and lemon wedge.

Iced Coffee with shot of espresso, dash of milk and 1 packet of dissolved raw sugar.

lemur68 wrote:I love how on this forum, any mention of sweet food products gets comments on how sugar and corn syrup are bad for you. Are we rockers, or mothers?

Hexpane wrote:

newberry wrote:

Hexpane wrote:vitamin water has about 1/2 the sugar of soda/gatoraide.

I like the pom and dragonfruit flavors, its the only drink I will buy here at work.

Of course regular water is better for you, but if you are going to drink something w/ calories in it, VW is tough to beat.

Tough to beat tastewise?

absolutely, dragon fruit and the pom/blueberry. All other flavors are meh.

Basically if you think gatoraide is kinda good but way too sweet, thats exactly what vitamin water is for. A less sweet gatoraide.

kenoki wrote:

Hexpane wrote:

newberry wrote:

Hexpane wrote:vitamin water has about 1/2 the sugar of soda/gatoraide.

I like the pom and dragonfruit flavors, its the only drink I will buy here at work.

Of course regular water is better for you, but if you are going to drink something w/ calories in it, VW is tough to beat.

Tough to beat tastewise?

absolutely, dragon fruit and the pom/blueberry. All other flavors are meh.

Basically if you think gatoraide is kinda good but way too sweet, thats exactly what vitamin water is for. A less sweet gatoraide.

i am with you on that. i am drinking the aqui blueberry pomegranate one right now. dragonfruit and the tropical are my other two favorites. the only yucky one is the peach mango. i am kind of addicted to vitamin water but that's better than a soda addiction since it has half the calories. eventually i hope to ration all of it out though, since fructose likes to take the main stage in your liver.

Hexpane wrote:
Green tea is not tea at all

Zhejiang Province

Zhejiang is home to the most famous of all teas, Xi Hu Longjing, as well as many other high-quality green teas.

Longjing
The most well-known of famous Chinese teas from Hangzhou, its name in Chinese means dragon well. It is pan-fried and has a distinctive flat appearance. Falsification of Longjing is very common, and most of the tea on the market is in fact produced in Sichuan Province and hence not authentic Longjing.
Hui Ming
Named after a temple in Zhejiang.
Long Ding
A tea from Kaihua County known as Dragon Mountain.
Hua Ding
A tea from Tiantai County and named after a peak in the Tiantai mountain range.
Qing Ding
A tea from Tian Mu, also known as Green Top.
Gunpowder
A popular tea also known as zhuchá. It originated in Zhejiang but is now grown elsewhere in China.

Jiangsu Province

Bi Luo Chun
A Chinese famous tea also known as Green Snail Spring, from Dong Ting. As with Longjing, falsification is common and most of the tea marketed under this name may, in fact, be grown in Sichuan.
Rain Flower
A tea from Nanjing.
Shui Xi Cui Bo

Hubei Province

Yu Lu
A steamed tea known as Gyokuro (Jade Dew) made in the Japanese style.


Henan Province

Xin Yang Mao Jian
A Chinese famous tea also known as Green Tip.

Jiangxi Province

Chun Mee
Name means "precious eyebrows"; from Jiangxi, it is now grown elsewhere.
Gou Gu Nao
A well-known tea within China and recipient of numerous national awards.
Yun Wu
A tea also known as Cloud and Mist.

Anhui Province

Anhui Province is home to three Chinese famous teas.

Da Fang
A tea from Mount Huangshan also known as Big Square.
Huangshan Mao Feng
A Chinese famous tea from Mount Huangshan.
Lu An Guapian
A Chinese famous tea also known as Melon Seed.
Hou Kui
A Chinese famous tea also known as Monkey tea.
Tun Lu
A tea from Tunxi District.
Huo Qing
A tea from Jing County, also known as Fire Green.
Hyson
A medium-quality tea from many provinces, an early-harvested tea.

Japanese green teas


Green tea (緑茶, ryokucha?) is so ubiquitous in Japan that it is more commonly known as "tea" (ocha (お茶, ocha?)) and even "Japanese tea" (nihoncha (日本茶, nihoncha?))，although it was invented in China during the Song Dynasty, and brought to Japan by Myōan Eisai, a Japanese Buddhist priest who also introduced the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. Types of tea are commonly graded depending on the quality and the parts of the plant used as well as how they are processed. There are large variations in both price and quality within these broad categories, and there are many specialty green teas that fall outside this spectrum. The best Japanese green tea is said to be that from the Uji region of Kyoto[1]. Shizuoka Prefecture（静岡県）

玉露 Gyokuro (Jade Dew)
Selected from a grade of green tea known as Ten-cha (天茶), Gyokuro's name refers to the pale green color of the infusion. The leaves are grown in the shade before harvest, which alters their flavor.
抹茶 Matcha (rubbed tea)
A high-quality powdered green tea used primarily in the tea ceremony. Matcha is also a popular flavor of ice cream and other sweets in Japan.
煎茶 Sencha (broiled tea)
A common green tea in Japan made from leaves that are exposed directly to sunlight.
玄米茶 Genmaicha (Brown-Rice tea)
maicha and roasted genmai (brown rice) blend.
冠茶 Kabusecha (covered tea)
kabusecha is sencha tea, the leaves of which have grown in the shade prior to harvest, although not for as long as Gyokuro. It has a more delicate flavor than Sencha.
番茶 Bancha (common tea)
Sencha harvested as a second-flush tea between summer and autumn. The leaves are larger than Sencha and the flavor is less full.
焙じ茶 Hōjicha (pan fried tea)
A roasted green tea.
茎茶 Kukicha (stalk tea)
A tea made from stalks produced by harvesting one bud and three leaves.
玉緑茶 Tamaryokucha
A tea that has a tangy, berry-like taste, with a long almondy aftertaste and a deep aroma with tones of citrus, grass, and berries.